What's your favorite trope you included into your comic/novel? +promotions

Kuma 2021-07-16 02:17:57 UTC #1

The trope I really like and I added to my novel is Sufficiently Analyzed Magic

What is the trope you put into your work you like the most?

YS_og 2021-07-16 04:02:58 UTC #2

The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized!

It's also never clear as the revolutionaries wish it to be, nor is it clear for the opposition. I like these as I feel like its one of the lesser played action tropes and fun to work with.

Happens in both of my works (though only one is in webnovel format atm)

stiatent 2021-07-16 04:09:32 UTC #3

nice to meet you @Kuma

One I'm a sucker for and definitely have is Blood Knight - Evan is one

And a second, Snake Charmer appears in two projects, with one being a literal snake charmer

(will sub back to anyone who subz me)

allenT 2021-07-16 05:22:49 UTC #4

My favorite? Silly Dad. Almost like Bumbling Dad but not incompetent, just silly.

Also adding an ANTI-trope opposed to:
Pantless Male, Fully-Dressed Female.

Scarlet_Cryptid 2021-07-16 05:34:33 UTC #5

It hasn't come up yet, but basically everyone is going to find the main character's name hard to pronounce. So she goes by a nickname with almost everyone. I'm looking forward to the exasperation.

Stargazer31 2021-07-16 05:46:36 UTC #6

I quite like "beware the nice ones." When a previously shy character just goes beserk.

Oto_Kouda 2021-07-16 06:04:52 UTC #7

At the top is Genre Deconstruction! 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 Irony is another one I love. My story may not be a thriller, but there's something addicting about adding thriller-like elements to one!

Kuma 2021-07-16 12:23:47 UTC #8

@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.

tapiyokastudios 2021-07-16 12:44:06 UTC #9

My favourite trope? Unfortunately, that would be a spoiler. If I told you, I might have to kill you. (hint)
Genre: Crime/Mystery

Scarlet_Cryptid 2021-07-16 16:19:29 UTC #10

Sorry, not sure if it really counts as a 'trope' so much as a 'running gag'.

burgundy 2021-07-16 16:30:39 UTC #11

mine is rivals to lovers, also I think bubbly enthusiastic sassy bards count as a trope

sevenstarsofeightIam 2021-07-16 18:15:00 UTC #12

In The Space Bum -- a mysterious man of action with a secret no one could have guessed.

YS_og 2021-07-17 05:10:10 UTC #13

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.

eochoa92 2021-07-17 05:27:35 UTC #14

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

Berserker 2021-07-17 05:28:38 UTC #15

I was browsing and found this one. Now the main character Rhunal is an orc and embodies the fiery red oni disposition.

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.

TheOddFungi 2021-07-17 09:15:36 UTC #16

The hardened assassin is actually gentle and kind

Rai_Muffin 2021-07-17 09:40:27 UTC #17

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.

AwesomeSoFar 2021-07-17 09:49:25 UTC #18

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.

Lirina 2021-07-17 10:53:22 UTC #19

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

iHateFridays 2021-07-17 11:40:14 UTC #20

I suppose my comic sort of follows the hero's journey? XD And also the hidden magical world trope