December meme: 5 Fic Tropes
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nnozomi, five fic tropes.
Only One Bed
I have no idea why I love this trope so much, but I really do. The excuses the characters come up with for not sharing, or the ways they try to get around the situation, the reasons for their discomfort... delightful. A lot of character exploration can happen in a very short time over a seemingly minor situation. Also, I mostly read E or M fic and there aren't really a lot of Only One Bed fics that don't wind up with the characters doing the frik-frak.
Mutual Pining
I love a slow burn and love seeing both sides Going Through It. So much appreciation for authors who clearly show the non-POV character pining while the similarly-pining POV character remains believably oblivious. Also love the tangential Mutual Pining While Fucking or Fake Dating While Pining. *chef's kiss*
Enemies to Lovers
Yes yes yes, please show me characters learning things about themselves and each other that lead them to an understanding that they're not really so different after all. Show me the begrudging admiration, the growth, the willingness to bend just a little to accommodate someone you maybe don't hate as much as you thought. And then of course the "I didn't know who else to go to" never gets old.
Battle Couple
So hot when a pairing knows each other well enough to fight effectively together. Fighting one-on-one is hard enough. Adding another person, especially someone you don't want to hurt by accident, can make things really complicated! There's a reason the concept of Drift Compatible hit so hard. And then there's all the associated aspects, summed up well in this Tumblr post.
Last, I don't know if this is really a trope, but Highly Specific AUs where the author has excessively intimate knowledge of the AU environment that makes the world deeply real. I'm thinking that Guardian Lawyer AU or the Untamed SNL one. The more specific the knowledge the better. So like, not just an academia AU but an academia AU where they're all grad students in the same program? Yes please.
If you'd like to ask me for five somethings (I'm terrible at favorites, but I'll give you five and you can pick your favorite 😂), please leave a comment on this post!
nnozomi, five fic tropes.Only One Bed
I have no idea why I love this trope so much, but I really do. The excuses the characters come up with for not sharing, or the ways they try to get around the situation, the reasons for their discomfort... delightful. A lot of character exploration can happen in a very short time over a seemingly minor situation. Also, I mostly read E or M fic and there aren't really a lot of Only One Bed fics that don't wind up with the characters doing the frik-frak.
Mutual Pining
I love a slow burn and love seeing both sides Going Through It. So much appreciation for authors who clearly show the non-POV character pining while the similarly-pining POV character remains believably oblivious. Also love the tangential Mutual Pining While Fucking or Fake Dating While Pining. *chef's kiss*
Enemies to Lovers
Yes yes yes, please show me characters learning things about themselves and each other that lead them to an understanding that they're not really so different after all. Show me the begrudging admiration, the growth, the willingness to bend just a little to accommodate someone you maybe don't hate as much as you thought. And then of course the "I didn't know who else to go to" never gets old.
Battle Couple
So hot when a pairing knows each other well enough to fight effectively together. Fighting one-on-one is hard enough. Adding another person, especially someone you don't want to hurt by accident, can make things really complicated! There's a reason the concept of Drift Compatible hit so hard. And then there's all the associated aspects, summed up well in this Tumblr post.
Last, I don't know if this is really a trope, but Highly Specific AUs where the author has excessively intimate knowledge of the AU environment that makes the world deeply real. I'm thinking that Guardian Lawyer AU or the Untamed SNL one. The more specific the knowledge the better. So like, not just an academia AU but an academia AU where they're all grad students in the same program? Yes please.
If you'd like to ask me for five somethings (I'm terrible at favorites, but I'll give you five and you can pick your favorite 😂), please leave a comment on this post!