#teen tv shows

[spuffybot]

I just saw a list called “Urban Fantasy Bingo” that listed tropes that in my experience are not found in Urban Fantasy. Instead they described what I’d consider Teen Paranormal Romance/Drama which usually combines aspects of the teen genre (love triangles, extreme small town / highschool pride, no one ever goes to class) with specific supernatural elements like mysterious disappearances, strange things happen here, and some kind of chosen one element.

Teen Paranormal Romance / Drama usually takes place in a small town with a secret supernatural history, it involves a small group of friends bonded by their trauma, a wiser older person who serves as their “parent” or guide, and a plethora of evil baddies they have to defeat in order to save the town.

Urban Fantasy on the other hand is typically an urban setting (big city, small city, doesn’t matter) and while it can focus on teens it more often focuses on characters in their 20s. Tropes look like a protagonist who has a loose connection to the supernatural but gradually becomes the most powerful person on the scene, love triangles, a tenuous connection to law enforcement that allows them to be involved in solving supernatural crimes, etc.

I’d consider shows like Angel, Lucifer, Lost Girl, and True Blood to be Urban Fantasy.

But now I’m wondering…am I wrong? Has the definition evolved with the explosion of teen supernatural media? What do you guys think?

[daily-spooky]

[dirtbagdefender]

[homosherb]

“i thought you hated straight couples??”

how DARE YOU assume i would EVER mean them

[transmasculinizing]

i am open to criticism (but u have to be nice about it)

[viktorpartner]

Haven't been able to think about anything other than the victorian/edwardian/WW1 twink and his 80's punk almost-boyfriend for a week, send help

[cuntychappell]

Teen Wolf 3.22 | De-Void

[teenwolfiedit]

TEEN WOLF (2014) I.E.D - 4.05 dir. Jennifer Lynch.

[feelsforsterek]

[kirasknightley]

Endless List of My Favorite TV Shows: Teen Wolf (2011-2017)

[will80sbyers]

Shelter on Amazon prime has well written characters and an interesting story. There's a black latino guy that is THE main character, a black girl as a protagonist, a lesbian girl as a protagonist, a lovely dorky but genius guy that you are going to love a lot... there are lots of wlws involved, there is a non binary black character that's important to the plot, A LOT of plot twists, it deals with really heavy topics like abuse on children but it's also funny at times so it's not all heavy and the kids are written like actual real people and not just gen Z caricatures... beautiful relationships between the characters, beautiful scenes of platonic friendship and mutual support, lots of action and drama but in a good way, there are queer relationships actually happening on screen that are the main focus!! It has literally everything you could ever want and it's actually pretty damn good!!! GO WATCH IT NOW PLEASE 🥺

[succubuschic]

master shake dying or being miserable montage

[checkered2]

Happy Easter! 🐰🥚

[dirtbagdefender]

[franklinn97]

Gossip Girl (2007-2012)

Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf