#it’s such an ugly trope

[lucy-ghoul]

still baffled that one popular anti-dany argument pre s8 was that since she was wearing black she leaning toward the Dark Side™...... as if in the same series another unambigously heroic protagonist didn't enlist into the night's guard where everyone must wear black, and the series' author wasn't explicitly against this kind of stereotypical tropes lmao

#like mind you the antis were right. this was very much what got was aiming for with her wardrobe #...... but they were SO dumb for this. so incompetent #i can't take it seriously because of all the reasons i mentioned above #it's not simply an anti dany thing; it's anti asoiaf core themes #grrm really put an effort in deconstructing so many simplicistic fantasy tropes (beauty = goodness&ugliness/deformity = evil. #the knight core beliefs - where the truest knight in the 7 kingdoms is an ugly young woman etc.) #what's next? we are supposed to root for the starks because their house colors are grey/WHITE and therefore inherently good? lol #also targaryens' colors are black and red. of course dany was wearing them when she finally came to westeros #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #got negativity #daenerys targaryen #val speaks #val rambles in the tags #txt

[ghostytoad]

underappreciated character trope: nerd but make him slutty

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #donatello #rise donnie #literally tho #he served #its like the inverse of the ugly betty trope #the nerd IS the hot one #i'm gonna do one of leo too #toady talks #toad talks #toady writes

[mesapies]

Does anyone have any zutara fanfic recs that doesn't mischaracterize aang or diss/downplay his friendship with katara and zuko?? I'm tired of reading fics that make aang out to be a misogynistic guy that treated katara horribly. Or ones acting like aang and katara/zuko barley know each other as if they aren't all close friends

#katara #zuko #aang #zutara #atla #avatar the last airbender #and the ugly cheating trope needs to go

[eloise175]

Literally the best couple ever, hands down.

The beauty of the true (future) imperial couple

Now THIS is a Crown Prince. The Crown Prince ever.

On my knees for him

Callisto’s expression speaks volumes. He was not expecting anything of her, and yet he always goes all out whenever Penelope comes into the picture.

Even with the dress, when Penelope asked him why he sent it, Callisto simply said that he had missed her and thought of her when he saw it.

He’s scrambling for affection points from Penelope without even realizing it

Sometimes I look at them and wonder “just how dumb do they have to be to not realize their actual feelings for each other??” because normal people don’t look at each other like this

Busting out tissues and a bucket because I’m going to bawl my eyes out next chapter. They’re going to be so miscommunication for a good chunk of the upcoming chapters *sobs*

#can’t wait to see them as Emperor and Empress one day 🥹 #i’m sobbing i love them so much #I will ugly cry next chapter #pls just kiss kiss fall in love alreadyyyy #*miscomunication trope has entered the chat* #penelope eckhart #penelope eckart #callisto regulus #penelope eckart x callisto regulus #villains are destined to die #vadd #death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #el’s thoughts #el’s chapter rants

[sofoulandfairaday]

i can't decide which i like more:

the idea - very much canonical and in the author's original concept and view of magic - of the dark arts taking a toll on one's exterior and looks. tom riddle sacrificing his beauty willingly in the name of eternal life, black magic as something that innately corrupts. bellatrix escaping from azkaban with the barest vestiges of her ancient beauty. going from one of the most beautiful women in england to a shell of her former self and no amount of dark magic being able to fix it. and she just. doesn't care. goes from pretty, proud and vain in her youth, to the feverish, fanatical glow harry sees in the department if mysteries. finally she sheds the petal of the rose - look like the innocent flower, her master had once said - and only the thorns remain. the parallel with voldemort himself. the idea that they like each other better now, the only ones to like their respective new appearances better. bellatrix because she can taste the power radiating off him, because she knows how resentful he was of his old face. (oh, he's never said anything explicitly, he would rather be flayed alive than speak of his filthy muggle father to her, but she knew he didn't like himself, took no pride in his aesthetics, it was most unusual, really.) the dark lord because he's reminded of her sacrifice - she was the only one who didn't denounce him, who tried to find him - every time he looks at her. she gave up everything for him: her reputation, her family, her freedom, her health, her beauty, her youth.

or.

the horcruxes are an isolated case. not all prices to pay for power are physical. some dark magic sucks at your humanity, your emotional regulation, your empathy and gives back superficial little gifts. its roots are far from the deep anger, desperation to cling to life of an horcrux. these are ancient witches' remedies to be the most envied in the village. the idea that rotten cores hide behind the prettiest faces. and bellatrix was always vain, always took immense pride in her beauty, her black, pure features. when she escapes from azkaban she tries everything in her power to be herself once again. she still drips with obsession but gradually regains all of her beauty too. cruel people can still be beautiful. gorgeous people can still be inhuman. and yet there is something so human about a woman making her way through the ranks of a very militarised group and still caring so much about what she looks like, still having insecurities, being preoccupied with mundane things like age and decay - and hating it because he would hate it, he hates weakness, and still not being able to help herself. the dark lord was always a collector of shiny things, was he not?

#sorry for the ineloquent stream of consciousness. it's midnight i am exhaused and once again in a bellamort brainrot #better yet - bellatrix and her relationship with her gender is something that i find so fascinating and that few people explore properly #and the differences between bellatrix and voldemort and how they would perceive certain things (e.g. physical beauty) #being a children's book hp uses the very common trope that ugly = bad #the villains are all deprived of their good looks somehow #except in lockhart's case where he literally loses his wits (the whole point of his character - very dante-esque as a punishment) #and dark magic clearly takes a toll on your body #i like characters that are described as imperfect and that are forced to make sacrifices. would bella give this up for her master? yes. #would it be painful? i find that i like both versions of her. #bellatrix lestrange #lord voldemort #bellamort #bellatrix black

[ducktracy]

what a fantastic transition

#as much as i absolutely adore LT with all my heart there are no cartoons out there that give me such a CONSISTENT sense of raw visceral joy #than the Fleischer Popeyes #they are the epitome of fun. that’s such a vague word i know but i think it perfectly encapsulates these cartoons #not too gaudy or self absorbed. despite the fantastical nature of some plots and the gags and visuals there’s a down to earth humility as #well. it owns its simplicity very well. hearing that ‘30s jazz reach a climax as the visuals and gags and tactility and emotions get #stronger and faster in the climax of these shorts literally #gives me goosebumps! it’s an adrenaline rush #i also adore Olive Oyl. i mean i love them all. Bluto is the greatest cartoon asshole of all time. i love the nobility of Popeye. but i #really love that Olive gets to be just as loud and mean and weird and ‘ugly’ as the rest of the guys. she can throw a punch too. she’s not #just there to look pretty or be coquettish. she has a really natural charm and doesn’t feel forced like ‘oooo look at the cool LADY #participating too!’ which i feel is an issue with cartoons of both the past and present #she’s just another facet to these cartoons without calling much attention to herself and i really like that and wish there were more #like her #popeye #seasin’s greetinks #kneitel #vid #the lack of regular woman characters outside of thin tropes in golden age cartoons doesn’t bug me as much as it really should #because as a kid i was so used to watching ‘boy’ cartoons and connecting with ‘boy’ characters (i thought liking girl characters would make #me ‘girly’) and so it’s something i’ve always been sort of used to #but with that said Olive is one character i feel very strongly about and am glad she exists for those reasons #i don’t know why i’m getting so deep on this 10 second post? but anyway you should watch Popeye if you haven’t

[la-pheacienne]

Grantaire was a daring drinker of dreams [...] being desirous of filling his brain with twilight [...] it is of these three vapors, beer, brandy and absinthe that the lead of the soul is composed [...] three mute furies, Nightmare, Night and Death.

#you read this and imagine a hot mysterious seductive anti hero except it's about a silly little ugly guy #hugo subverting the soft bad boi trope before the trope even existed #grantaire i will go to war for you tho i'm your ride or die #if nobody got you i got you #les miserables #the brick #grantaire #les mis

[besttropeveershowdown]

The Worst Trope Ever Showdown: Round 1, Side B

Ugly Girl Transformation

An "ugly" character, usually female, becomes beautiful after a makeover.

Propaganda:

As someone ith glasses and doesn't feel that great about myself, watching someone who acts like meand who i can see myself in all of a sudden becoming "pretty" because she started to wear makeup and wear dresses and have her glasses taken off and becoming more in touch with her femine side just rubs me the wrong way. And sometimes they will dull down what made her who she was in the first place

Race Lift

A character's race is changed in an adaptation.

Propaganda:

I should be clear I am not talking about a poc portraying a formerly white character (e.g. Annabeth Chase, Barbara Gordon {Lego Batman Movie}, Arbuthnot), but rather the reverse (katara, khan) or blackface and similar

#the worst trope ever showdown #wtes polls #anti tropeaganda #ugly girl transformation #race lift #tw racism

[venusleontios55555]

A SPECIFIC MOVIE TROPE

Only girl in a boys group : Macho, not like other girls, all the guys will fall in love with her.

Only guy in a girls group: Feminine, soft, all the girls bully him, maybe gay.

#ouran high school host club #except haruhi is a fucking icon and not a pick me #derry girls #ugly crying #cliche #romance #every drama #friend group #drama #romcom #just watched #relatablepost #wattpad #fanfic #ao3feed #ao3 #fanfiction #tropes #writing tropes #relatable memes #relatable

[heraldofcrow]

Obsessed with the trope of characters believing they are inhuman monsters after being told so or lied to by the world around them for so long, and eventually giving in to become the monster in retaliation.

They become devils because nobody ever gave them a choice. That is what they were condemned as from the start. They are only living up to the expectation, right? But in the end, their only ever crime was being born different.

#THIS IS THE BEST VILLAIN ARC TROPE #sorry i’m thinking about bloodborne’s themes of inhumanity again and how certain characters are clearly affected #it works so well with beasts/vilebloods/gods and even other humans the “righteous” deem lesser #like they do something wrong and it’s not because they made a mistake it’s because they were inherently crooked #that’s what everyone else decided #when it’s so clear that everyone is capable of evil *especially* the self-righteous ones #*ugly crying* #writing stuff #fiction tropes #CrowNotes

[wuahae]

how about.... woozi + 'meet ugly' lol

LMAO...... extremely fitting for him i must admit

woozi + meet ugly

"jeonghan, you don't get it," you stress, taking another swig of your coffee. "i'm so serious. jihoon hates me, i just know it."

the noise of the dining hall during lunchtime rush hour has jeonghan popping an airpod out of his ear, his other hand reaching over to steal a tater tot from your lunch tray. "sorry, say that again?"

"jeonghan!" your woes bounce right off of him, stuck buried into the palms of your hands as you groan, clutching your head. "you're not even listening to me!"

"kidding, kidding," he teases lightly, taking a sip of his own coffee. decaf, obviously. lucky bastard. "who is this guy, anyway?"

lee jihoon, applied music major with a focus in composition, the source of your agony, a man you're 100% sure you would've never crossed paths with if not for the fact that every music major was required to take at least 60 credits outside of the music department. and it just so happened that one of those classes had to be one of yours. CMS 220: writing in media and cinema studies.

"i didn't even mean to debate with him," you say, insistent. "but it was a socratic seminar! what else was i supposed to do, not say anything?" popping a tater tot in your mouth, you wave your arms for emphasis. "you know how strict professor lee is with participation!"

"i told you not to take that class," jeonghan chided. "you're literally chugging your third coffee of the day and it's barely even 2."

"this isn't about me!"

jeonghan rolls his eyes goodnaturedly. "so what, you countered his answer during a socratic and now you think he hates your guts?"

"not think, jeonghan. i know."

the dirty look he had given you once class had ended was enough to have you walking on eggshells every time you saw him the rest of the week. not to mention, the way he'd looked down at his notes every time you spoke up during the socratic seminar today in class.

"maybe he just wanted to review his notes?"

"you should have seen the way he side-eyed me." you pause, taking another sip of your coffee as you drum your fingers against the table. maybe the caffeine was getting to you. "it's not even my fault. he's the one who chose to die on that hill."

who even argues that reality is objective in a unit about the multiverse anyway?

"uh huh." jeonghan checks his phone for the time, and you peer over to read the upside-down numbers. 2:15. just the amount of time needed to have a relaxed walk to your next class. scooching the chair out, you sling your backpack on one shoulder, gathering the napkins and empty trays into one pile.

"why do you care so much, anyway? isn't he just some guy?"

knitting your eyebrows together, you stop at the edge of the table. "i mean. yeah. but you know i don't like it when someone doesn't like me."

"it sounds like you don't even like him though?"

"that's different." you would have liked him fine if he didn't give you a stink eye at 8:30 in the morning.

tossing the rest of your empty tray in the trash, you sigh, shaking your coffee slightly. most of the ice had already melted. you crane your neck back to look at jeonghan as you walk towards the door. "in any case, i really just need to get past this semester. this class is honestly the least of my worries, and so is—"

jeonghan manages to get out a faint "uh—" before it all explodes. it being your half-empty iced coffee, à la crashing straight into the other person opening the door. the other person being jihoon, his white shirt and nice slacks all stained with your watered-down double shot espresso.

you stare blankly at him, mouth gaping. coffee drips from your hand to the floor. "i have to go to class," you blurt out, hand slapping over your mouth the second you do. fuck.

well. if he didn't hate you before, lee jihoon definitely hates you now.

#trope ask game #i based the info off my college applied music requirements so take it with a grain of salt </3 #BTW AS ITS DONE....im not even sure if this counts as a meet ugly . #but erm.....hope you like it anyway 😭 #jihoon x reader #woozi x reader

[artykyn]

"Be careful about being mean to the poor geek, he might be your rich boss someday!"

"Be careful about being mean to the ugly girl, she might be hot someday!"

Listen I know the *intention* of tropes like this is "don't be mean" but what they actually teach is "if you want to be a bully, that's fine, but choose your victims wisely" and "if you're a victim of bullying, it's deserved. Put in the time and effort to be worth something"

So what if the "ugly" girl doesn't become hot one day? Does that mean it was okay to bully her?

Your "don't judge a book by its cover" stories have got to spend more time focusing on the consequences of being judgmental, and not at all on the victim needing to meet a standard to be judged by.

#more stories of bullies realizing that none of their friends trust them #more stories of bullies realizing that other people are a lot happier than they are because they have deep relationships #more stories of bullies realizing that one wrong move will lose them a friendship #meanwhile everyone else can screw up and be forgiven easily #let the 'ugly' folks stay 'ugly' #writing #stories #tropes #annoying tropes #bullying #cruelty #mine

[shortpplfedup]

5, 15, 17

5. Second Chance Romance

I'm gonna go for His. Nagisa's regrets and guilt and pain are so tangible and palpable. He left Shun in an attempt to fit into a heteronormative society, and he returned to Shun bringing the one good thing their separation gave him: his daughter, in the hope that Shun could understand, forgive and love him again. I will always prefer a 'fucked up the first chance' story to a 'didn't take the first chance' story because of the life lessons part, and this movie is a knife in my heart always. In fact, imma rewatch it today.

15. Love Triangle

Yeah I'm not like everybody else, I'm a great fan of triangles where the third party is an incredibly lovely person who would make a great partner but absolutely does not stand a chance, hence my choice of I Told Sunset About You. Bas might be adorable and sweet, but he's not the one fondling Oh Aew on the bedroom floor. Still he has the stones to fight the losing battle and I respect the fuck outta that.

17. Ugly Duckling

For me the best ugly duckling stories are the ones where the duckling doesn't change a fucking thing and still bags their babe anyway, and that's why my fave is Secret Crush On You. Actively rejecting the makeover trope to deliver a message of 'I am very into your specific flavour of *gestures* this' with all three of their couples is my favourite execution of this trope, hands down.

#bl trope ask game #second chance romance #love triangle #ugly duckling #his the movie #i told sunset about you #itsay #secret crush on you #scoy the series

[jasontoddssuper]

My friend @leo-thecactus said this Jason Todd design 'looks like a dorito but dead inside'.True and Real

#also yes this is btas comics!jason.when y'all see me getting flushed emoji over him this is who i'm picturing #his offputting looks have bewitched me idk what to tell you.something something btas/stas comics jaysumm is the 'ugly guy/hot wife' trope #jason todd #btas comics #batfam #robin #red hood #as all jasons are he's bi and trans and adhd/autistic/mdd #real self shipping hours #letters from summer

[taichouu]

I thank god every day for not giving me blue eyes. I don't think i could handle the pressure of being more special than everyone else in the whole world.

#tai talks #JOKE POST. #Every time I see a character with blue eyes thats granted special powers tied to their (blue) eyes i think about that person #that was fighting for their life on that post about people putting blue eyes on a pedestal #Something something “I've been bullied for my blue eyes my whole life” man......... be so fr LMFAO #this is abt the blue eyed samurai or whatever that show is thats on netflix #we will never escape that trope as long as we live #is there any media that has like. brown eyes using special powers. idk probably not #im also not bagging on anyone w blue eyes personally im mostly complaining about the concept of like #bl.ue ey.es being the PINNACLE of beauty and desirability. im not saying blue eyes are ugly

[pollyna]

Tom doesn't resent Pete for flying because it's exactly what he was born for. Fly as fast as he can, taking decisions nobody else would ever consider and succeeding. Tom is so proud that sometimes he feels like screaming from the top of a mountain about how he feels about Mav, his work, and all his accomplishments. But Tom isn't thirty anymore, and his voice is no more than a whisper now, barely there to say hello and goodbye. The feelings are there too, all of them, and he doesn't know what to do because he can't speak them up, words aren't enough, and Mav is far fucking away, flying away hours of a day like they are nothing. All Ice wants, from the moment that he was promoted to now, is the chance to fly again. And maybe now he never will again, and it makes him want to resent Maverick, so so much because at least he would know what to do with all those feelings. But every time he receives a mail, Mav leaves a voicemail, or sends a message, or anything really, Ice can't help but smile and be proud. There's no space for resentment or any negative feelings, even if they are still there, settled between his bones, making home in the same way the cancer did in his throat, and he knows they are going to get out, sooner or later, and it's going to be ugly. But for now, he lets Mav's last voicemail fill the space around him and listens to his last hop.

#au in which ice doesn't say to mav about the cancer the first time around #<- idk why i like this trope so much lol #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell (mentioned) #feelings are hard #ice flys thanks to mav's stories #first cancer arc #icemav #(ugly feelings that will be addressed bc being adults means having hard conversation and they're going to talk about it all.)