What a cliche in your story except it not?

Vayvaction 2024-12-28 12:55:27 UTC #1

Mine is the cold northen duke is the ml except the fact he like the poorest noble looked down upon, he has one friend, he flirty and loves some banter

Leyelle 2024-12-28 13:18:28 UTC #2

Mine probably has a lot but one is the rich boy x poor girl, popular boy/unpopular girl trope.

First of all, Kattar doesn't treat the female lead like his personal possession like the cliche often is. Second, while Alicia wasn't super popular, she also never felt shy or miserable about it. She had a whole bunch of more pressing stuff on her mind. Kattar, despite being rich, was raised to never believe he was better than anyone for being rich (cuz it's not like he earned his money, his mother did) for that reason he's always had friends throughout different social classes and it was no biggie. Some were rich, some were poor, some were middle class, and so the befriending the Alicia wasn't at all different from those situations.

Also Kattar's mother actually LOVES Alicia (the female lead) rather than being a mother-in-law who hates her son's significant other. She absolutely DOTES on Alicia, wishes she was her mother, and is the reason why Alicia is now extremely successful (and richer than Kattar)

Another trope is that you fall in love with a dashing stranger and end up with them instead of your bff. While there is a dashing stranger, Alicia is still in love with her childhood best friend. He's already earned her trust, and that's most important to her.

jwabeasley 2024-12-28 14:48:01 UTC #3

I'm subverting several cliches, but among Fox Spirit/Human Girl romances, my main subversion is that the girl is already an apprentice mage who knows about the world of spirits. Normally the girl is completely new to magic and is totally dependent on the fox for magic.

kyupol 2024-12-28 17:08:37 UTC #4

Cliche... the hero never gets hit in a fatal spot during a battle...

Another cliche... explosions don't kill even if it makes a big crater

EncryptedWriting 2024-12-28 18:08:49 UTC #5

So umm MC OP?

That's the only cliche I can think of lol. Oh, and the MC doesn't admit their feelings until the end of the novel lol.

Crusoe 2024-12-28 21:07:59 UTC #6

Oooooh Fair, no Fair features a lot of BL tropes! Forced proximity (there is only one bed lol), enemies to lovers, etc. The one trope that is kind of subverted is the miscommunication trope. Joey and Simon actually communicate A LOT and when they don't it's because Simon is really anxious or because Joey has some trauma to work through. So usually when there is miscommunication it has a good reason.

Crusoe 2024-12-28 21:11:05 UTC #7

Feathered Fall on the other hand kind of goes for the soulmates trope, more specifically the matchmaker falls for who they need to match trope. But the twist is

Summary

that this was intended all along by Milo's student and their superior to get Milo to retire basically

2DLenzy 2024-12-29 07:47:16 UTC #8

The rich, competent, and business-savvy CEO, except he came from a humbler background, has very little clue what's going on and lives in a normal house bc his business is not doing so well. He does have a nice car, that is if I draw it correctly XD

There's also the glaring cliche of the Chosen One, but no one in the coop knows who it is and I throw in a bunch of red herrings and false prophets which cause major problems in the future.

Mohini9000 2024-12-29 23:29:02 UTC #9

Cliche... the stereotypical fashion-obsessed girl who likes to put on a full face of makeup everyday...except that Tsukasa isn't a girl! He's actually a guy, and a really pretty one at that!

clementina 2025-01-02 03:57:46 UTC #10

Soulmates except they only find each other if they're matched by cats

mohdadeebace 2025-01-02 04:23:56 UTC #11

I use meme language to much... trying to make joke of everything.... It's a bad habit....

thisisadriane 2025-01-13 11:51:05 UTC #12

I read this and it's a slap in the face. As a fellow BL writer, especially one who divulged in fanfics, I've seen it all (and I'm guilty as charged!!). I mean, come on, those are tropes BECAUSE people love them, so is it wrong to utilize the same plot bunny???

The one big cliche I've always tapped into is the good boy/bad boy trope. BUT, I did spin it to "oh, the good boy is not so good after all, and the bad boy is actually the good one!" - or wait, is that also a trope?

Crusoe 2025-01-13 12:08:46 UTC #13

I never said that trope=bad! I love tropes and I love the tropes that I use (it was a running joke in my a/n for a while lol). A trope is only bad if it's badly used.

Plus, tropes and familiar storybeats are kind of how humans communicate and tell stories, its a very natural part of storytelling.

grozalyn 2025-01-13 21:15:57 UTC #14

The "masquerade" except magical beings were being systematically persecuted and living separately from the rest of society was easier than trying to fight back. Also, no amount of secrecy or unspoken agreements saved either side from the information age, and both sides have to figure out just how to reintegrate the magical community into society. Negotiations are not going well, and both sides are concerned that fighting may break out at any moment.

Leyelle 2025-01-13 21:23:24 UTC #15

Friends to lovers but no one ever gets in the way of their relationship and they are very aware of each other's feelings. There are no misunderstandings and they are not trying to keep their feelings a secret. Neither are there any love rivals.

Renaissance_Fox 2025-01-17 17:51:04 UTC #16

The weak to strong troupe. One moment is this unsure, weak, bullied and frightened kid and all of a sudden is a hero and an problem who those who bullied him.

MelancholicOtaku 2025-01-17 18:24:21 UTC #17

The chosen one trope. My oc Elyn isn’t destined to become the hero.

Grasshoppershot 2025-01-25 02:49:40 UTC #18

In my story, the two main leads have love at first sight. Except the male lead (an elf) is blind, and the female lead has never seen an elf before, so she has no qualms about his appearance
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