Tropes!
Added 2025-02-08 19:18:59 +0000 UTCTropes are a popular thing in media, and I was just thinking... what are some of your favorite tropes?
I know a bunch of you like the Childhood Friend Romance, for obvious reasons (yes, I like it too)! I'm also a fan of the whole enemies to lovers kind of trope (Bowser, please love me).
They don't -have- to be romantic tropes either! I'm just curious to hear what some of your favorite tropes in media are.
Comments
I love that trope too, haha
DyneWulf
2025-02-25 22:37:40 +0000 UTCAww, always sad that there's not a happy ending, but... I feel ya there
DyneWulf
2025-02-25 22:37:31 +0000 UTCI lived the jock/nerd trope. In HS, I was good friends with the captain of the wrestling team while I was in the yearbook, anime, & chess clubs. He was a nice dude and everyone thought it was weird how close friends we were. Unfortunately it doesn't have a happy ending but it was fun while it lasted.
Origamisteve
2025-02-15 03:41:41 +0000 UTCI'm very much into the trop of a jock and a nerd, a big stocky muscle gut jock secretly liking the shy nerdy guy that has a thing for himbo jocks 🥰
Mrknives70
2025-02-12 14:40:35 +0000 UTCI'm a big fan of age differences in relationships. I love the generational dynamics and power play that comes from that, so long as it's consensual, it's a large part of why I love Harold and Richard's routes the most.
Wheeler Bertrand
2025-02-12 04:10:12 +0000 UTCOooh yes, that was a big theme in Engaging Destiny... I quite enjoy that one
DyneWulf
2025-02-12 01:41:08 +0000 UTCI don't think anyone can argue against that one, haha
DyneWulf
2025-02-12 01:40:32 +0000 UTCI can't say I know either, but that one is fun too, haha
DyneWulf
2025-02-12 01:34:55 +0000 UTCOh yes, lots of good marks here!
DyneWulf
2025-02-12 01:34:35 +0000 UTCI personally love the big gruff guy that is terrifying but fiercely protective of his chosen friend\love.
TheWhiteFoxEffect
2025-02-10 21:36:49 +0000 UTCI've always been into Mentor x Mentee relationship tropes, like wizard x apprentice or college professor x student (Grifter lol). Unfortunately it's rare to get anything other than the professor x student relationship.
Patchwork Soul
2025-02-10 04:44:26 +0000 UTCLove me some medieval fantasy!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:53:42 +0000 UTCIt's such a wild arc!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:53:30 +0000 UTCHahaha, lots of good ones here though!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:52:16 +0000 UTCThat's a fun one too! I like that not all villains are just... heartless assholes, haha
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:51:25 +0000 UTCOooh,that's a great one!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:48:14 +0000 UTCIt's just cute!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:46:58 +0000 UTCMmmm, both great things
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:46:30 +0000 UTCHaha, leave it to Darius...!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 19:46:06 +0000 UTCMy favorite troupe has to be the enemies to lovers. I love the idea of the villain having a crush on the main character, trying to protect him but at the same time keeping it a secret from his crush until he feels ready to tell him.
Ricardo Castro Jr.
2025-02-09 15:39:42 +0000 UTCthe giant mega bodybuilder (secretly power bottom) falling in love with the small quiet nerd (secretly has big dik) :3
Bryan Salazar
2025-02-09 14:31:39 +0000 UTCI second that. The sap in me likes to find good in anyone until proven otherwise, within reason, of course.
Wheeler Bertrand
2025-02-09 11:49:39 +0000 UTCTHE bed cliche/trope that is under played imo is the big threatening type that is an absolute softy. They don't even have to be big n scary, they can just have the meanest aura or just give off the don't mess with me attitude but end up being the sweetest towards children/animals/innocence. Hard-ass archetype but gentle heart.
Tigen Reis Lionhart
2025-02-09 10:47:56 +0000 UTCI can't help but love when a villain is actually a nice person at heart and can't help themselves from being helpful and nice to strangers in need, forgetting they're supposed to be the bad guy. Not sure what the name of that trope is though.
Andrew
2025-02-09 07:48:38 +0000 UTCBig fan of enemy to lover, but also “very unhelpful or perhaps traitorous character eventually warms to the hero and repents” as well as “Brutish exterior, cinnamon roll interior.” Getting the team together stories are often a lot of fun, unreliable narrators are fun, and who doesn’t love a found family narrative?
Bruce
2025-02-09 04:01:43 +0000 UTCOh, that seems like a fun one too
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 03:48:26 +0000 UTCWhat about both? Why not childhood friends, to enemies, to lovers. Like Jinx and Ekko.
JakklJakk
2025-02-09 02:41:31 +0000 UTCA favorite of mine too
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 02:06:28 +0000 UTCHaha, yes to all of them!
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 02:06:06 +0000 UTCYes, this is excellent
DyneWulf
2025-02-09 02:05:48 +0000 UTCFor worldbuilding, I love the medieval setting with fantasy trope and the 80's neon dark city in Sci-fi. For characters, the duo with completely different personalities who respect each other.
Rokin
2025-02-09 00:54:11 +0000 UTCI just discovered that i get really invested on the lover with disfuctional family who doesnt know how to properly love trope
Leafside
2025-02-08 23:44:57 +0000 UTCWell in romance i really been liking the "nerd guys makes the bully turn a new leaf and fall in love trope" But in a more general area ive been enjoying the "prodigy that comes from a low background so he has to show he is capable" trope
Leafside
2025-02-08 23:43:42 +0000 UTCEnemies to Lovers is a 10 out of 10 for me
Dendy Masuzoe
2025-02-08 23:13:41 +0000 UTC-Found family is always 10/10, even if the actual family being shitty is hard, cause it makes the found family even better -Gentle giants are a treat, I love them(My beloved Kaiju) -Shy/calm/mild person that in confidence is kinky "cheff kiss" -Tease me and overtease, but they know the point where consent is needed and when to stop. -Witty remarks with a rude personality can add a lot with a good. I don't know if these are all tropes or don't, but I know that some are I didn't add childhood friend but I want to point out that it's the first in my book for a loooot of reasons, if I had to write them down I would need a while
Valen
2025-02-08 22:17:57 +0000 UTCI'm a big fan of the intimidating guy that's bad at expressing himself, but has a heart of gold 💛
Carson
2025-02-08 22:12:06 +0000 UTCFinding out someone you had a crush on.l was acting weird around you because they had a crush on you too.
Flashlion
2025-02-08 21:10:21 +0000 UTCMy absolute favorite trope is the villain who treats his people with care and respect! I love humanising moments from flawed/evil people. Dr. Doom actually being a decent ruler in some iterations, Yzma spending time with kronk and letting the guard turned cow be excused, Greed and Wrath from FMA having specific people they care about, etc. Bonus points if it's a villain trying to romance the main character, not out of a means to control but because of legitimate connection
FaeCourt
2025-02-08 20:55:13 +0000 UTCI love me a gentle giant!
DyneWulf
2025-02-08 20:48:34 +0000 UTCThose can be really cute too
DyneWulf
2025-02-08 20:48:16 +0000 UTCThis is something Gavel would love too, hahaha
DyneWulf
2025-02-08 20:47:51 +0000 UTCI like the trope of older brother or sisters best friend and the younger sibling who thought they where cool learns that they are attracted to them or the trope in fantasy where they find out their special and there are a multitude of people from the new world interest in them for ether them or status and if it’s status they soon fall in love and now they can’t get the thought of using them out of their head because they now love them and can’t go wrong with age gap love I have a lot of different ones for romance but if I’m going to go with non romance it’s found family and finding them in a tough time and learning about yourself and them through that time
Rockingdemon101
2025-02-08 20:43:03 +0000 UTCAlso personally i am a fan of either superheroes, or magic fantasy world, in their core too. I'm not that much picky there, do enjoy both world built themes.
Xeralex
2025-02-08 20:25:13 +0000 UTCWell personally I'll say my favorite ones are: - from rivals to lovers (like Cardcaptor Sakura, with Li and sakura) - transformation power OCs, (not Way O.P., more like druid TF powers, or American dragon style), that do live a bit of a double life perhaps too. And for more spicy tropes: - bigger sized, stoic like oc, be quite a lewd bottom - stories like Embay Circle, but with more transformation options perhaps too X3c.
Xeralex
2025-02-08 20:24:24 +0000 UTCI like the "shy guy is secretely a freak and a beast in bed" trope
Diego Garza
2025-02-08 20:09:25 +0000 UTCI like the "normal guy" trope honestly. Like, the only one that doesn't use magic in a fantasy world, the only person without cyber enhancements in a cyberpunk setting, the only one without powers in a super heroes series, etc. They have so much potential for depth and creativity in their problem solving and their overcoming of challenges
Mersio
2025-02-08 19:57:40 +0000 UTCWhile I'm not really a fan of tropes, I also can't deny there are a few I really like: Found family, Siblings as best friends, and Platonic physical affection.
Izanagi
2025-02-08 19:54:55 +0000 UTCI think those scenes where the rival/antagonistic character has a heart-to-heart with the protagonist. Not necessarily to make up or make peace, but to share a moment of humanity. Found Family is always a delight. I adore transformation scenes (i.e. Power Rangers, Sailor Moon, etc.). I love Golden Retriever/Himbo Characters, and I am a sucker for [well thought out] plot twist villains. Annnd I'd say... Fight Scenes Choreographed to popular music.
Angelic Bard - Pflegehund
2025-02-08 19:54:55 +0000 UTCI really like when a powerful figure (either powerful in a society type of way, so like a boss or something. Or when they have cosmic powers or somthing like that) falls for someone who isnt quite as strong and is loyal to them. Protecting them
Warfare
2025-02-08 19:49:00 +0000 UTCOne that is silly to me is big tough guy falling for quiet sweet guy.
Nathan Watkins
2025-02-08 19:45:42 +0000 UTCMy two favorites are: 1. The HUNG, BUFF, HIMBO! 2. One trope that I love; and I feel is also kinda starting to disappear is the Large-Dom Small-Sub dynamic. I feel like most of the time now in comics or VN's it's always the smaller person who is the dom. I don't mind small subs at all either but as Richard once said "Everyone loves a thick man."
Silverjack
2025-02-08 19:37:05 +0000 UTCI'm in to a lot of the positive energy tropes. 'Found Family' is a personal favorite. Another is when someone gets assistance from another person who's not there (can't remember the precise title - usually encouragement from beyond the grave). Anything that shows hidden depths too. And a lot of what Darius is. I can't define them all but why I like him so much is that he's a lot of my tropes I enjoy rolled in to a character.
Roque
2025-02-08 19:36:29 +0000 UTCThe seemingly big intimidating but quiet and the smaller extrovert who decides they like them and drags the bigger partner into a relationship where they can finally be themselves.
Arzei
2025-02-08 19:36:27 +0000 UTCEnemies to lovers or Rivals to lovers is my favorite
George L Robertson
2025-02-08 19:33:37 +0000 UTCI do love a good story about a Fake relationship turned real by the end due to them learning more about each other. Also Age Gap is a good one too, trying to make a relationship work despite the difference in values they were raised by and in the end they prove to help each other improve themselves ultimately growing closer.
KCrow
2025-02-08 19:32:16 +0000 UTCOoooh, I love a “gentle giant” - a big tough-looking bear of a man who looks like he could crush your head, but is actually a HUGE softy and cutie patootie, the biggest gentle soul 🥰💖
Crolossus
2025-02-08 19:26:15 +0000 UTCI love power dynamics, like a captain falling for a subordinate, or people that are bitter enemies turning into lovers
badaimrac00n
2025-02-08 19:24:21 +0000 UTCI'm a SUCKER for found family, rivals-to-lovers, and endearing perverts~
Snowden Namdar
2025-02-08 19:23:16 +0000 UTCEnemies to Lovers can be a real fun one. I also really like Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Or really just guys that from the outside seem like tough/mean guys but are actually really nice (or submissive, also a nice bonus)
Konran
2025-02-08 19:22:47 +0000 UTCI don't know if there's a name for this troupe, but big and tough characters having a soft spot for a specific person
Crozby87
2025-02-08 19:22:36 +0000 UTCFound Family and the Gentle Giant are absolutely my favorite tropes. The endorphins overflow seeing strangers come together in compassion and camaraderie.
Isa_Lion
2025-02-08 19:21:49 +0000 UTCOblivious-to-Lovers trope is a favorite romantic trope, if only because I am also clueless.
B.
2025-02-08 19:21:46 +0000 UTCHere's an underused trope. Childhood friends to enemies, then to relunctant allies, then back to friends, then friends eventually becoming lovers
KuribohBBQ
2025-02-08 19:21:41 +0000 UTCI'm a slut for the mysterious and quiet man having a horrible or naughty secret that changes everything.
Morrigan Villa
2025-02-08 19:21:11 +0000 UTC
