CrowOuttaHell
Skull-Faced Writer
Been looking around recently and a lot of people...don't seem to have the best opinion of using tropes and cliches in writing and in RP. But come on- we've all had those years or guilty pleasures we used to, or may still even enjoy.
So, I'm curious. What are some tropes or cliches you enjoy?
I'm no exception to my own question- I have one I can name off the top of my head that I personally enjoy.
Bad boy meets good girl tropes. Admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine, and I have to stress the guilty part because I honestly trash-talked this trope back then IRL because it seems like every single piece of teenage fiction where I live has this exact trope.
However, what irks me about how this trope is played where I live is that the "bad boys" are usually just portrayed to be rich, princely edgelords. What changed my mind on this trope is, of all things, Grease. What happened to the bad boy trope being embodied by characters like Danny Zuko? That James Dean aesthetic?
Anyway, rant aside, I have a soft spot for this trope since when done right, it shows that two characters can adapt to each other's flaws and differences. So many stories I see either have the guy changing almost everything about himself for the girl (like the example "bad boy" I mentioned above) or vice versa (Grease...ironically enough.)
So, I'm curious. What are some tropes or cliches you enjoy?
I'm no exception to my own question- I have one I can name off the top of my head that I personally enjoy.
Bad boy meets good girl tropes. Admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine, and I have to stress the guilty part because I honestly trash-talked this trope back then IRL because it seems like every single piece of teenage fiction where I live has this exact trope.
However, what irks me about how this trope is played where I live is that the "bad boys" are usually just portrayed to be rich, princely edgelords. What changed my mind on this trope is, of all things, Grease. What happened to the bad boy trope being embodied by characters like Danny Zuko? That James Dean aesthetic?
Anyway, rant aside, I have a soft spot for this trope since when done right, it shows that two characters can adapt to each other's flaws and differences. So many stories I see either have the guy changing almost everything about himself for the girl (like the example "bad boy" I mentioned above) or vice versa (Grease...ironically enough.)