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Suggestive content, DNI UNDER 16I’m curious, What’s your least favorite trope?Aug 5, 2025
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When the show,comic,etc. does the whole "tell don't show" thing.
I honestly believe that by doing the "tell don't show" thing, you're essentially treating the audience like they're dumb in a way, as if they can't tell what is happening before their own eyes.
There's a reason why people bring up "show, don't tell" when it comes to story writing
I honestly believe that by doing the "tell don't show" thing, you're essentially treating the audience like they're dumb in a way, as if they can't tell what is happening before their own eyes.
There's a reason why people bring up "show, don't tell" when it comes to story writing
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Tsundres: I know there are some people/charecters who put up a strong and tough or rude attitude due to home life or past experiences but I'm pretty sure there's gotta to be a limit plus YOU hurting someone doesn't make a situation better it's makes you look like a bully
Bully x victim:...I honestly don't know WHY some people glorify this because it's just toxic, I get that some people can change but like you don't need to make relationships or the victim doing something drastic to make them change could be something else
Bully x victim:...I honestly don't know WHY some people glorify this because it's just toxic, I get that some people can change but like you don't need to make relationships or the victim doing something drastic to make them change could be something else
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Female hero, It's not the hero itself, But just the way they write it, I dislike when there's female hero around, They always "must" create the suppose strong male and logical hero to be weaker or stupid, Just to make her feels "stronger and smarter" also when it come to fighting scene, They always put the female to only attack the female villain like whaaaaat, You can write a literal violent since between the hero and villain, Yet unable to write a female that wounded, Not even badly but just tiny scratch
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People who complicate the plot because they didn’t communicate properly. It drives me up the wall
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I hate love triangle, and amnesia tropes. Like when they forget all of the main story like, I just say through all that and now we have to start again????, and also I hate books where one of them cheats and is forgiven
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Definitely “love triangle”, because most of the time isn’t even done correctly I swear…
The romantic interest needs to go both ways, not just two dudes are in love with main girl and girl loves both of them until she finally chooses only one of them
The romantic interest needs to go both ways, not just two dudes are in love with main girl and girl loves both of them until she finally chooses only one of them
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The "loveable narcissist" hands down is my most disliked trope. People rarely write this trope with good intentions. I do agree with people when they say not every character has to be a goodie-goodie. However, I still despise the way that trope glorifies and sometimes even ftishises being an abusive loser. I hate it the most when the main protag is this particular trope and pretty much gets NO character development or consequences of any kind. I firmly believe the only reason that trope is popular is because of the lack of understanding of what narcissism actually is. I could talk about this subject for days, but I don't want to clog the replies with a psychology lesson. The tl'dr is: I dislike the loveable narc trope the most due to how poorly written they are and how they're usually borderline ftish material.
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The character who is in love with someone who isn’t interested in them or are too old for them. I feel like that’s a waste of a plot whenever a show do this because you already know the outcome of it.
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The nice guy trope (when someone feels entitled to good things because they acted nice once and the story agrees and rewards them)
The big gesture (someone’s been a jerk for the entire story but needs to be forgiven quickly without showing real growth so the apology becomes a performance and it works fsr)
When the hero is boring on purpose (everyday loser nerdy whatever) so that we can easily project ourselves into the story
The big gesture (someone’s been a jerk for the entire story but needs to be forgiven quickly without showing real growth so the apology becomes a performance and it works fsr)
When the hero is boring on purpose (everyday loser nerdy whatever) so that we can easily project ourselves into the story
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When a couple seems like they hate each other, I don’t want to see them throwing digs at each other every five minutes. A little teasing is fine but when it feels like they were forced to be married it makes my skin crawl.
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