Tapas Writers' Tropes

[orionsloosetooth]

So, I just wanted to find out if any other Tapas Novel writers have like a specific trope. Y'know, like a common element across your stories. If you do, let me know what it is! I'd love to hear about it!

Mine is Angsty princesses with uptight moms who mean well but don't really show it well and gentle but mysterious dads who are either dead or have gone missing!

[irene_addler]

Orphans because I apparently find parents really difficult to write. Like all of my main characters are always orphans. Such a trope!

[Drewbie]

I don't have more than one story published but any time that I have written down another story the MC always uses lightning. Even before I started writing when I would just RP I always used lightning so ig that carried over when I stopped rping and started writing

[rainbowolfe]

No matter what, I always seem to end up with a Gentle Giant--Feral Child duo. Sometimes they're family, sometimes they're friends, and sometimes there's more than one of them. I just adore it and i don't know why lol

[Maps]

Mine kind of holds that “series of unfortunate events”. I like to keep the drama rolling.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

For me it is:

• Supposedly "good" protagonists who are usually pretty tame turning "evil" or showing their much darker side.
  It ranges from simple berserk rage boner from an angry teenager, to letting an entire village die as a punishment because they believe false accusation of the character.
• Male characters being momma's boys, or has a close relationship with their mothers. Another thing is the "enigmatic mother" type, wheir their moms aren't fully what they look like in the surface.
• Shapeshifters, monsters, or beasts are main staples. I like them, they cool.
• Suicidal characters was sprinkled on top like salt on how desperate I am to save these boring story.
• Cannibalism.

[joannekwan]

Grouchy, distant men.

[Kura]

A whole cast of little shits.

Just lots of friggen brats making life difficult for other brats.

[therealbereth]

Mine kind of holds that “series of unfortunate events”. I like to keep the drama rolling.

Why does this remind me of the Netflix series with Neil Patrick Harris?

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The thing that always keeps coming back in my writing? Dysfunctional families and male protagonists who are broken beyond what they can handle alone because of this, so whatever you see at surface level in my stories, you will always have to brace yourself for their imminent emotional breakdown before they can start to heal.

And the healing is what's central to my storytelling. I start with broken character and then see where they are going, how they manage to deal with their hurt – how they manage to live despite of it, find hope, strength and self-acceptance. That's my jam. ️

So, uh... If any of you happen to read my stuff, be prepared, even if the protagonist seems stable at first. xD

[xabelmind]

My trope is drama, kinda what @therealbereth told

• Friends and family can become your biggest enemies.
• Sex, there's always sex. Gay sex
• And before sex, there was violence and cruelty (it continues to be now, but it became more emotional).
• All sprinkled with huge emotional problems.

[azzy-m]

I find myself writing the friends-to-lovers trope a lot. I don't know, I think it's really nice and wholesome (tm)

and of course, emo characters that wear lots of black and has one piercing on the right ear. Bonus points if they're associated with the antagonist! Bonus BONUS points if I pair them with someone who's happier and with a brighter color scheme!

[Greetings]

Non-human characters.

[therealbereth]

I find myself writing the friends-to-lovers trope a lot. I don't know, I think it's really nice and wholesome (tm)

Oh god yes. Also: childhood friends to lovers. Just destroys me when it's done well.

[azzy-m]

Same I love that trope so much

[mrtoontastic]

Misfits, one-or-no-parents, or just goofballs. I love goofballs~.

[Harmony-S-S]

My trope would have to be the parents. They either are gone or someone else is given a parental role.

[KennDemon]

I can't seem to get away from the two boys and one girl dynamic when it comes to my main characters. Plus, within that dynamic, the boys almost always end up together and the girl is always either the sister to one of them or a friend who is practically a sibling.

I have tried to break this habit, but it always feels like the story is missing something.

[tchotchkeco]

Right now I have “morally questionable” main character going on. It just makes things a little more fun to write honestly and it’s easier to get them in either wacky or messed up situations. It kinda helps that I go for dark comedy at times.

[Penni]

• Darker tales

• Women who are strong but difficult (sassy and stubborn)

• Most of them are not human or entirely human

• Currently, I seem to be focused on the LGBT+ stories but that could be the bi in me

[Drewbie]

it is the bi in you.