Basic Trope: A character who previously hated affection allows someone to hug or otherwise make contact with them.
- Straight: Alice usually Hates Being Touched, but allows Bob to hug her at one point.
- Exaggerated: Alice used to physically attack anyone who tried to touch her, but then she becomes a Cuddle Bug.
- Downplayed: Alice still doesn't like physical affection, but she's okay with giving Bob a fist-bump or similar sometimes.
- Justified:
- Alice used to hate being touched as a result of going through abuse. After Alice goes through a Mental Health Recovery Arc, she's more okay with physical affection.
- Alice and Bob are hugging after not seeing each other for a while, being worried about each other, or other situations in which it would be understandable to want a hug.
- Bob is someone Alice knows and trusts well, so she's okay with affection from him.
- Bob specifically asked Alice first if she wanted a hug, and respects her wishes.
- Inverted: Alice is usually a Cuddle Bug, but really doesn't want Bob to get anywhere near her.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Alice is sometimes okay with affection, and sometimes isn't.
- Averted:
- Alice is okay with affection.
- Alice Hates Being Touched with no exceptions.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice asks Bob not to hug her.
- Discussed: "Alice doesn't usually like hugging people, but she was okay with it this time."
- Conversed: ???
I'm Now Allowed to Hug you, if you want.
