#tropes?

[eric-the-bmo]

This has probably been done before, but please consider: a character who doesn't ever use their arms but instead uses a prehensile scarf

[thatwashhingmashine]

not romantic not platonic not familial but a secret fourth thing (variants of eachother)

[akiragatr]

Don’t get me wrong, the italicized “oh” of a romantic epiphany is absolutely exquisite, but I desperately want more platonic epiphany “oh”‘s SO MUCH.

“Oh, I trust you with my deepest fears.” “Oh, you feel like family.” “Oh, I would fight alongside you til the end, my brother-in-arms.” “Oh, this is my child now, and I will tear apart the skies to protect her.”

[unknownspecies]

alright yall

tell me about you and ur selfships

i wanna hear it ALL

[skipppppy]

I think she’d respect his methodology

[out-of-jams]

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

[jmtorres]

oh

oh

suddenly realizing things about my interest in the specific story niche of "for weird (magic) reasons person A doesn't have fully free will and has to be enslaved to person B, who didn't cause the situation and is trying super hard to be ethical about what they say to do"

the reason i find stuff like hypnosis and aphrodisiacs so alluring is that they’d just allow my brain to calm the fuck down: no anxiety, no overthinking, no intrusive thoughts, nothing.

just a constant state of aroused bliss, knowing i’m safe in the arms of the person i’m sharing this with and yielding to them.

[not-avril]

The trope I appreciate very much

[bebx]

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

[edwardcreel]

reblog if you believe fanfics are as valid as books that were published and sold by authors who write as their main careers. I'm trying to prove a point

[the-overanalyst]

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

[sam-glade]

My favourite trope has to be:

I sacrificed myself to save you. I didn't plan to survive. I burnt all the bridges. I intended to break your heart with my death, but that would be all right, because I wouldn't be around to see you. I pretended that you'll mourn me for a while and move on. I convinced myself I was going down in the blaze of glory. That my deed was appreciated. That everything was going to be all right afterwards, and I didn't need to be there to see it.

But I survived. And now I have to look you in the eye. I have to pick up the pieces of the life I shattered and figure out how to put it back together. If it can be done at all.

[your-absent-father]

I think people misunderstand "x fell first, y fell harder " trope because it's not about like the one who fell harder loves the other person harder. It's just that the one who fell first falls in a graceful way, one step at the time, maybe gradually over a span of time. The one who fell harder smashes trough the air, there's blood everywhere, everything is fine-

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

feeling called out today

credit: _ADWills

[just-prompt-things]

best trope and you can fight me over it (i abuse this so hard with my ocs)

[uhhsnail]

I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.

Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.

Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.