At the top is Genre Deconstruction1! Unfortunately, I'm a fan of dark stories disguised as happy ones!
On the musical side, I've definitely abused Theme-and-Variations Soundtrack multiple times. I love mixing and interlacing character themes for certain chapters so much!
Though Dramatic Irony1 is another one I love. My story may not be a thriller, but there's something addicting about adding thriller-like elements to one!
@YS_og That's very traditional in mecha anime, I mean, that's basically the reasoning behind colony dropping in Gundam.
@stiatent I love me some Blood Knights, I have a couple planned in my novel that haven't appeared yet.
@allenT I think there is a tight balance between silly and incompetent and not many manage to handle it. When it's done right is great, like The Mitchells vs the Machines' dad.
@Scarlet_Cryptid Yeah but what trope is it?
@Stargazer31 Another classic.
@Oto_Kouda I love genre deconstruction, I have a Giant Robot story that I want to tell which is deconstructed as all hell.
My favourite trope? Unfortunately, that would be a spoiler. If I told you, I might have to kill you. (hint)
Genre: Crime/Mystery
I think it's debatable as to how common or traditional. A lot of Gundam series from the UC set, yeah, but they were going to extremes in almost all cases like colony dropping. I am trying to go for the more political approach behind the violence, rather than pure violence to drive the politics.
But I think a lot of mecha anime I watched was more focused on just straight up warring nations/races not rebellions, or alien/non-terrestrial beings invading etc. Not saying I am not following the trope, though.
Cute girl doing cute things....or just being cute.
It's challenging to keep thinking of way to keep it adorable.
https://tapas.io/series/Princess-Rosalinde
Her companion Bron is a large human man. He very much follows the blue oni disposition. But as the series goes on their personalities begin to rub off on each other. Especially once Rhunal, a mage, learns a spell that allows her to share his mind in battle.
The series.
I'm a fan of tragic flashbacks; I have each chapter intercut with the featured characters' flashbacks, so they don't interrupt the plot with exposition and more characterise them by showing why they are the way they are.
It's usually something pretty messed up too; dead parents, abandonment, horrible mistakes. Some less so, but typically it's something that needs to be addressed sooner or later.
Easy! I based this entire short comic on my favorite trope, rivalries!
I just can't get enough of them. there's something so cool about the idea of two people forcing each other to improve simply by being who they are. I love that they don't need to be friends to make each other's lives better - it's proof for how interacting with people different from you helps you expand your horizons and grow. the world ends with you, and all that good shit.
plus, if you can have them literally do nothing but stare each other down and they still look cool, you know you've got something good going.
Tragic backstory
Taren's past includes character death and betrayal told through flashbacks
Secret billionaire
Ryvan hides his status from his friends at uni
Fish out of water
Both Ryvan and Taren aren't familiar with the university environment
Can't pick a favorite so here's a few:
I am song
The characters don't sing, but each gets a monologue around the campfire to tell their idea of their "story"
Vitriolic best buds
Every single friendship in the story is like this. what with the apocalypse and clashing personalities and all.
Meaningful name:
Each character's name is a nickname they chose after the world ended.
Never Mess With Granny! It only now starts to show a little more, but there is so much badassery from my two grandmas (95 and 72 respectively) coming in the future that the 3rd main character will have to reevaluate A LOT of their opinions. I generally miss having representation for older generations, and especially older queer folks, so here we go.
Found Family is one of my favorite tropes so of course I included it in my comic (I guess TvTropes calls it Family of Choice?).
Unfortunately I do not have one. I have a vast catalogue of them, which includes Jerkass Gods, Really Royalty Reveal and Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.
https://tapas.io/series/Nixvir
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