#character trope

[linnytheseagull]

Here's how to spot a Mad Scientist:

Is very smart in a specific field

Probably hasn't slept in the past 4 days

Depressed

Slowly decends into madness/spirals/gets obsessed over something to the point where they destroy their lives over it

Here are other minor signs you might want to look out for (doesn't apply to all Mad Scientist):

Very pathetic. A loser, if you will

Is gay

Wears glasses

Has a best friend who is extremely friendly and also a poet

Graying hair despite their relatively youthful appearance

Can be a little bit silly (as a treat)

Note that not all Mad Scientists are actual scientists. The Mad Scientist can be disguised as something else and may try to trick you; do not be fooled. Look for these traits to identify a real wild Mad Scientist.

Now you are ready to go out into the wild and find your very own Mad Scientists to hyperfixate on for the next month! Hope this helped❤️

[tragedry]

older sibling characters that have been dealt with the shittiest of cards in life, who struggle to keep their family afloat, who have witnessed grief and tragedy at a young age that will later force them to develop a hard exterior in order to protect themselves from the cruelties of the world. older sibling characters with a chip on their shoulder. older sibling characters who are overprotective of their younger siblings because they fear the world will be even crueler to those they love.

older sibling characters with anger issues and are meanspirited because they refuse to let the narrative soften them after all the shit they went through.

[space-blue]

That very specific character pairing where they're both broken, but one thinks "I can fix them!" and in the process is forced to also fix themselves. Drink their own medicine, lead by example, self-reflect when trying to show the other why they're loved/worthy of being loved... Healing you is healing myself

[omgwhatchloe]

an underrated trope is the arthur morgan/outlaw’s tragedy trope of a character devoting their entire life to something and getting the opposite as a result.

for example: arthur morgan devoting his entire life to living free and lawless but then dying young as a result of what he did to achieve that.

[thebeingmerf]

A trope I like

[ionlypostmymeemocs]

Another Medic Trope I noticed only for the Blu Medic!

Is the Sobbing-Medic-Trope.

This Trope only appears with the Blu Medic. I found out about this Medic years ago in wattpad I THINK. But I also found this trope in fanart of Blu Medic back then.

Why is he always crying...

Well, mainly because he is depressed about everything in his life. (Which I don't blame him at all)

But right now, I don't see that trope anymore.

[cameronthecryptid]

Oh. You’re the brooding, grumpy, loner, and or all male character in a series? That’s nice. Where’s that weird little girl that you accidentally adopted?

[eggalblox]

The most heartbreaking character trope is the guy who makes his purpose in life fixing things, people, and bad circumstances, until eventually something tragic happens that he can’t fix and he cannot accept it. Even when everyone is already dead.

[gremmything]

Rabid fucking dog x that one guy that tamed it will forever be one of my fav tropes

And I mean character A LITERALLY gets treated as a guard dog by character B

A(dog) who hears someone say smthn bad about B(tamer) and has them backed against the wall about to beat the ever loving shit out of them when A hears a low whistle and immediately stands up straighter, backing off to fall in line behind B.

B who uses A as an actual fucking threat, while A stands menacingly right behind them, staring and waiting for B's signal to pounce

[were-wolverine]

yk those characters that are complete softies / total sweethearts but go absolutely batshit feral when you hurt someone they care about?

yeah. fuckin love those guys

[icarianlibrary]

Yes, I see your “Wholesome character dies and develops the story along”, and I raise to you my “Wholesome character is the only character that didn’t die, becoming a villain to themselves”

[mxb0ba]

so what if former leader of some type of group in a conflict (battalion commander, ship captain, revolution leader etc) haunted by the guilt of all their friends and companions who died and blames themself and feels like a failure meets with a surviving member of said group who falls into their arms and holds them tight because they were the only strength in their life and gave them hope even when everyone else died

[jack-gourdon]

The tragedy of the trope where character is slowly passing the days by waiting for their borrowed time to expire, then suddenly finding a will to live, but it’s too late…

[yourpostisonpinterest]

@lezarus

i found your post on pinterest!

[omgwhatchloe]

for some reason, the trope of a character running away, getting kicked out, getting kidnapped or just going missing, only to be stumbled upon by the other characters a few years later, as a completely different person is so interesting to me. like i actually love it so so much. for example, imagine this:

catherine braithwaite never confesses to where jack is, and they never find him. then, one of the gang members years later riding through saint denis, with probably absolutely no contact to john and abigail (would they still be together?), finds him as one of angelo brontes hardened street kids.

i know this has jst turned to me rambling, but i need a fic about this. DESPERATELY.

[greenapplebling]

The Frankenstein complex

So I was going through the Frankenstein tag (never actually read the book, but I do want to) and it kept me thinking about this character trope I keep seeing and getting draw to... And I want to name it the Frankenstein complex

Requirements? Here are some stuff the characters I know share:

Innocent child shaped into a monster (mostly) by their parental figure/guardian

Goes through a very traumatic experience that forever changes their perception of life

Has a corruption arc or at least becomes an anti-hero, the thing is that they do very questionable stuff

Terrible sense of self-worth, they believe they're unlovable monsters