- grumpy jerk and actual ray of sunshine are BFFs
- mutual unrequited pining
- character A falls fast and hard for character B
- character A slowly falls in love with character B over the course of several years, realization hits them that they’ve been in love with B for a long time hits them like a truck
- cool badass is actually a giant fucking nerd
- The Power of Friendship ™
- flat “what” reactions
- sweet adorable characters with horrible tragic pasts
- villains-turned-heroes becoming the Weird Uncle
- characters that aren’t actually related having a parent-child relationship
- characters that aren’t actually siblings having a sibling-like bond
- “I can’t stand this person but I would die for them”
you will take these tropes from my cold dead hands.
Tag: tropes
@ ff writers who use common tropes in their stories: keep doing you ♡♡♡ I want to read my otp falling in love, accidentally kissing, getting fake married, pining, and etc a million times over. No one will tell the story in your voice, so it’s actually new every time. Don’t ever feel bad about exploring something in your own way.
The next time you see someone complaining about tropes and start feeling bad about yourself or your work… just look at the notes on this post and write whatever tf you want. ❤
“The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.”
―
Terry Pratchett
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