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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Aug 26, 2021 19:11:27 GMT
I really, really hate the "misunderstanding, people being manipulated and pitted against one another to fight/hate other characters over a lie" tropes. I really, really, really hate those. I despise false, manipulated drama. It's why I can't read the romance genre. I don't care that they live happily ever after at the very end. I abhor the journey to get there.
I love romance. And I love fictional conflict. But I want the conflict to be real, not manufactured. I also hate when the conflict is drawn out fooooorever. Let two people meet, have a real conflict over actual issues, then work through it in a natural way, and then once the conflict is over, get together. I like that. It's satisfying.
Two people fighting because someone lied to them about the other person, or worse, they see/overhear a conversation and wrongly assume something, which artificially keeps the two characters apart drives me into a rage. I just can't with that...
I don't mind characters having to fight to earn the right to be together. I have two characters where one dies and goes to hell, and the other has to figure out a way to free them. I'm all for grand epic adventures, high stakes, all that jazz... but make the conflict real, and end it when it has naturally concluded.
I also really, really hate the whole person 1 is a superhero/the devil and their partner doesn't know who they really are for a super long time, either. It usually makes the clueless character look like an idiot, and it's just "grrrrrrrrrrrrrs" annoying.
I'm not super keen on addiction arcs, either. And I don't love betrayal arcs, either. I don't always hate betrayal arc. Sometimes they can be done well, but they need to be properly set up and thought through with a fine-tooth-think. The betrayal needs to be real, and not done because of mind-control or again, a lie/misunderstanding.
What tropes do you hate?
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Post by writeway on Aug 28, 2021 6:30:11 GMT
I wouldn't say "hate" but I don't care much for the "long lost child" trope. You know, suddenly some man finds out he has a grown child that's just been made up with no hint or anything that he had one. I especially don't like it thrust in the middle of a series, again if it's just thrown in with no foreshadowing about the topic. I think my dislike comes from when I was a child and teen, I used to love soap operas and that's the main trope they did, made up a child. I got so sick of that because it's like it's just the one go-to. "Oh, I need some conflict in the story let me throw in a grown kid that is coming back looking for revenge." Like on the Lifetime movies. I also get tired of the revenge scenerio. It's a good trope when done well but sometimes it's so cliche and predictable. At least be more unique about it. I've used the revenge trope in some of my books but I made it unique. Not the same old setup.
Now this isn't a trope but there is a genre I never COULD stand. I don't know why but I can't stand romcom anything. I HATE romcom. I love romance and I love comedies but not together. I don't like chick flicks, romcom movies, romcom books, none of it. The books/movies are always so silly like written for teenagers. The women are always so immature and childish and they get on your nerves. The man is always some guy who is supposed to be so great but is just a goofy dork even when he is supposed to be cool. I don't like how women run after the man in romcoms. They're always tripping over themselves to get the man's attention. Thirty-year-old something women who are educated and have their lives together yet they melt when some dude comes around. It's insulting. The woman always act like 16-year-olds. So that's probably why I hate it. The way the women act and also the plots are always so corny. It's one reason I can stand Hallmark movies. They have a lot of romcom. And romcom is all alike. The same plots. But yeah, I don't like comedy and romance mixed together. I LOVE romantic suspense but not romcom.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Aug 30, 2021 19:12:46 GMT
I wouldn't say "hate" but I don't care much for the "long lost child" trope. You know, suddenly some man finds out he has a grown child that's just been made up with no hint or anything that he had one. I especially don't like it thrust in the middle of a series, again if it's just thrown in with no foreshadowing about the topic. I think my dislike comes from when I was a child and teen, I used to love soap operas and that's the main trope they did, made up a child. I got so sick of that because it's like it's just the one go-to. "Oh, I need some conflict in the story let me throw in a grown kid that is coming back looking for revenge." Like on the Lifetime movies. I also get tired of the revenge scenerio. It's a good trope when done well but sometimes it's so cliche and predictable. At least be more unique about it. I've used the revenge trope in some of my books but I made it unique. Not the same old setup. Now this isn't a trope but there is a genre I never COULD stand. I don't know why but I can't stand romcom anything. I HATE romcom. I love romance and I love comedies but not together. I don't like chick flicks, romcom movies, romcom books, none of it. The books/movies are always so silly like written for teenagers. The women are always so immature and childish and they get on your nerves. The man is always some guy who is supposed to be so great but is just a goofy dork even when he is supposed to be cool. I don't like how women run after the man in romcoms. They're always tripping over themselves to get the man's attention. Thirty-year-old something women who are educated and have their lives together yet they melt when some dude comes around. It's insulting. The woman always act like 16-year-olds. So that's probably why I hate it. The way the women act and also the plots are always so corny. It's one reason I can stand Hallmark movies. They have a lot of romcom. And romcom is all alike. The same plots. But yeah, I don't like comedy and romance mixed together. I LOVE romantic suspense but not romcom. Don't get me started on Hallmark movies! I do enjoy their cozy mystery movies. Those are fun, even if they don't play fair and allow you to actually try and solve the mysteries. But their regular romance movies - absolutely LOATHE!!!! Last winter, our house wasn't quite finished yet, and my trailer was too cold, so I had to spend a few weeks in my mom's apartment with her, and she had the Hallmark channel on pretty much all day. It was Christmas movie time, and OMG having to listen to those movies nonstop all day was torture. I've never really watched soap operas. I did go back and watch a bunch of clips of the one Sarah Michelle Gellar was in, before Buffy. And coincidentally enough, she was an adopted child who found her birth mother, who I assume was part of the main cast. And I watched "Jane the Virgin" that show was torture, as well, but Bridget Regan was in it, and I did like Piper, as well. I eventually just skipped ahead to Bridget's episodes because I couldn't take Jane any longer. I think I must agree with you on romcoms. I also don't like TSTL (too stupid to live) characters, who are always falling down, conveniently into their heroes arms. I have enjoyed a few romantic suspense books. I also love Gothic mysteries, sometimes. |
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