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⌈ Secret Post #5518 ⌋

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Comments

Genres/tropes

[philstar22]

What genres and/or tropes automatically gain your interest? I mean the things that will automatically make you want to read/watch something before you even know much about it.

Re: Genres/tropes

[(Anonymous)]

Mystery. I’m a sucker for a good murder mystery. Bonus if it’s in a small, kooky town.

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[pantswarrior]

Heroic self-sacrifice. It's one of the things many of my favorite characters have in common.

Mental illness/substance abuse/suicide is another one. The psychology involved in getting to that point and getting back from that point interests me.

A theme of predestination vs. free will is always welcome.

...And thus I have at least partially explained all the fic I've written except the stupid comedies. In spite of the above, I do like stupid comedy, as long as it's not TOO stupid and heavily reliant on bodily functions.

Re: Genres/tropes

[philstar22]

A hundred percent agreed on heroic self-sacrifice. That is probably my absolute favorite trope of any of them.

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[pantswarrior]

It's just so COOL, when someone cares enough about someone or their cause. And I know it's predictable, but when it's someone who was once an antagonist and they see the error of their ways and decide THEY will put an end to what they started/hold off another antagonist so the heroes can go on, that's a particularly sweet twist for me. (Happens a lot in JRPGs.)

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[dancingmouse]

Giant robots. If it has giant robots in it, I'll probably give it a shot. Bonus points if the also transform (looking at you Brave Police J Decker)

I also have a thing for Assassins/Mercenaries/Bounty Hunters (Thanks, Boba Fett!), so if anything has any combonation of those types of characters in it, I'm bound to watch it.

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[(Anonymous)]

Slow burn. Give me all the longing looks, the “can’t stop thinking about him/her”, and the wanting to touch each other, but holding back for reasons. That shit’s crack for me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Salty, Middle-Aged Action Girls. Esp. if there's more than one...

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[(Anonymous)]

Mystery and soul-bonds. I'm also a sucker for just a really good adventure. I want people going off and doing shit.

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[(Anonymous)]

Beauty and the Beast/asshole redeemed by love.

*winces* I know. But it doesn't have to be romantic, and there's nothing I hate more than when the trope gets trotted out but doesn't work.

As for genres, I love fantasy, but the days when I would read any fantasy book I got my hands on are long gone. I have less free time and have gotten pickier as a result.

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[(Anonymous)]

I have a small attachment to asshole redeemed by love too! Or at least when a grumpy, hard shelled person is brought out of that a bit by someone else. Or characters that for plot reasons or whatever didn't get to truly feel how good it is to be cared for and then oh! I think it's great.

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[(Anonymous)]

Pining + angst. Always and forever.

I'm a bit of a vampire hoe. It's gotta be sexy vampirism, though, not classic Dracula type vampirism. Yeah yeah, there was "sexiness" in Dracula, I've read it, I know. But it was entirely the wrong kind of sexiness for me. I want sexy sexiness, not monster tempting you into sin but you'll lose your soul and your life type sexiness.

I am eternally here for quiet jealousy. But it HAS to be the kind where the jealous character keeps it to themselves and just quietly suffers without ever acting like a dickbag over it.

Service Dom Tops are where it's at, as are loving, informal D/s dynamics.

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[(Anonymous)]

I love quiet jealousy! I don't like it when people pretend as if no one ever feels jealousy ever because they trust the other person and they're nice and so on. Even when the character is definitely the type to start feeling jealous. I love it when, while they're not being an asshole about it and are managing their feelings, it's still obvious and the other half of the ship gives them shit for it.

Angsty pining is also where it's at. You have good taste.

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[(Anonymous)]

Oh boy do I love a morally ambiguous character who's struggling and mostly failing to become less morally dubious. Especially if the setting is ALSO super morally dubious and they angst about it.