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⌈ Secret Post #2306 ⌋

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06. http://i.imgur.com/oVNCgcT.png
[kind of porny, illustrated, Hetalia]

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[Pokemon]

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09. [SPOILERS for Kingdom Hearts]

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10. [SPOILERS for Spartacus]
http://i.imgur.com/OtBhrXi.png
[gore? kind of, i think, live-action]

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11. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]

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12. [WARNING for rape]

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13. [WARNING for child abuse]

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14. [WARNING for loli/shota]

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Combining two recent topics: Do you have any tropes, plot devices or character types that you used to love but avoid like the plague now, or just lost interest in?

I used to have a huge thing for "strong, silent" or "dark, broody" male characters that had some hidden weakness. These days, they mostly annoy me - the former make me go "Oh ffs, just communicate already!" and the latter tends to make me root against any ship involving them. I can appreciate them if they're interesting in other ways, though, and/or if the story pokes fun at their lack of a sense of humor.

And I have way less patience for stories with realistic settings (i.e. set in this world, non-scifi, non-fantasy, etc.) dealing with supernatural stuff than I did back in my teens and earlier, when I was really fascinated with those things.

Nothing really sticks out. Maybe the various princess tropes? I really liked them as a kid, but they're all so prevalent that it doesn't really mean much to me anymore.

I think for me it's "mortal enemies with mad sexual tension"... although that might be because most of my love for that was based on Doctor/Master and now my interest in Doctor Who is rapidly approaching 0. (Not because my pet ship isn't there, I just stopped enjoying the tone of the show overall...)

I used to have a LOT more tolerance for "jealousy is SO romantic" type stories, as well as the shovel-talk trope. Now I just feel like the former is creepy and the second is both way overdone and implausible.

Love triangles.

Maybe it's because they all seem to be a girl choosing between two guys, maybe it's because I found out they're not as much fun in real life, but I used to eat up anything that had a love triangle and now I'm just like "Stop worrying about who your prom date is and fight the aliens already!"

Over the top jealousy and possessiveness being portrayed as romantic. I used to not mind it, but now I just find it creepy.

Also, unacknowledged, undiscussed power imbalances being treated as healthy and romantic.

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