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- RandomCatz4Life
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both are relatable The top of the candy cane breaking off as you attempt to open it
Oh wait, this is for books and movies
Um… The good ol' “antagonist looks like they're switching sides but oh wait aww man they attacked the character while right next to them”
maybe TOO relatable
she / her / hers
<3
- PrincessPandaLover
- Scratcher
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Wow, this topic spits out totally normal tropes that I can find on TV Tropes quickly.
- TheRealNetherBefore
- Scratcher
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A fantasy/sci-fi story with a definitely not obvious racism (or general discrimination) plot using a fantasy/sci-fi species/race as substitutes.
- Bonus points if it's handled in a very patronising and over-simplified way
- Double points if our main character(s) solve the whole thing
- Triple points if all it takes to solve it is a small conversation or inspiring speech
- Quadruple points if the main characters are all humans and/or if there are minorities in the group (this still counts if there's like one token character and/or one character belonging to the species/race involved)
*Drinks ketchup*
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- owlannaelsa
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Dekus are planimals (plant animals) plants > animals
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- owlannaelsa
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Oliver Twist in a nutshell. so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care
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- owlannaelsa
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Mice LOVE cheese
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- jromagnoli
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Except Oliver Twist was the one that popularized the trope and did it really well, so it doesn't really count.Oliver Twist in a nutshell. so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care
- owlannaelsa
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I'm posting this again as it may not have been noticed:
My Taiko OC, Bachi only applies to 1 cliche: A girl having eyelashes. I never even meant for her colour scheme to be carrot-like.
She also aborts a major Taiko cliche: Smiling even when angry or sad.
ABOVE: Bachi, drawn in Vectr.
ABOVE: Katsu angry that his family have gone on holiday without him. Why is he smiling?
My Taiko OC, Bachi only applies to 1 cliche: A girl having eyelashes. I never even meant for her colour scheme to be carrot-like.
She also aborts a major Taiko cliche: Smiling even when angry or sad.
ABOVE: Bachi, drawn in Vectr.
ABOVE: Katsu angry that his family have gone on holiday without him. Why is he smiling?
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- Smiley100P
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I feel like i did something similar with Neko actually, even though hes happily adopted and his dad is still alive (and right under his nose, hilariously enough)Except Oliver Twist was the one that popularized the trope and did it really well, so it doesn't really count.Oliver Twist in a nutshell. so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care
Cato's a straighter example, although exactly how his parents died is a bit of a spoiler
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- gigamushroom
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And elephants are afraid of mice. And elephants love peanuts. And peanuts are served on airplanes. And airplanes… Well, you see where I’m going with this… Mice LOVE cheese
“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’”
- Dabzers
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Airplanes eat mice.And elephants are afraid of mice. And elephants love peanuts. And peanuts are served on airplanes. And airplanes… Well, you see where I’m going with this… Mice LOVE cheese
- TheRealNetherBefore
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The hero doesn't always win, nor is there always a happy ending. Yeah, in a lot of feel-good entertainment the hero will inevitably come out on top and everything's concluded neatly but here are many works that don't end nicely. Sometimes a writer just wants to explore failure or create a message through it, some works are never even about the protagonist succeeding at their goals but in fact focus on the emotional journey towards them. The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.
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- Smiley100P
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Individual episodes in a TV show or book in particular tend to do this quite a bit. I in particular love to make my protagonists lose quite a bit.The hero doesn't always win, nor is there always a happy ending. Yeah, in a lot of feel-good entertainment the hero will inevitably come out on top and everything's concluded neatly but here are many works that don't end nicely. Sometimes a writer just wants to explore failure or create a message through it, some works are never even about the protagonist succeeding at their goals but in fact focus on the emotional journey towards them. The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.
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- TheRealNetherBefore
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No, not just episodes, whole series/books/games.Individual episodes in a TV show or book in particular tend to do this quite a bit. I in particular love to make my protagonists lose quite a bit.The hero doesn't always win, nor is there always a happy ending. Yeah, in a lot of feel-good entertainment the hero will inevitably come out on top and everything's concluded neatly but here are many works that don't end nicely. Sometimes a writer just wants to explore failure or create a message through it, some works are never even about the protagonist succeeding at their goals but in fact focus on the emotional journey towards them. The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.
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- KidoftheEnder45
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A buff goon picks the hero up by the throat/ etc. and has the perfect moment to end him right then and there.
Throws him across the room instead.
Throws him across the room instead.
- IggyAndCassie
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Sometimes I question the intelligence of villains. A buff goon picks the hero up by the throat/ etc. and has the perfect moment to end him right then and there.
Throws him across the room instead.
- KidoftheEnder45
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Airplanes eat mice.And elephants are afraid of mice. And elephants love peanuts. And peanuts are served on airplanes. And airplanes… Well, you see where I’m going with this… Mice LOVE cheese
They eat everything, including mice.
- KidoftheEnder45
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Wow, this topic spits out totally normal tropes that I can find on TV Tropes quickly.
Probably a source for most of these, tbh.