#common tropes

[rizzoreads88]

Most times when we get the “I would never”, “This was a mistake”, “you are not my type” In any romance novel you can almost bet they are endgame. These are very common tropes lol

[niokaito]

BREE MATTHEWS & SELWYN KANE by TRACY DEONN tropes: will they, won't they?

"When I saw you enter, I thought you'd come to say goodbye." "I did." "If that's your wish." I tilt my head and examine his face for humour but find none. "You should be happy. You've spent every waking second here trying to get me to leave." He holds my gaze for a long moment. "Not every second."

[simonepelicaneel]

Introv Bowl And Extrov Spoon

or vice versa

[self-insert-hell]

Angst prompt:

Imagine your stoic/villainous/grumpy f/o treating you with more kindness and gentleness because they miss your true personality. Whatever the reason may be, you have not be acting like yourself for a good couple of months. Maybe it’s mental health related, you may be severely physically injured, in a coma or specific state of fully being present. It could even be a bizarre unrealistic event (ie. possession, brainwashed, no memories, swapped bodies etc.) that caused you to become an emotionless, lifeless, shell of a person.

Your f/o realizes how much they need you even if your f/o wasn’t fond of you at first. Maybe your f/o struggled with close relationships and eventually, they had found themselves becoming close with you. Does your f/o regret developing a close bond and become angry because of the situation? Does your f/o desperately attempt to help you, fearing that they might never get you back? Do they give up?

Bonus: The reason you are in such a miserable state is because your f/o had hurt you. Was it on purpose or an accident? Did your f/o become scared of getting “too close” to you and feared getting hurt? Whatever the reason, there are many ways such a tragic event could play out.

[rikareena]

Common Elments/Themes for my OTP: Elmabby

So I was thinking, and I may do this for other OTP pairings I love, but I wanted to write some typical things I reference in most of my Elmabby stories in general!

Abby playing with Elmo's fingers

Nose nuzzles, nose kisses, forehead touches, and forehead kisses

Waaaarm hugs, lotsa cuddles

Elmo carrying Abby piggyback

Elmo thinking Abby smells like fruit loops

Abby glowing pink when she's having feelings of affection or shyness

Abby glowing red when she's embarrassed

Disney binge-a-thons & sleep-overs

Elmo comforting Abby over her parents' divorce

Abby comforting Elmo over some anxiety he has as an after-effect from his childhood stardom

Ending just about every fic with one of them saying or thinking, "I love you."

Elmo's nicknames for Abby: Butterfly & Sparkles (his dad calling her Little Miss Magic)

Childhood Friends-to-Lovers

Just to name a few! 💕

[not-totally-blind]

Bro, why is it always the stereotype of popular x nerd/social outcast? I mean, I love it, but there are always those of us who are just the extras! I'd love some book/fanfic/bot/whatever where there's a popular dating a filler character like:

Popular: And yes, I'm dating (insert name here)

Friend of Popular: Who?

Popular: Dude... She/He has been with us since kindergarten...

Or like...

Popular: I'm not ready to tell anyone about us, we should hide our relationship.

Extra character who somehow ended up dating popular: I mean... before we started dating we didn't even see each other often, what needs to change??

Even like...

Friend of the popular: As your friend I need to tell you , dating her/him will only ruin your reputation.

Popular: Considering that even the teachers don't know her/his name even after years, I doubt anyone would actually be interested.

And then X girl in love with the popular tries to find something to blackmail their partner with but... there's just nothing? They're like... the most ordinary people in the world without many social stains to exploit.

X: I can't expose something as stupid as eating play dough in kindergarten! I'm the one who would look stupid!

And yes, the popular couple is just ordinary, having an ordinary relationship, a whole dramatic plot tries to happen around them and they're like: Yeah well, I'm certainly not interested in that. And they keep avoiding the problems by simply not doing anything.

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

overused cliches let’s go

- love triangle (bane of my existence)

- he’s a monster and she “fixes him”

- bad end queer stories (chill when done right and tastefully, but it’s a trope steeped in homophobia)

- “uh, he’s right behind me isn’t he” Disney movie line

- any fun high school experience. High school is a mess of hormones and misery

This was in response to my original post asking for overused tropes/clichés - I know I said I'd make a post on it, but I: a) completely forgot and b) was worried about unintentionally upsetting people by casting a negative light on tropes/clichés. As a whole they are very interesting to analyse/read about in narratives as they add structure/substance to a story.

Incidentally I have since written a long list of spy tropes that I can post if people are interested. (I watched a James Bond film and it inspired a long list). I've also been plugging away at a 'common whump tropes in film that annoy the average whump enjoyer' list.

That being said, here's mine:

- "You just don't get it, do you?" - Character unknowingly speaking to the enemy (open coms/hacking/stolen coms) - Speaking into a communicator on their wrist/shoulder/ear. - Walking away from a crash that should've killed them with a cut on their eyebrow. - "Is that all you've got?" / "I'm giving her all she's got!" - One last job before retirement - A computer virus that will affect everything in the world. - Nuclear launch codes being in a briefcase and requiring two keys. - "Turn on the TV" - "We've got company." - Underlying serious moments with jokes. (I am looking DIRECTLY at Marvel) - Villains need to be redeemed/have reasoning behind their actions (an increasing trend, particularly with Disney remakes. Sometimes villains are just villains. ) - "It's not what it looks like." - "You look like shit." - "Tell them I love them." - "You have to choose between one person, or the world." - or choosing between having superpowers or their loved ones. - Coughing indicating a terminal disease. - "Everyone I get close to, dies." - Manual overrides. - Hyper-intelligent = cold and unfeeling or extremely egotistical - Dead parents/family/loved ones making the hero jaded and untrusting.

[helloliriels]

Never have I ever written horror(?)

(Its spooky season, in looking for some new matserials haha)

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🎃 Never Have I Ever ... written a horror story, haha! 👻🍫🍭🍬💀(haven't read much horror fiction, unless you count Grimm's fairy tales and Edward Gorey.) (Does it count??😄) ty for ask!!

Oof, that's a hard one! Guess I would make an I Am Legend au with Sherlock as the sole survivor (or thinks he is) and runs into people (John & mayyybe Rosie) running from Zombies. His dog Redbeard getting sacrificed in the process. All set in London. For the joy of writing Piccadilly Circus into a fic.

Like to do the mannequin scene especially.

Not entirely sure I'd survive the writing. 😂☠️