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randombook4idk · 1 year
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me: i love angst
the story: the found family gets separated at the end
me:
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We need more vain/egotistical whumpees, please
Whumpees who won't allow anyone to see them cry, no matter how much they need the support, they can't take any more blows to their ego
Whumpees who refuse pain medication because they think it makes them look weak
Whumpees who act mean or cold to those who try to help them because it's the only thing that keeps others away from them
Whumpees that are encouraged to ask for help, but think that others would be impressed if they didn't ever need it
Whumpees that cannot, under any circumstance, allow others to know what has happened to them, even if it allows Whumper to get away with it, because what would the others think of me if they knew how weak and helpless I was? Or that it actually left a lasting impact on me?
Whumpees who obsessively cover up their scars with makeup
Whumpees who isolate themselves whenever the people around them get too 'invasive' by asking basic questions about Whumpee's mental state
Whumpees who are offended at the mere mention that they may have actually been traumatized, because they're too strong/tough/resilient for anything to actually affect them, and claiming anything else amounts to a personal insult
Whumpees who will not tell anyone if they're sick or injured because they don't want anyone to see them hurting, until they collapse and have to be dragged to a doctor
Whumpees who think that they're better than others because they were strong enough to survive nevermind the debilitating trauma
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ftl-faster-than-life · 7 months
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Characters who die and are brought back, and have reverse survivor's guilt. Intellectually they know there was nothing they could have done to prevent their own death, and it isn't their fault that they weren't there for the other characters, but that doesn't stop them from feeling anguish for not being there when they were needed.
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the-overanalyst · 1 month
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Different flavors of mentor:
Definitely 100% doesn't care about this brat... totally...
"Please God just let me retire or die"
Hot mess of an upperclassman who only seems wise to you
"Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go apeshit?"
Good bad example
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cluelesshero · 4 months
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#455 Chosen One
Go save the world, we adults have work to do
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harpieisthecarpie · 1 month
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The Importantest Poll of All Time
Reblog so this useless poll gets more votes!!!
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rosettastarlight · 1 year
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I don't care how many times it's been done and it could just be the trauma, but I love the trope of a good person who's done their best their whole life to do what they're supposed to and follow the rules and has never hurt anyone, but is so wronged and traumatized by the people and society around them who, once again, they've done nothing to, that they just snap and go completely unhinged.
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lavenderr-starrs · 7 months
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My absolute FAVORITE brand of a character/Story. Absolutely delicious when written well 👌👌👌
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cowboyantix · 5 months
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quick fluffy mini-comic based on that trope about teens who had to grow up too fast finally getting to have fun and goof off with people their age 🙏 there are MANY™ mistakes, but i'm choosing to ignore them because it's better to start somewhere than start perfect <3
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paintsplash1712 · 11 months
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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?!
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Carrying Whumpee
Is your whumpee sick? Injured? Misbehaving? Pick them up and carry them to your destination!
A beaten, brutalized Whumpee is very gently carried by the medic, Whumpee's head rests on Medic's shoulder, muttering delirious pleas for help.
Team Member is sick, far too sick to be working like this. Leader has to scoop them up and drag them to bed, despite Team Member's protests and indignant wriggling.
A Hero carries a bound Villain slung over their shoulder. Villain remarks how tight Hero's costume is in the back. Hero drops them on their face.
They can't find a pulse. Caretaker cradles the body of Whumpee, numb.
A prideful Whumpee with a newly broken leg has to awkwardly accept help from a Caretaker, being carried is a large punch to the ego but at least they're getting to a doctor.
The inherent intimacy of holding someone close to your chest, their head resting on your shoulder. It's the implicit trust, I think.
Whumper captures an escaping Whumpee, picking them up and dragging them back to Whumper's hideout. Whumpee's wounds chafe against Whumper's jacket, Whumper's nails dig into Whumpee's leg.
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the-overanalyst · 5 months
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new ship dynamic to obsess over: the beautiful x the damned
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writers-retreating · 6 months
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some Very Good character dynamics:
—immortal nihilist x craves immortality
—us against the world x wants to end the world
—hopeless romantic pessimist x aro optimist
—big angry woman x clueless himbo
—idealist losing spark x secretly an idealist
—society reject x reformed villain who gets it
—adventurous sunshine x stoic learner
—born an idiot x slowly losing braincells
—outwardly bold coward x reclusive rock
—youthful zealot x seasoned criminal
—against the system x raised by the system
—petrarchan woman x protector of women
—fearless target x assassin losing wits
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s0m3rand0ml0s3r · 1 year
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Them as story trope
Price -forced proximity
Ghost - grumpy and sunshine
Gaz - friends to lover
Graves - Enemies to lovers
Soap - fake dating
Alex- second chance romance
Roach - slow BURN romance
yuri - only one bed
Rudy & Alejandro - Love triangle
Farah - right person wrong time
Valeria - for bidden love
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When the goofy, care-free character gets serious/angry>>>>
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