#tropes we need more of

[jesterbells]

This

is also a good trope

#trinity blood #abel nightroad #kenshin #battosai #my compilations #tropes we need more of

[khytal]

and there was only one bed (oh my god there was only one bed)

extra:

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #khyt.art #I love putting stupid spins on tropes :] #this is specifically 98 because trimax ww would not do this sndhsndhs #and also bc I believe trimax vw are a lot more hesitant with touch. and it takes them a lot longer #but we are not here for pain and longing we are here for *looks under the read more* not that #anyway. enjoy day 5 (only 1 bed) lmao #I think the most impressive thing about this week so far is that I haven’t had to draw vash’s coat once #it would’ve been yesterday but I was busy/needed to let my hand rest x)

[redysetdare]

enough stories about how someone learns to truely be happy through love. i want a story where someone is desperately seeking out love thinking it's the only way to be happy only for them to learn by the end that happiness is what they make of it and they don't need love at all to make it.

#aro #aromantic #ace #asexual #aroace #loveless aro #loveless #non-partnering #nonpartnering #non partnering #nonamorous #aplatonic #enough of amatonormative tropes in media!!! enough 'you're miserable without love' stories!!! #less “you're too focused on ambitions to make you happy that you dont let yourself fall in love” #more “you're too focused on finding love to make you happy that you wont let yourself live” #more “there is so much more to life than love and so much more that can bring your happiness if you just let yourself experience it.” #maybe I should write this story #and when i say love i mean all love. not just romantic love. #which is why i tagged aplatonic too #while i mostly see this trope in terms of romantic love i think there's something to be said about #telling stories where people are perfectly content alone too #it doesn't have to be sad or pathetic to not have friends by choice. they dont have to be a miserable person to not have friends #i think we need more variety in stories where it shows people just content in their lack of love or relationships in all shapes #not everyone wants a family not everyone wants friends not everyone wants a partner not everyone wants love #some of us are content without. that should be explored without the need to fix it.

[sapphicyanli]

truly rare netflix w for casting the gayest person in the natla cast as zuko. literally couldnt get any better than this

#BEFORE ANYONE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY I VERY MUCH ACKNOWLEDGE DALLAS LIU IS INDEED IS A GREAT AND HARDWORKING ACTOR THIS IS A JOKE #that being said #THE WAY HE SAID “come slide through the fire nation” ?!?!?!? INSANE FELLA BEHAVIOR RIGHT THERE #ian was SWEATING #the rest of natla cast seeing them flirting in every chance they get: imagine how tired we are🙄😒 #dallas liu #ian ousley #tagging this as #zukka #as well because maybe it will inspire more ppl to eventually write that actors!zukka au we all need😷 #zuko confident gay-sokka panicked gay is also kind of an underrated ish trope #mine #natla #atla #interview #🤨🏳️‍🌈❓

[io-lu-art]

Just some random, stupid idea I had during the middle of the night... so I started scribbling around...

Oh, dear Rey...

"Webtoon" format after the page break (I guess). You choose your fav.

(if the quality feels bad, it's because I started drawing this with a height of 1080 pixels in landscape format *cries*)

I am still debating whether or not to include this in my fanfiction. There are some shots missing, just to illustrate how anxious and hopelessly in love he is. Well, we'll see. I may or may not continue this.

The context? Do you even need it? Spoilers in the hashtags.

#bensolo.exe has stopped working #they are stuck together #for days; no; weeks #on a cold planet #you know where this is going #because we love this trope #is it one of the most popular tropes in this fandom or is my absence from ao3 showing? #slow burn #the costumes still need some work #I'm not there in the story yet #I need more time for that #reylo #fanart #kylo ren #ben solo #rey nobody #pride and prejudice #csp #clip studio paint #comic #sketch

[clear-what-i-was-seeing]

artists have "draw this in your style", i think fic authors should start doing "write this in your style" where a ton of people write the same prompt but all do their own lil interpretations and characterizations and fun dialogue bits etc

#also then we get to read our favourite scenarios more 😈 #i know a big worry among authors is “what if this is too close to something that's been done before” and “is this tired/cliche” #but artists draw from the same references all the time! and it's amazing all the time #even with the exact same prompt #even if people used the same overall beats for the beginning/middle/end #it's always going to be different. we all view and create art in unique ways. #and there are always going to be new variations and ideas and interpretations that make it special. #also again. ik this has been said. but there are so many tropes i would read one million variations of. #need to see all my favourites in Situations™️ #clear posts #on writing #writing #ao3 #fanfiction

[butterflysonnets]

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

#eve text #elmike #stranger things #byler #only tagging byler because i feel like yall will like this take lol #tagging tagging tagging WHAT ARE EVERYONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS #god i can't believe i'm making a post about stranger things. this feels like poking a bear #i'm not particularly anti m*leven but like... they'd have to do something pretty special at this point for me to feel like it's viable #i'm seeing the bts of s5 and it's got me Having Thoughts #elmike friendship is something i am so passionate about #even before i ever liked byler (didn't ship at all until s4 even though i knew it was a thing before) i've felt this way about elmike #i always believed they were close friends at heart and needed to break up #the romance part of them felt very distinctly young and very much “he was a boy she was a girl” to me #and it hasn't deepened into anything more mature and i don't see how it could based on the current state of the writing... #the fact that lumax exists — a young relationship that is actively maturing and is healthy — makes that clear to me #and the “love confession” in s4 and how disingenuous and miserable it felt was just the nail in the coffin #also the fact that will (who is IN LOVE with mike) was instrumental in making it happen? ... uh... okay... interesting choice… #fucked up and reductive if they make it another queer unrequited love sacrifice for the sake of pushing the heterosexual agenda YUCK #so i really hope the speculation about a m*leven breakup is real!! i think it just makes sense for their characters but who knows #i don't believe in the notion of love at first sight or one true love and i think the writers don't too??? #love to me is an accumulation of experiences and we inevitably choose it at some point rather than fall into it... but idk #tv is so fixated on keeping couples together... sometimes it's just not reality guys especially with young people... LET IT GO... #like i said though i'm not 100% sold that they're going to give up their “golden couple” LMAO #stranger things hasn't historically subverted too many tropes if i'm being honest #anyway i seriously need this season to come out quickly... i'm so bored and getting my master's is crushing my soul #i need frivolity #ALSO btw i won't respond to hateful messages about this so please don't bother. it's not that serious. this is a netflix show

[lesbian-sunshim]

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rare pairs for your consideration - starlight x discord

#my little pony #mlp #discord mlp #starlight glimmer #starcord #discoglimmer #I'm known for uhhhh strongly disliking starlight and I'm not discord's biggest fan either so #people are either gonna love this or hate it but please know my intentions are in good faith i really like this #pairing them together reminded me that i actually thought s7 was leading to a friendship between them & that we'd see them hanging out more #that didnt happen & now i remember the s7 premiere leading to nothing and now i feel cheated #didnt he want her to be his roomie? 🤔 #my thing against most discord ships that arent the princesses is hes still enough of a jerkass that he needs someone wh #who wont put up with his bullshit AND matches him in power #starlight fits that perfectly and being former villians trying to make a new life tropes is something they have in common #so yea i may not be their biggest fans but i ended up genuinely liking the idea of them and how interesting their dynamic could have been #vs what we got in the show and i think their dynamic together improves them as characters enough to improve my opinion of them #basically theyre 'i could fix him' 'girl youre worse' and i like that 😂

[makorragal-312]

Okay.

So this might be an unpopular opinion (or maybe not), but as a bi woman, I would be fucking PISSED if Buck and Eddie ended up kissing or hooking up during the bachelor party.

#911 #911 abc #911 on abc #911 show #911 season 7 #911 s7 #911 speculation #evan buckley #eddie díaz #buddie #911 buck #911 eddie #911 buddie #buck x eddie #haven't we reached the point in society where the bi cheating trope is an awful trope #like why do they have to cheat on their partners #why can't they just dump them first #and I am so glad other people have said this too #and especially given buck's past with abby #and him telling Eddie that he needed to dump ana if she was giving him anxiety #it would be a complete disservice for him to cheat #especially with an actual healthy partner for once #and I know that he kissed Lucy while he was with taylor #but this could have so much more ramifications #just let buck and Tommy have an amicable break-up and stay friends #and have anything buddie related happen AFTER the wedding #im glad that they''re taking into account how important buck's storyline #and how they don't want to add anything negative to it in terms of buck and possibly buddie #okay unpopular opinion over #oliver stark

[queenoftheantz]

Will we ever see more Iwaoi from you, whether that's comics or writing or anything else? Also, got any fic recs for them?

You might! Or not! I will always be a HUGE Oikawa fan, and iwaoi is my ship for him, so if I reread again ill probably draw them again.

I don't read a lot of fics, and my faves are very old... I don't even know if I would still like them if I read them now! (I think I would though) (also most of them ended up being fandom classics so probably no news for you anon)

But I really loved:

#antswers #Anonymous #fic rec #i wish there were more good body swap fics its my favorite trope #but like #not in the 'we need to pretend to be each other' way #but more #what is your perspective on the world #how is the world different through your eyes #how do i look different through your eyes #how do you look different through your own eyes

[jesterbells]

From several things I’m watching or rewatching now...

This

Is

A

Great

Dynamic

#tropes we need more of #my compilations #fullmetal alchimist brotherhood #stargate sg1 #log horizon #fate 0

[trash-opposum]

Step dad Mephisto who isn’t sure sure he’s doing the whole parenting thing correctly but one day his step kid refers to him as dad and everything just falls into place for him

#please i love him #i want more step parent headcanons #we need more step parent headcanons #step parents are so villainized at times #i’m a sucker for a good step parent trope #not the step dad but the dad who stepped up #obey me shall we date #obey me #obey me one master to rule them all #obey me mephistopheles #obey me mephisto #obey me mc #obey me mephisto x mc #obey me mephisto headcanons

[mywordsfortheuniverse]

If you hugged me it would simultaneously solve all my problems and create a million more.

But that’s a risk I want to take with you. Do you want it too?

#can we find out #I need a hug #touch starved #physical touch #hug #poetry #poem #love #love poem #love poetry #is this love #friends to lovers #friends to lovers trope #can we be more than friends #are we more than friends #falling for my best friend #fuck i’m falling for him #i think i’m falling in love #falling for a friend #falling for him #falling in love #pretty boy #love language

[weather-froggy]

I keep seeing art of the (rise) older brothers protecting Mikey... WHERE'S MY ART OF MIKEY PROTECTING THEM?!?!?

WE NEED TO SEE MORE UNHINGED MIKEY IN THIS FANDOM, NOT DAMSEL IN DISTRESS YOUNGER BROTHER STEREOTYPES (I am a slight hypocrite trying to fix bc of how common of a trope it is BUT STILL)

LEO RAPH OR DONNIE GET HURT, MIKEY BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF SOME VILLAIN TO PROTECT HIS KNOCKED OUT BROTHER/S- OPPURTUNITIES PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES

MY DUDE THREW A BUILDING FOR CHRIST SAKE GIVE HIM SOME FIGHTING FREEDOM HERE

Anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk, PLEASE send me fic recommendations under this sorta idea/trope if you got any

💞💞💞

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #save rise of the tmnt #inspiration #unpause rise of the tmnt #michelangelo #rise mikey #rise michelangelo #rise of the tmnt movie #rottmnt mikey #tropes #fandom #tcest dni #seriously we NEED more of this #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

[voids-voyager]

I have no clue why they didn't make Amity more akin to a rival character instead of a bully. Because it would have solved A Lot of problems in regards to Amity and Willow, and Lumity becoming a thing.

The thing is that Lumity feels Super Weird at the start when Luz is trying to befriend Amity long before the girl shows any remorse for bullying Willow and making up for it. And it's not something easily brushed off when Amity is introduced being condescending and a dick to Willow. The bullying isn't something of the past, it's still going on.

Willow comes off as an afterthought in this dynamic, when she's the one who's been wronged by Amity the most. Their arc never feels like it resolves itself either, it just kinda peeters out.

If you've watched Little Witch Academia, Diana is who I think Amity should have emulated more. Diana is the top student at the school, she's stern and no-nonsense, a bit stuck-up, she comes from a prestigious family, she gets in conflict with the protagnoist, Akko, not because of bullying but because they have very different personalities and butt heads because of it. Akko considers Diana her rival, but this is one-sided on her part.

Willow and Amity could still have been friends in the past, but Amity instead pointedly ignores Willow's existence after their friendship has ended. She doesn't call out her friends for bullying Willow(that would make it seem like she cares) but she doesn't participate or encourage it. She's still not a good person, she still has to apologise to Willow, but changing their relationship from 'active bullying' to 'pretending Willow doesn't exist' would do a lot going forward for them I think. Still terrible, but more palatable in my eyes.

#the owl house #toh critical #i guess? #better safe than not #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #lumity #honestly one-sided rivalry could have easily been part of the early pre-lumity dynamic #with luz still seeing TBI as a fantasy considering amity to be her rival because in stories like these the protagonist always has a rival #but it would lead to luz struggling to see amity as a person beyond the 'rival' trope #like less we forget this girl had no friends before coming to TBI #so she'd struggle communicating with amity outside of how this is 'supposed' to go #or how it went in the azura books between azura and hecate #but their friendship doesn't need a big event or battle to form and it actually complicates things instead #and just like in canon lost in language is what helps luz see more of the real amity and it's what begins the connection between them

[explodingchaos]

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I will actually never get over this ending. This is something I’ve always imagined, but never saw coming true. The content and tranquility between the two, and just sitting in each others presence while drinking coffee, not really bothered by the fact that one’s not telling them what’s in the notebook and the other isn’t bothered by asking what he’s doing. Ngl, rewatching I would get emotional. Realizing how far SMG4 & SMG3 have come in terms of relationship development (and character development) to one another brings me to another level of heartwarming. I could talk about how much they’ve grown and learned together, but if I did my fingers would hurt, and I would never finish. Maybe some other day, but for now I just wanted to state I really enjoyed WOTFI this year, and considering the TV situation hasn’t been wrapped up yet (surprisingly), I look forward to it and how it will show up in different episodes.

#smg4 #smg3 #smg34 #smg4 wotfi 2023 #smg4 wotfi #I love them so much #they are so in love you can’t tell me otherwise #on another note #I would love to talk about how if they were to make these 2 idiots canon #then I think they shouldn’t just yet #sense this is mostly considered a enemies to lovers trope if they become canon #they would need to go through the stages of becoming together #I would say we are entering the very close friend stage #and leaving the friend stage #oh my god #I could go on #but imma leave it off here #Really enjoyed WOTFI #Can’t wait for more!!