#trope lis

[glow-worms-are-believers]

Full Baby Back Guarantee Not Included (dp x dc)

“Look, lady. It was a joke, ok? I don’t actually want your newborn baby,” Danny said as he held up his hands trying to back away from the woman with a bundle of blankets in her arms.

“We made a deal, you can’t back out now,”  The woman said as she narrowed her eyes at him. “Your kind can’t break their words.”

“My kind?” Danny exclaimed incredulously, because what the hell was she on. “Lady, you are delusional.”

Then his eyes caught on the awkward way the woman was holding onto the bundle and he frowned.

“Wait a second.” The halfa’s eyes went big. “Is that even your kid?!” his voice turning into a shriek at the end. “Did you kidnap some random child?”

“It’s my sister’s,” the woman cut him off coldly. “She and the father are both dead.” That was pretty awful, Danny thought as he winced. But then she turned to look blankly at him.

“Nobody will look for her.”

Dear skies above, he was supposed to be the ghost here, why was he the one getting chills.

“Holy fuck,” the halfa let out softly. 

He had to get that baby away from that psychopath.

“What is it you want again?” Danny asked faintly.

“Make me the new chief operating officer,” the woman answered.

“What?” The halfa choked out.

“They’re giving the position to Shwartz this monday. You need to make sure that doesn’t happen,” she continued evenly as if she wasn’t currently selling a baby in exchange for a fucking promotion.

“Yeah sure, deal,” Danny answered, eager to get away from her as soon as possible. 

“Give me your word,” she insisted.

“I give my word, I swear,” the halfa said. “Gimme the kid and you’ll get your job.”

The woman looked at him for a second before seemingly being satisfied. 

She extended the bundle of blankets towards him and handed him the swaddle baby. As soon as the kid was in his arms, Danny zipped away, fully intent on never seeing the woman again. He sure as hell was not getting her that promotion. Not that he would’ve been able to, what the hell, lady? At least research better before making a deal for your sister's baby!

Though in retrospect, it was a good thing she hadn't.

As Danny flew over a few buildings, he thanked the ancients the woman hadn’t had any ghost restraining tech, and only the summoning ritual. Which was a thing he had not been aware existed but he he would have to circle back to that because, right now, he had a whole ass baby nestled in his arms.

What the hell was his life.

Danny slowed down the flight once he felt he had put enough distance between them and the psycho and landed on a nice patch of green next to a road. He looked around and took notice that they’d gotten out of whatever that city had been, or at least the more populated part. He gave a quick look for people or cameras around before de-transforming. If he was spotted with a baby in his arms, his human look would help his chance of not getting shot.

The halfa started walking away from the road and towards the green vegetation. Still walking, he took a deep breath before looking down at the baby.

“You ok, kid?” Danny asked softly as their small (so so tiny!) face twitched in their sleep. “Oh you’re sleepy, huh?” he murmured gently. “Sleep tight sweetheart, I’ve got you.”

Then he secured the blankets around the baby again, making sure none of the wind was reaching her. It was probably a her? The blankets were pink but he couldn’t know for sure since the psycho had only called her an it. Danny felt his lips curl. And as the night replayed in his mind, he felt the weight of the situation settle down on him.

Ancients what was he going to do?

He couldn’t pull up in Amity with a baby in his arms and no explanation of how he got her. He’d be arrested for kidnapping, which was technically absolutely what he was doing. But then again he couldn't just give that baby back to her aunt.

“What are you doing here?” came a voice from ahead of him.

Danny startled out of his thoughts to find himself facing an older man in a suit with a severe look on his face. The halfa instinctively brought the baby closer to his chest and the movement drew the older man’s eyes towards it.

Danny could see the realization of what it was he was holding settle and the man's face softened. He sighed deeply as his gaze went back up to meet the halfa’s.

“Despite what the media fancy printing, Wayne manor is not actually an orphanage.”

Danny had no idea what he was talking about so he just stayed silent and did his best not to look like someone who kidnapped babies.

The older man took the silence in stride. “If you need some help, there are programs to help young people in your situation,” he continued delicately.

Danny frowned as he tried to figure out what the guy meant by that before his eyes grew wide. “I’m not her dad!” He cried.

“I see,” the man said evenly as he looked back down at the bundle. Danny held her closer in response. “I see,” the guy repeated with a slight change in his voice.

The two held each other’s gaze for a moment before the older man sighed again. 

“Shall we continue this inside? It is getting windy and we wouldn’t want the little one to suffer, would we?” The man offered in a soothing tone.

Danny hesitated but one look at the kid’s face that had grown pink from the cold decided him.

“Ok,” Danny said. “Lead the way.”

And with that the three of them started  across the grassy lawn.

#Alfred think the baby is Danny's sibling and they ran away from an abusive household #I know this is all tropes that have been done before but dammit I'm doing them again #The batam trying to be in denial of the imminent new addition to the family or unsurprised and way too chill about it #Danny thinking he's found an ally into getting himself kicked out with Damian #only for Damian to get attached to the baby and then refuse to let Danny abandon his “sister” #Danny trying to get out of this mess of lies without letting it out that he 1) is not human 2) has totally kidnapped that baby #dc x dp #dp x dc #roxpoxwrote #roxpox

[ask-the-rag-dolly]

i'm not back ( ... yet ! ) but these two appeared in my brain and i wanted yall to see my vision

i sometimes think about how pomni is surprisingly the most reliable for ragatha . since jax obviously isn't , kinger's too far gone , gangle's gangle , and zooble's not approachable ... while she's not perfect , she does seem the most likely to be aware of what's up and actually act upon it .

i'm fond of the idea of her yelling at ragatha . but not in a mean way . just in a ' being gentle about how this is slowly destroying you will definitely not make you listen so might as well drop the bombs while we're at it ' way

clutching rags's cheeks like " you're so dense . you're the DUMBEST IDIOT i ever met . you are so [#@!%]ING stupid KISS ME "

anyways goodbye see yall in the 24th ♥ * i sink back into the darkness i came from *

#[ ooc ] #buttonblossom #pomni x ragatha #[ doodles ] #me when 'the nicest character who tells the most lies' trope

[infernalurge]

tbh I was kinda shocked that so may people got to Act 3 without figuring out that the Dream Guardian was an illusion, and more so that they didn't figure out it's either a gith or a mindflayer

by the time I left the creche I was like "okay so either Orpheus is in the box or a Mind Flayer is in the box"

and a lot of people seemed betrayed by it and really hate on the Emperor but I clocked within the first interaction this was a "I'm using an image I believe will be non-threatening and appealing to you" situation. maybe it's just because I'm an older nerd who remembers this being a common sci fi trope but I recognised it very quickly and I never put any moral value behind the strategy. I was just like oh he's doing that thing aliens do in sci fi a lot

on this run I'm actually noticing that DG/Emperor is preeeetty fucking honest with you, all things considering. he tells you that the power he's using to keep you safe was stolen, for instance, and that the reason the Prism is being attacked is because they want it back

which sounds "no duh" but I got into the habit of skipping dialogue after my dozenth fucking run and somehow I had the impression that he lies to you about the power, but he doesn't

if anything every conversation with him is like

"this is everything I can tell you, what I'm doing, how I'm doing it, and why we're doing it. understand?"

and then most of the time he has to deal with responses like "I SLICE OFF YOUR HAND HEHEHEH", "prove that you are not my intrusive thoughts personified", "okay but tell me who you REALLY are(has already tried to answer this)", "I'm not listening lalalalalala", "you look stressed out actually do you want a massage? ;)", "I know you said NOT to do the obviously bad thing that will endanger us, but I'm bored so I'm going to do the obviously bad thing."

sorry I have nothing but unending sympathy for this poor creature

#bg3 emperor #the emperor #I don't know how to tag this without being a spoiler to someone who hasn't reached act 3 so those are the tags I'm using #people always say he lies to you but I feel like that's pretty grey #he's lying by omission yeah #but 90% of that is literally just “alien being trying to communicate with another species without freaking them out” trope

[beaulesbian]

Her name is Karlach. An archdevil's soldier I swore on my good eye to kill. A devil with pure fire for a heart. I made my way to Avernus to stop her. She fled from my reach – even climbed aboard the mind flayer ship as it screeched through the Hells. I followed in close pursuit.

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3edit #baldursgateedit #baldurs gate #karlach #wyll #karlach bg3 #wyll bg3 #baldur's gate spoilers #bg3 spoilers #wyll x karlach #wyllach #hello??? this story line was so surprising for me?? and rlly good #and im still in the beginning so idk how it goes after this point so no spoilers !! #move over basic enemies-to-lovers tropes #this is like 'person who made a pact to hunt someone down only to disobey that pact when finding out he's been lied to' #'and as punishment he now is more similar to the other person while standing his ground about his code and morals' #'while still being bind by that deity of the pact but he knowing he did the right thing' #and the other person islike 'it was fun running away from his attempts at my life but now he's the one to let me live and suffers for that? #'what is this feeling? friendship?' #(my tiefling will try to see if they have a romance if they will travel together often.. just like dori/bull in dai lol)

[pharawee]

—Until we meet again, Master Pun.

—Thank you for saying that to me in every life. That's why we'll always meet again.

—And I will find you again.

—I will wait. I will wait for you forever. And I will find you as well. No matter who you will born to be... no matter what you will look like. I will always find you. And I will always love you. Hurry up and be reborn. Good night, Master Yoh. Wave goodbye. Until we meet again.

#1000 years old #1000 years old the series #shane nutchapol #pun x yoh #1000yearsoldtheseries #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #my edits. #okay i lied i'm not okay #i'll never stop crying #you reincarnate this instance yoh!! #the next show that uses this trope might destroy me

[p41nkillers]

-accidentally drops grahamarshscott and runs away-

#do i need to explain myself? nah. #just another cliche bad boy x good girl x good boy trope #life is strange #nathan prescott #kate marsh #warren graham #marshscott #grahamarsh #grahamarshscott #lis #my artwork

[14dayswithyou]

I am really confused about this game. Is it like "Doki doki literature club" ? the game seems to break the fourth wall after getting bad endings and someone speaks in red text. Is it Ren and is he stuck in the game like Monica?Or is he and Redacted separate people, with him being a game character,but Redacted being some sort of entity who's stuck in the void of the game,or in it's code,and acknowledges that it's a game and someone's playing it and they speak to the player, not the game's protag?

✦゜ANSWERED: 14 Days With You is like 14 Days With You. It's not meant to be similar to DDLC in any way, and Ren isn't supposed to be like Monika or any other self-aware character.

Please don't associate 14DWY with other games just because they share similar tropes. /lh

But!! To answer your question: Ren isn't aware that Angel and the player are separate people. As of right now, he considers Angel and you as the same entity, and speaks to you as though you're part of his universe.

Ren is aware that his entire existence only comes into fruition whenever you play the game — but to him, that's considered normal — the same way getting wifi from trees and not discovering 80% of the ocean is considered normal for us. Nothing is out of place for him, and the way he interacts with his environment doesn't seem weird or out of place for him.

The Dead Ends are the only time Ren breaks the fourth wall, but it's still a massive WIP and there's not enough content for it to make much sense yet. But once more Days get released, this will be further explained!!

#I know you mean well with your question but I've constantly had 14DWY be compared to other games simply because they have similar vibes #It's extremely disheartening and makes it seem like all my efforts in creating my own unique lore/universe can only be valid- #-or recognised if they meet another game's expectations. It's a toxic mentality to have and I hate having it be forced upon me. #I'm not trying to make a DDLC inspired game or be put in the same box. I'm trying to make my own unrelated game in my own personal space #I wish people would recognised 14DWY as it's own seperate entity and not some knock off yandere game that shares tropes with other games ;_ #Okay rant over T_T I am going 2 sleep now skhgbs /lh #WAIT I LIED I also quickly wanna mention that I don't like it when other people compare games to 14DWY as well!!!!! #I don't own the yandere/glitch trope; other people are allowed to use it!! #So don't compare 14DWY to other games as well (unless it's like a direct rip off of 14DWY.... That's completely different) #OKAY NOW I honk mimimimimi since it's 4am GOODNIGHT lmaooo zzz #💌 — answered. #🖤 — shut up sai. #💖 — 14 days with queue.

[luckyxmisfortune]

heard of the new farmer?

◇ • ☆ • ◇

#stardew valley #sdv farmer #male farmer #stardew valley isekai #mostly indulgent dont expect any real plot #guess who the favorite LI is #started sdv just recently in 2023 and I am addicted #he was totally fangirling inside when robin held him #she's his favorite npc lol #text were added last-minute so very wonky text layout #I have had a crush on at least each of the tropes in the last one #I love the dcburger portrait mod

[caffeinatedbisexual]

Shots fucking fired

#I wasn’t prepared for a roast session #alex volkov #christian harper #rhys larsen #josh chen #twisted series #twisted lies #ava chen #stella alonso #bridget von ascheberg #jules ambrose #ana huang #floss reads #book tropes #bookblr #booklr #books and reading #kindle

[lighthousepigeons]

Stella: So what do you do in your free time?

Christian: I stalk.

Stella: Really?........ Well I enjoy hanging out with my friends and sketching some fashion designs.

Christian: I know.

Stella:

Christian:

#ana huang #twisted series #books #bookaddict #bookmemes #tumblrpost #incorrect quotes #tumblr funny #twisted lies #stella alonso #christian harper #stalker romance #grumpy sunshine trope

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

sorry wigfrid but as a fellow liar, fraud, and most importantly a fellow theater kid, being single is your canon event you can trust him on this he would never lie to you*

#*except 4 all those times he lied before ignore those times #i picked up a pen (art) #crackpost #am i gonna tag this.... uuuuuuh. #yeah. #dst wigfrid #dst maxwell #dontstarvetogether #this has been floating around my head for months #you know the trope where an older queer teaches a younger queer how to survive in the world under their new identity #that's what this is except the older queer just gives the worst fucking advice you've ever heard in your life #wigfrid dst

[xinyuehui]

⸺⸺ As long as the snow on the umbrella does not melt, you do not need to be afraid of anything.

#love and deepspace #恋与深空 #love and deep space #黎深 #li shen #zayne #dailygaming #dailyvideogames #gamingedit #3d animation #video games #*4 #otome #otome game #paper games #chinese game #wake up shizun fuckers they gave us the shizun fuckers trope 💚💙💚💙 #im v surprised they introduced the guzhuang-esque style so early except the hair idk why they gave him fake pony tail #if you listen to the trad chinese dub it sounds exactly like the old timely wuxia dramas! the seal they do here is also so good!! i love it

[meenieso]

it's the way Alex, Rhys and Josh warned Christian not to hurt Stella, not because they care about her, but but because they cared about their girl. Stella upset, would make their girl upset and they wouldn't like it so muh

These men have my heart. Ana Huang has my heart

#ana huang #twisted series #twisted love #twisted games #twisted hate #twisted lies #alex volkov #rhys larsen #josh chen #christian harper #books #romance books #bookworld #romance #book tropes

[solariene]

►Li Lianhua & Di Feisheng | Sacrifice

My contribution to this fandom!

#this drama and this ship deserve more hype #i love everything about it #i know they're not very the main relationship #i like the trouple vibe #and fang duobing #but feihua checked every trope I love 😂 #and they gave me enough inspiration to make a video #li lianhua #di feisheng #li lianhua x di feisheng #li xiangyi #mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #lian hua lou #cdrama #feihua #video edit #my edit #Youtube

[chiharuuu22]

I'm Sorry

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

(I got this idea when I saw a little girl who was angry because her mother lied to her to go to her favorite restaurant, but instead she took her to the dentist. Her mother had to because the little girl's teeth were very worrying. Funny, but sad at the same time)

Whumpee blinked. He could faintly smell antiseptic wafting in the air. A second later, Whumpee realizes where he is and tries to get up, finally realizing that he is tied to the bed.

"Damn," he cursed.

The room door opened to reveal the Caretaker and Team Leader entering at the same time. Seeing Whumpee, who had opened his eyes, Caretaker hurriedly approached him.

"Oh, thank goodness, Whumpee! You're awake! Is something sick? Do you want something to drink?" A worried tone was clearly heard from the Caretaker's mouth.

Whumpee didn't answer. Instead, a sharp gaze shot straight at Caretaker and made her uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, Whumpee. I had to do it. I didn't mean to harm you. I did secretly put the medicine you had to take in your food all this time because you didn't want to take it yourself," said Caretaker timidly.

"Caretaker is right, Whumpee. Please don't blame her too much."

"How many times have I told all of you that I refuse to take medicine, doctors, hospitals, or anything related to that?" said Whumpee sharply. "I'm fine; why don't you want to hear my opinion?"

"But Whumpee, you need it. You're still recovering. You need medicine and therapy to --"

"I said I don't need it!" Whumpee exclaimed in annoyance and glared at Caretaker fiercely. "I thought I could trust you, Caretaker. It turns out you're just like the others."

"Whumpee, it's not like that. I was the one who asked Caretaker to do it. She's innocent; be mad at me," Team Leader tried to convince Whumpee.

"You're all the same," Whumpee snapped.

Caretaker and Team Leader were silent. Whumpee was caught and tortured by Whumper for quite a long time. Medicine, rooms, tools, clothes... everything Whumper uses is completely similar to a hospital. After fighting with all his might and managing to get away from Whumper, Whumpee refuses all treatment. The leader and all the team members forced Whumpee, but he insisted on refusing, and only Caretaker understood and never forced Whumpee.

Whumpee truly believes in Caretaker. Until one day, Whumpee overheard a conversation between the Caretaker and the Team Leader in the kitchen of their headquarters, who had been secretly putting all the medicine that Whumpee was supposed to consume in his food. In fact, at Whumpee's dinner, Caretaker always includes the recommended small dose of sleeping medication so the doctor can check Whumpee's condition when he is affected by sleeping medication. An angry Whumpee comes in and sees for himself that Caretaker mixes the medicine that Whumpee is supposed to take into his food.

Whumpee was really angry. He screamed, and suddenly a terrible memory came into his head. The unpleasant sensation of being held captive and tortured by Whumper spread throughout his body. After that, everything looked dark, and Whumpee didn't remember anything else until he finally woke up tied to a hospital bed.

"I'm really sorry, Whumpee. We had to bring you here because you hit your head quite hard when you passed out." Caretaker tried to hold Whumpee's hand.

"Why don't you just call the doctor there?" Whumpee stomped Caretaker's hand and said, "You lied to me."

"No, I mean, sorry. I had to, Whumpee. No, we all want you to get better soon. That's why we did that." Caretaker tried to hold back his tears.

"Go away. I don't want to see you guys," Whumpee threw Whumpee away.

"Whumpee, please..."

"Get out."

"Whumpee, this is my idea. Caretaker is just carrying it out," Team Leader tried to convince.

"Yeah, you guys are still in cahoots. Liars!"

"Whumpee!"

Caretaker held the Leader down and shook her head. "Okay. I'm sorry. Get some rest. You hit quite hard, and your head is bleeding a lot. It's best if you don't move much for now."

"With your body tied up like this, what do you hope I can do? Being the object of inspection again isn't fun."

The Leader is ready to argue with Whumpee, but Caretaker blocks him and signals him to leave. "Get some rest," said the Caretaker. "I'm sorry."

#whumpee #caretaker #whump #caretaking #whump writing #recovery whump #whump scenario #whump prompt #whump prompts #whump tropes #whump dialogue #whump fic #whumpblr #whumpee x caretaker #caretaker x whumpee #liar #lies #hospital whump #tie in bed

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

What are some instances of retconning in animorphs that you have noticed? (aside from the first book)

Honestly, Animorphs is not bad. Compared to Sherlock Holmes or Percy Jackson, there's hardly any retconning at all. Compared to series like Dune or X-Men that built in-story retcon mechanisms because of the infinite overlapping retcons, Animorphs is practically airtight. Not Harry Potter or Mistborn airtight, sure, but better than any other multi-authored 20+ book series I know.

However, there are some. Ax's mention in #8 of occasional hork-bajir wars doesn't fit with Hork-Bajir Chronicles showing they have no concept of violence before andalites arrive. Cassie's line about "my niece" in #37 is not in line with her saying her parents are her only family in #49. Rachel suspects at times that Jordan's a controller (#12, #22) but in #49 Jordan's dismissed as even a potential threat.

And then there's the absolute clusterfuck of Tobias's parentage.

In #3, he says "my parents died." In #13, it's "both my folks left a long time ago." In Andalite Chronicles, when Elfangor asks about Loren: "She disappeared. When I was just little... I guess she died." In #23, he says "both my parents are dead." But also DeGroot says "Your father... who died? That may not have been your real father" implying a stepfather we never meet. After Elfangor's will it kinda falls into place, but even then...

Elfangor says he and Loren were ~14 mentally, ~18 physically, when they got to Earth, and that "when she was ready by human standards, I married her." He mentions getting multiple college degrees, but that it's only "three years later" that the Ellimist abducts him back to space. No one apparently notices he was gone — Ax has no idea Elfangor lived on Earth, and didn't notice him missing (#8), so... he time-traveled back and lived those three years twice? And no one noticed him being seven years older because... Ellimist fuckery? There's mention of Loren dating someone else after Al's "death", so at least the random step-dad is consistent. But Loren doesn't mention him in #49, so I guess she got remarried and rewidowed between Tobias's birth and his third birthday, and then she forgot him.

Anywhoo, it kind of lines up sorta if you squint, but I'm 99.9% sure that there was some degree of retcon somewhere in there.

#animorphs #tobias fangor #loren fangor #elfangor sirinial shamtul #to be honest my biggest peeve with andalite chronicles is that it almost OVER-explains things #so that the explanation just draws attention to the holes and makes its own problems rather than fixing anything #voodoo shark #as they say on tv tropes #like #the series works just fine if loren remembers elfangor up until the accident and if chapman remembers everything the whole time #neither one of them needs random ellimist-induced mindfuckery to explain their behavior #oh and it works as well if tobias's aunt (who doesn't like him and barely talks to him) just lied or dodged anytime his parents came up #we don't need the convoluted fuckery with loren having two - possibly three - disappearing husbands