#and i also love this story trope

[demigods-posts]

percy and annabeth's depature on mount saint helens affected them both very deeply, and i love for the show to capitalize on it. specifically, during percy's return to camp. i loved to see him fixate on annabeth rushing toward him amidst a crowd of campers. i'd love to see annabeth hug percy so hard, he stumbles backward. i'd love to see percy wraps his arms around her waist in tearful relief that she made it out alive. and i'd especially love to see the surrounding campers fall silent at their reunion because something definitely happened between those two.

#logically i know that percy and annabeth's tearful reunion isn't a guarantee of romantic subtext #because friends can miss each other just as intensely #but i do think having the surrounding campers react to their reunion with looks that read 'one of them finally made a move on the other' #further cements the obvious tension between these two as future romantic partners #and i also love this story trope #sue me #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #pjo text post #pjo headcanon #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth headcanon #percabeth angst #percabeth fluff

[taytei]

trios of assholes are my favorite - especially of the sibling variety

#chainsaw man #csm denji #csm power #aki hayakawa #fanart #digital art #hayakawa family #we've barely dipped into the story at ALL but these three have grasped me by the balls #i fuckin love found family tropes man #i cant wait to see more domestic shit from them cause so far we've only gotten to them being trapped on the hotel floor #in the manga #shart from the heart #this was also good practice for posing

[random-autie-fangirl]

The holy quartet of video game narrators which are actually living beings (...and also kinda suck)

#slay the princess #undertale #the stanley parable #little misfortune #stp narrator #chara dreemurr #tsp narrator #mr voice #I love this trope #love when the one telling the story is stuck within it #love when the narrative itself is alive and malicious #and I love lemony snicket and pseudonymous bosch #...but there's something about the way it can be used in a video game #where the narrator/protagonist relationship can be more personal #also lemony is far nicer than anyone here (from what I can remember) #hey look! I did a thing #fucked up video game narrators>>>>>>

[vasira96]

can't stop daydreaming about a soulslike zelda game yall i'm so normal about this

#vasira rambles #don't mind me #it's the themes of unbreakable cycles slowly destroying the world for me #how perfectly does the hero of time fall into the souls story tropes #i love how mailable souls games are when it comes to their narratives #the way story is woven into the gameplay is *chefs kiss* #u don't understand how badly i want this #like mechanically yea i want it to be like dark souls or bloodborne but i want the story to be told like it's done in souls games too #princess zelda could be the maiden who lvls up link #also link should be a customizable character but the name should be locked #i need to go to sleep but i need you to taste my dreams #for they are delicious

[sukunasdirtylaugh]

you wanted to leave the minute you stepped foot into this place.

"mama! come say hi to papa!" your 4 yearold daughter, saori pulls your hand, eagerly leading you to your ex husband and his new girlfriend. you daughter was the spitting image of her father, bright personality and white hair (given some dark streaks of hair from your side of your family, you'd theorize), but her sweetness was innoccent; unaware of the boundaries your relationship with satoru consisted of.

"hi,"

"hi."

she didn't know that you couldn't run up to him the way she would you. that the man you once dreamed of staying with forever was now side by side, hand around his waist, with his new girlfriend, nora. you bite the inside of your cheek, giving a small, apologetic smile feeling like you interrupted something even though you were outside the parameters of a park, all you wanted to do was turn your heel and close the door to this imaginary room; but your daughter kept you in place.

"daddy!" now it's satoru's turn to hold the limelight. without much thought, he lets go of nora's waist, kneeling down as your shared daughter wraps her arms around his neck, smothering his face with kisses as he laughs. the two of them share a fairly small and innocent conversation. you stand a few feet behind as nora stands across from you as you offer her another apologetic smile. your eyes fall to her wrists, resting at her front as a pretty dainty bracelet sits on her wrist. you wonder if satoru got it for her. it reminds you of that one fated night in monaco where the two of you shared love confessions, ice cream, and-

"daddy! can we feed the ducks?" a part of you felt like punching yourself, snapping back into reality as your ex-husband and daughter walk towards the pond, you and nora walk closely behind.

"you have a very beautiful daughter," she comments, making you hum, "she's definitely got satoru's spirits." and there it comes. "it makes me wonder what he'd be like with a son."

no amount of mental coaching could prepare you for this. not even the sound of your daughter's giggles from afar could ground you as you feel as if someone's slapped you with a glove. the bottom of your stomach churns, while your heart feels drained of oxygen, you turn away before looking back at her.

"oh, that's great. are... are the two of you thinking of a child?"

"nope." she says smiling proudly, "we're trying."

#I have a love hate relationship with this story and maybe trope in some cases #Im normally pro girls girl but idk what I wanna do with nora #also this was kind of reminding me of diana? something reminded me of it whether the other woman trope or the jewlery #I've been rewatching the crown for a few days now cant you tell #anyways #gojo #satoru #gojo satoru #jjk #jujustu kaisen #gojo headcanons #satoru gojo

[featherymainffins]

Me when the narrator is an external entity with its own motivations and agendas and the script it makes you follow is not the one you are confined to but be well aware that all folly has its limits and all relationships might sour

#the stanley parable #slay the princess #theres one more i can think of but i feel like itd look really comical next to these widely acknowledge bangers #like ah yes widely acclaimed game; widely praised beautifully drawn visual novel; and...a parody made by a guy on a whim #nonetheless funnily enough thats actually the one that i always think of in this context #like if you ask me for games where you have beef with the narrator youll get that and only after like 2 minutes will i remember tsp #oh if anyone knows more games like this or any other media like this feel free to drop names because i DIG this every time #nobody does it like this uuuh micro-trope #idk why i love it so much but i do. absolute banger. a hit every time. #what i also count as this is when there isnt a narrator per se but it turns out that the story is run by an actual script #like that there is a script the story is supposed to abide by but its literally just that. a script. its an external thing with no power. #because that implies the existence of some kind of author and a narrative and thats also a banger

[legendofzeldasilentprincess]

after knowing the whole story of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, I still can't believe Nintendo really went for the Princess and the Knight trope

#and i love it #zelink #botw #totk #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #cause I mean sometimes I think about the story #and I just wonder was it a fic that I read?? #did the calamity really happen and zelda and link went through all that shit and lost ppl they loved? #and link wakes up 100 years later with no memories? #but then only hears a voice of a woman to help him find his memories and learn that he's the one who has to defeat the calamity #plus how they didn't get along at the beginning #and somehow also became a 'from enemies to lovers' trope #then with tears of the kingdom the whole story just shows about the LEGEND of ZELDA #and the things she went through and what she had to do to save Hyrule #and link's whole mission for the entire game was to find her #screw defeating ganondorf he just wants his wife back #honestly best zelda and link by far in the zelda series #like what would the next zelda game be like?? #plus the game director himself is zelink shipper so 👀 #okay ill shutup now lol

[milkbreadtoast]

doodled Stayn from living with magicians webtoon... I like him :) (just felt like drawing random webtoon characters fsr lmao)

#living with magicians #독신마법사기숙아파트 #stayn #idk his last name lol #my art #im like 100% certain theres nothing in those tags either #I've been keeping up w this webtoon but I havent said anything abt it bc i dont necessarily rec it..? #i mean its decent so read if u want but i dont have brainrot for it so dkfjdj... #except for this guy he's fun :) love when stories have a blonde guy and hes kinda fucked up <3 #he's like a cross btwn milk cookie & clotted cream cookie but more of an asshole than both of them KDJDK #(can i just say i rly prefer his design from ep 1 tho..... girl why'd u straighten ur hair... 💔 glowdown) #oh also he fits 1 of my fav tropes... asshole healer :) #anyway yea i dont necessarily rec it ITS NOT BAD BUT NOT 1 OF MY FAVS IS ALL... 🤧 #(try to only rec webtoons i feel strongly abt bc i want u guys to trust my taste dkfjdk) #BTW IM NOT DISSING IT AT ALL its a nice webtoon!! if u also read it and like it then yaay #ok i do highkey love stayn tho hes the only 1 i have brainrot for. i <3 2 faced blonde bitches

[ghostlakan]

finished the silmarillion

very very good book i loved it, honestly not as scary as people say 100% recommend

gonna read children of húrin now,, beleg is my favorite ever i hope he shows up a lot in here,,

#silmarillion #tolkien #the silmarillion #silm #jrr tolkien #jrrt #children of hurin #hurin #turin turambar #beleg cuthalion #accidental friend murder is my FAVORITE oddly specific trope EVER #turins story makes me kinda sad tbh #like what do you mean literally everyone dies in horrific ways #but also i love tragedy so it's def right up my alley #excited to read 🙏 my version has illustrations in it HOORAY

[beybuniki]

one thing i noticed (form personal experience and by observing other artists) is that the longer you draw and create, the more boring it gets to simply replicate references, especially when it comes to characers' fashion choices.

with bnha, i keep mine pretty simple and basic because teens ARE very trend-loyal, but mainly im just lazy lol, but when i AM motivated, i love to think about characters' personal style, what could influence them, but also more trivial things such as budget into account, which is why i love to draw Deku in basic tees or clothes provided by his school (while bakugo gets to wear ed hardy and shoto wears arcteryx). i also love to limit the items like its just more realistic to me when someone as ordinary as deku wears the same 5 crewnecks all the time

which brings me to my actual point, namely that the more frequently you draw, the more you learn to do research andto combine your findings into sth new rather than staying faithful to one reference, and i think that's what makes good art so good, being able to draw inspiratioin from all kinds of niches and creating something that feels very authentic and suspends the spectator's disbelief. sometimes i see art and i know exactly which fashion editorial or which kpop idol was referenced, and I'm not insinuating these are bad things i do that too (less frequently now but i sure did!), my point is it's kind of nice to see how ALL artist start out with rather derivative art but eventually move on to create more authentic art that is less about drawing beautiful and perfect people and more about trying to individualize them and that ALSO means giving them weird clothes, scars, asymmetric eyes, a receding hairline etc. like drawing the same beautiful character 200 times gets so boring and it's just more fun to try and make them a bit more human

#i do have a lot of fashion headcanons but i rarely actually draw like that im so lazy #and again im also still stikcing to references and sometimes pretty closely #but this is an observation that i like to think about #as i said i just love artists that draw from a big and diverse source of references and inspirations #and the same applies to other forms of art as well ofc #just because you enjoy one genre and want to write in that genre doesnt mean you should limit your knowledge and inspiration to that genre #its pretty detrimental like you have to read ALL kinds of things #otherwise it's hard NOT to create a derivative work #and you see that with a lot of mangas #like you can kinda tell which battle shonen mangkas are only into other battle shonen and which ones are well read overall #SORRY #or when people who only read fics write their first original story and its an apposition of tropes #my point is its important to dabble in all kinds of niches #dont aim for perfect skills in one niche i think its more fun and beneficial to give everything a try

[sinistersuns]

gods i gotta be honest the way mizu’s body was. revealed. in blue eye samurai makes me so uncomfortable. “gasp.. they have boobs and a vagina… clearly this means… WOMAN!!” like????? am i the only one who really doesn’t like how that + the “i was forced to be a man” line was handled?? it immediately reminded me of the “parents forcing their daughters to be trans” rhetoric. i feel insane like i CANNOT be the only transmasc who was super uncomfortable with how mizu was written

#i straight up stopped watching because it made me feel so awful #i know there are transmascs who relate to mizu and love them and i’m so glad y’all have that. like genuinely #but the sadness from realizing mizu wasn’t actually meant to be transmasc fucking sucked #i’m sick of ‘cis woman pretending to be a man’ stories. give us actual trans people for fucking once #also i hate the implication that being transmasc is somehow easier than being a cis woman that the trope gives off #transmasc #transmascphobia #transgender #transandrophobia #honestly it’s the trope i have the biggest issue with i fucking HATE it #nick.txt #blue eye samurai

[lanonima]

Obviously I wouldn't be working on a cross stitch project like the one I'm working on if I didn't love Arslan Senki but I cannot emphasize enough how much it is the story of all time for me

there is not a single version that I dislike, or that I think brings nothing to the experience of the story

but when you boil it down, the thing that has held me so captivated and brought me back to the story over and over and over is that Arslan himself is so gentle, and kind, and softhearted

and not only does the story not punish him for that like so many would, but those are the traits about him that his retainers love, and they would do anything to prevent him from losing that gentleness

the story shows over and over again that Arlsan is right and that he doesn't have to change who he is in order to learn to be a good king

and it just really gets me that in a story that can so often feature violence and deceit, that the core value is still that being kind is worth it

#Arslan Senki #and on the flipside I love Prince Freya because she does struggle with her anger and the story lets her do so #if you gender-swapped them I don't think either character would be as engaging for me #but the fact that they are both allowed to be who they are in defiance of both the gender norms and genre tropes #really serves to make both stories stronger #of course there's also a lot of other shit about Arslan that drives me absolutely feral #but this is unquestionably the thing that really gets me

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Imo Jason is “irredeemable” by default because I don’t see what he needs redemption from.

#I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but joining this fandom made me fucking hate the word ‘redemption’ #no person I’ve seen who is in love with the concept knows the who what where when why or how it should work in a story #apparently it isn’t just themes and tropes anymore people don’t understand the proper use of the word ‘villain’ #kelseethe #also hilarious: Jason should recieve sensitivity training HR style from Bruce ‘I’m the government and children are my cronies’ wayne #if Jasons headstrong/‘answers to no one’ attitude towards vigilantism is what makes people think he's villainous #I hate to be a broken record but the baddie you’re describing is Bruce #nobody thinks he’s a villain for only trusting in his own methods/self and repeatedly isolating himself #and on top of that gaslighting and hurting people around him in attempts to do what HE **thinks** is the right thing #you people always thought *him* heroic not problematic for all these traits #the only difference is Jason isn’t psychologically abusive & controlling #yet he’s still the bad guy just cause he liberally kills folks in the crime business. #l'd argue goth ham war is the b*tman story to remind you of everything that makes Bruce authentically himself #Idk how to tell you that Bruce mentally compromising/crippling his son in a twisted attempt to ‘save him from himself’ #is perfectly in line with slitting the same son’s throat because he couldn’t stand to see him avenge his own killer #and yk what a redemption arc could be interesting for someone like Bruce #because he rarely questions or doubts his choices esp wrt Jason. no matter how morally dubious they may be #I think it would be quite fun to witness his extremely restricted worldview be challenged/shattered he deserves that humbling experience

[paintsplash1712]

One of my favourite character tropes:

Character: I don't care if the world explodes, not like there's anything worth saving it

*Mom gets hurt due to the end of the world plot*

Also character: WHO MUST I KILL?!

#If your character cares more about their family or friends then the world ending #I will immediately love them #also if they're delinquents I guess if this means anything #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #jojo's bizarre adventure #jojo stardust crusaders #jojo part 3 #They're the same story #and it makes me laugh everytime I think about it #sally jackson #percy pjo #jotaro kujo #holly kujo #character tropes #story tropes

[kelpiemomma]

forgive the random idea, but I was thinking about how much I love stories about people with power and in power, able to destroy lives and countries without a thought, being immeasurably strong and deadly... Being so soft and gentle towards their child.

Ingo being a god, a god who's been around for millenia. He's seen nations rise and fall, people come into and out of power. He's been revered and feared and forgotten and renamed. He's lived inthe heavens and on the earth. He's been mortal as an immortal, living a human life before dying and returning to godhood. He is old and tired and powerful. He has caused forest fires and destroyed mountains. He has provided bountiful harvests and life saving rains.

And then one day a child is left on the floor of his temple. A pair of wanderers stayed the night, and with nothing else to their names they left their infant behind. Ingo has no idea who they were, barely noticed that they had lingered, but the disturbance of the child left behind - a taste of innocence that lingers on his tongue, like the breeze over a wheat field and the cleanliness of a newborn - has him going to see what was left.

He's never had a child left as an offering, as payment. Sacrifices? Yes. But this one is still alive. She is so small, her eyes so big, and she looks at him without fear. He can't remember the last time he was looked at without fear, without blind devotion. He hesitates to touch her, not sure how to be gentle, and she reaches out first. She grabs his finger and begins to chew on it.

And Ingo is lost.

#Pokemon legends Arceus au #Dad ingo #God Ingo #I was just thinking about how I love stories about powerful men unintentionally adopting daughters #And turning into absolutely doting fathers #And I oop #(might I recommend 'becoming the dark hero's daughter' if you are also into that trope) #(it's adorable) #In the time period Akari was born in it is widely regarded that if you use/visit a temple you must #Leave something of value as thanks for being allowed to stay #Her parent/s were wanderers with barely clothes upon their backs #food was foraged and consumed throughout the day #The weather was deadly and they had no choice but to spend the night in Ingo's temple #Part of what caught Ingo's attention was their sincere prayers to him for their daughter's safety #Anyway. God Ingo au lol

[clairenatural]

"jk rowling is a billionaire she won't notice me buying/not buying her video game" but your trans friends will

#jk has explicitly stated that in her view everyone who supports her content also supports her violet campaign against trans people #why would you want to align yourself with that for a video game based in tropes that are frankly done better elsewhere #listen i LOVED hp as a kid my 11th birthday was a whole sorting hat year 1 theme. but the whole thing is tainted #id rather turn to other magic wizard stories than align myself with that #''ill just pirate it'' ok but the game is antisemitic and the source material is filled with racist tropes? why is that fun #idk. terf anons will be blocked and not posted s #o don't even try it #(also collective action does work + the boycotting of the game has made a noticeable impact so actually she will notice you not buying it)