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One of my favorite relationship dynamics in both platonic and romantic ways has got to be opposites attract. Like, you put them together, and they literally look like they don’t even run in the same social circles or normally be in the same area as the other, let alone know each other as well as they do. Almost everything about them seems to contradict the other, but minus the small disagreements, they get along (sometimes like a house on fire, but they get along). It’s debatable if A is being a good influence on B, or if it’s the other way around, but they do influence each other in subtle ways without changing completely. In being together, they bring out both the best and worst in each other, but neither really mind.
Bonus points in irony if they were paired together because it was thought character A could push character B onto a better path, but it turns out while one is trouble on their own, the both of them together is chaos incarnate.
#characters#character concept#character dynamics#relationship dynamics#character tropes#platonic relationships#romance tropes#writing trope#relationship tropes#tropes i like#tropes i love#opposites attract#a and b#character a and b
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I know this is so incredibly basic, but I have to admit I am such a sucker for the "I don't wanna die" line! Like it's so primal and simple! Just the character getting wounded and realizing in their heart of hearts, that it's fatal. And they just are faced with the fact they're gonna die, but also with the sudden, crushing realization that no, they don't want to die. They want to live.
Bonus points if the character is young and hasn't gotten to process the fragility of their life before. Or how much they value their own life. And now they're about to die and they realize just how much they want to live.
#writing stuff#tropes i like#tropes#writing things#Writing#I don't wanna die#THEY WANT TO LIVE GODAMN IT!!!!#THEY WANNA LIVE!#THEY DON'T WANNA DIE!#THEY DON'T WANNA FADE AWAY!#THEY DON'T WANNA BE FORGOTTEN!!!#flame writes
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I really like that trope where the characters have to take care of a random baby they found for a day.
They should do that more often.
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For the Q&A session!
To you: if you like kidnappings, what kidnapping scenario is your favorite? (used as bait, ransom, to get info out of the whumpee, something like that!)
-- @whumperofworlds
Hi!
It is really strange that I have not thought much about kidnapping, especially when my first posted whump fic has the main character being kidnapped in the recent past.
However, I think, a trope I enjoy is…consent under duress. That is, the whumpee has a moral code that they adhere to, and the kidnapper forces them to choose between greater comfort for themselves, or going the hard way and sticking to their rules.
However, this is not exclusive to kidnapping, I would say, as a trope.
A more kidnapping specific trope I like is when the ace in their field or a leader gets kidnapped and/or ambushed, and the aftermath of that, both for whumpee themselves and their team.
I hope this answers the question somewhat coherently!
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tbh one of the best couple scene tropes to ever exist is when a couple is cooking together. They can be bad, they can be good, they can show each other a few things, one could be absolutely clueless, doesn’t matter, but they gotta be cooking together and that’s just MMM, beautiful! Amazing! Makes my heart go “Awwwww!”
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the guild is cursed and we all love it
#writing is hard#writing#story writing#writing tropes#funny#humor#stupid humor#omg humor#writers#writers on tumblr#writeblr#dumb#stupid#joke#were all in this together#tropes#tropes i like#good tropes#fiction#enemies to lovers trope#tumblr#people of tumblr#tumblr culture
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Love it when the antagonist who has more power then the protagonist in terms of rank is later revealed to be lower in rank then the big bad they report to, delicious.
#*I have to care about the antagonist for this to work#the good place#good omens#big bad broad term#tropes I like
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Yes, I actually do enjoy good boys going apeshit. Just going truly bananas and red eyed and such. Like indeed, let him snap a skyscraper in half, he's earned it.
#that one scene from the third naurto movie#and the final scene from superman vs the elite#scrumptious#tropes i like#:)
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Tropes I really like:
Side character-focused episode, main characters show up at the end of the episode doing something really weird that is never explained or mentioned ever again
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Pass the happy! 🌻 🌈 When you receive this list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications! ❤️
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I want to make this on topic for me so I'm going to talk about 5 things in erot*ca and smutty stories that make me happy.
Loss of control. Regardless of what kind of control is being lost, I love reading a well-written piece on that feeling of finally feeling free enough to let go–especially when there's some sort of fight or build-up.
The combination of adoring praise and amused degradation/humiliation, all done in love and with consent of course. This always makes such an interesting relationship dynamic to me and by the end of these stories, I'm usually smiling about how cute (and hot) the characters are.
Aftercare at the end of really intense scenes where the reader may not have been included in the discussion ahead of time or aware of the fact that this is just a scene and the real people are completely different from the characters they were role-playing.
Accidental kink discovery. Like when A pulls on B's hair and the moan B lets out is louder than any sound they've made before.
When A does something they're really embarrassed by but B has never felt more turned on by anything in their life and goes absolutely feral in response.
#favorite trope#tropes i like#tropes that make me unreasonably happy#pass the happy#smut thoughts#smut writing
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Polite, quiet bf, and "looks like/probably will kill you and dump your body somewhere they'll never find you if you so much as look at either of them wrong" gf is a trope that holds a special place in my heart ❤
#tropes#relationship tropes#ship dynamics#shipping dynamics#tropes i love#tropes i like#ship tropes#relationship dynamics
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Utilitarian antagonists only work for me if they 1) are not grifters, and are true believers, they can't just be using "for the greater good" as an excuse to be evil, they have to sincerely believe that what they're doing is for the greater good and 2) are correct and 3) it is noticeable that they are correct. The utilitarian antagonist is only compelling and complex if the great sacrifice she did for the betterment of the world actually left the world better off on net and is immediately noticeable.
Also it's better if they're not emotionless robots, the best way to portray them is exactly the opposite, as so full of empathy that it would be crippling if not bound by their rational mind.
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tropes i like
villain whump
hero whump
corruption arc
waterboarding
a n g s t
emotional whump
showing up bloody on their friends doorstep
fluff (platonic)
hidden wound
painfully obvious scars
"don't look at me"
one finger under their chin
willing to kill to avoid pain
willing to die to avoid hurting their friend
stoic stoic stoic stoic
sobbing into someone's shirt
bleeding heart becoming cold and reserved
washing blood off in a sink
bandaging wounds in an old apartment
teammates staring in horror
swaying on their feet
insane laughter
“who did this to you?”
never takes off their jacket
hiding behind someone
stepping in front of someone to protect them
self sacrifice
an unwelcome arm around their shoulder
curled in a corner
muffled sobbing
falling asleep on their friend
flogging
snark
impossible odds
alleyway encounter
knives, my beloved
fist fight
gladiator games
bloody knuckles
split lip
voice crack
voice raw from disuse
never talking
making jokes about their suffering
never telling anyone
crying themselves to sleep
i mentioned emotional whump right
because emotional whump
interrogation
leaning forward to intimidate
forcing them to look at their antagonist
used as a trophy
things i won’t read/write:
non con (explicit)
teeth gore (if it’s in something i’ll prolly read it as long as it’s not the main theme)
intimate whumper
nsfw
self harm
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Good trope:
(popular song plays)
Character A: OOH I LOVE THIS ONE!
*starts either mumbling or poorly singing along with it*
*nudges character B*
(Cuts self off) Sing with me.
*resumes*
Character B: *just standing there awkwardly*
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Another trope I love is when a big stoic character carries a smaller character on their back. This trope enjoyability increases tenfold when said smaller character is another adult
#tropes#tropes i like#lmao#in god of war whenever you climb a wall atreus jumps of kratos's back#and i go 'awwww!' every single time#shits adorable#lmfao
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I fucking love it when in media, shows, movies, comics, when there’s a whole super power fighting thing going on for the fate of the world or whatever, and in the middle of it, one average strength person just haymakers another physically average person. Bonus points if one or both of them has some metaphysical or technological advantage, but still choose to go for their average strength punch. Just “WHAM! Fuck you!” God I love it! There’s so much weight and personality in one normal punch.
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