What exactly is a trope? : r EnglishLearning - Reddit A trope is a narrative device that the audience will recognize across several stories It's like a concept, or idea, or pattern that is used in different stories to convey some sort of meaning Sometimes it may be seen as a cliché or stereotype, but it isn't inherently bad
How TV Tropes Changed The Meaning Of Trope - Reddit This probably is just a high profile example of a shift in language that was happening independently My 2002 ed Oxford American College Dictionary (two years before TV Tropes began) gives, as a secondary definition of trope, "a conventional idea or phrase " This pretty well has trope approaching cliché, as the newer meaning would have it
TV Tropes - Is it Bad? : r writing - Reddit TV Tropes is an amazing resource, and it's hugely useful to understand TROPES (everything is a trope) People hate it because it's a rabbit-hole that's hard to escape from Reply reply
List of ALL Isekai Tropes : r Isekai - Reddit Like the trope of the monsters attacking caravans, I know I've seen at least 3 different stories that have parodied that and made monsters, or races we would think as the bad guys, as the actual victims Destiny below gave a good summary of the most generic Japanese isekai tropes if that's what you're set on though
Romance Tropes - Master list : r RomanceBooks - Reddit r RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more
How is a ‘trope’ essentially different from a ‘motif . . . - Reddit A trope is an idea, like "damsel tied to a train track" or "one person commits irrevocably to a wrong course of action due to a misunderstanding that could have been resolved in a discussion that wasn't had because of reasons", and that trope could appear in the given movie or any other without affecting the motif or theme of the movie
Best friend’s brother brother’s best friend: Help me . . . - Reddit I love a good best friend’s brother brother’s best friend trope It tickles all the teenage hopes and dreams I had of falling in love with someone I knew really well What I don’t understand is when the primary conflict between H and h is their fear of upsetting their sibling best friend
Every horror character trope in existence : r horror - Reddit I want to make a list of every character trope in existence if anyone wants to help just comment I'll put the trope name and an example near them List for now: -Final Girl (Sidney Prescott - Scream) the last one standing at the end of the movie maybe even defeat the killer or villain of the movie
What are your favorite CHARACTER tropes archetypes? : r writing - Reddit My favorite aspect of this trope is when you only get glimpses into how knowledgeable the mentor is An example I like to use: from Avengers: Endgame, when Hulk shows up to the Sanctum Sanctorum looking for Dr Strange, and instead meets a surprisingly well-informed Ancient One "I'm looking for Dr Strange " "You're about five years too early
[Long] Megalist of Tropes and Themes to Tag Your Story With The only tag I'm worried about adding is 'major character death ' My current plans have one of my main characters die at the end, and while from the offset it's not going to be obvious who dies, there's a point near the middle where it becomes pretty obvious which one it would be, and most of the story is spent wondering if he's going to actually pull through or not