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syrena_of_the_lake) wrote2020-02-17 09:02 pm
syrena_of_the_lake) wrote2020-02-17 09:02 pm
Trope meme
Jumping on the bandwagon via Petra, because my migraine-brain loved lists.
Slow burn OR love at first sight: Some of my favorite ships had decade-long slow burns. I prefer friends first; live at first sight usually doesn’t do it for me.
Fake dating OR secret dating: Fake dating, I suppose — especially if part of a slow burn! I really like the fake dating while undercover sub-trope.
Enemies to lovers OR best friends to lovers: Best friends to lovers is my jam! It’s what I want out of real life, and for all of my OTPs.
Oh no there's only one bed OR long distance with correspondence: Only one bed! (gasp) Whatever will they do? Cue cozy (if inadvertent) snuggles, which are also my jam.
Fantasy au OR modern au: Fantasy AU, hands down. I want magic, not modernity. I have enough trouble with IT in my daily life, lol.
Smut OR fluff: Fluff!
Mutual pining OR domestic bliss: Ooh, tough one. I usually like my pining resolved into bliss by the end of the fic... if pressed, I’d go with pining, because I love a well-done sense of longing (and saudade in general).
Alternate universe OR future fic: I love all kinds of AUs, whether mildly canon divergent far afield crossovers (like the Harry Potter and Star Trek Voyager series I can’t stop writing in the 3-sentence ficathon).
One shot OR multi-chapter: Both? Both is good! Depends on my mood and attention span (as both reader and writer).
Kid fic OR road trip fic: Road trip fic. I love stories with a strong sense of place, especially in nature.
Reincarnation OR character death: Um, can I say neither? What I really prefer is bringing dead characters back to life in some way (avoiding their death via time travel is a particular favorite), but as they were, not reincarnated.
Arranged marriage OR accidental marriage: Not a big fan of either, usually, but I guess arranged — at least that’s done with intention of some kind.
Time travel OR isolated together: I am a sucker for time travel any time (HAR), but I do love a good “trapped in a cabin during a snowstorm” fic. Must be the Midwesterner in me.
Neighbors OR roommates: Neighbors, because I’m an introvert and like my space, but I also like not being alone all the time, so neighbors with a growing sense of intimacy, spending more and more time at each other’s homes...
Sci-fi au OR magic au: I can’t decide, so we’re back to a resounding BOTH! (Hence why I keep writing crossovers between the two.)
Bodyswap OR genderbend: Genderbend I suppose. Not normally a huge fan of either, but I have read some spectacularly well done fics of both.
Angst OR crack: Crack. I’d much rather laugh than cry; I’ve had enough angst to last me a while. Fire up the Improbability Drive!
Apocalyptic OR mundane: Mundane — I’d much rather read about the little details (and joys!) of life than everything ending in a fiery trainwreck. (What was that, CS Lewis? What “Last Battle” do you speak of? Everyone lived and nobody died and Narnia continues happily to this day, thank you very much.)
Slow burn OR love at first sight: Some of my favorite ships had decade-long slow burns. I prefer friends first; live at first sight usually doesn’t do it for me.
Fake dating OR secret dating: Fake dating, I suppose — especially if part of a slow burn! I really like the fake dating while undercover sub-trope.
Enemies to lovers OR best friends to lovers: Best friends to lovers is my jam! It’s what I want out of real life, and for all of my OTPs.
Oh no there's only one bed OR long distance with correspondence: Only one bed! (gasp) Whatever will they do? Cue cozy (if inadvertent) snuggles, which are also my jam.
Fantasy au OR modern au: Fantasy AU, hands down. I want magic, not modernity. I have enough trouble with IT in my daily life, lol.
Smut OR fluff: Fluff!
Mutual pining OR domestic bliss: Ooh, tough one. I usually like my pining resolved into bliss by the end of the fic... if pressed, I’d go with pining, because I love a well-done sense of longing (and saudade in general).
Alternate universe OR future fic: I love all kinds of AUs, whether mildly canon divergent far afield crossovers (like the Harry Potter and Star Trek Voyager series I can’t stop writing in the 3-sentence ficathon).
One shot OR multi-chapter: Both? Both is good! Depends on my mood and attention span (as both reader and writer).
Kid fic OR road trip fic: Road trip fic. I love stories with a strong sense of place, especially in nature.
Reincarnation OR character death: Um, can I say neither? What I really prefer is bringing dead characters back to life in some way (avoiding their death via time travel is a particular favorite), but as they were, not reincarnated.
Arranged marriage OR accidental marriage: Not a big fan of either, usually, but I guess arranged — at least that’s done with intention of some kind.
Time travel OR isolated together: I am a sucker for time travel any time (HAR), but I do love a good “trapped in a cabin during a snowstorm” fic. Must be the Midwesterner in me.
Neighbors OR roommates: Neighbors, because I’m an introvert and like my space, but I also like not being alone all the time, so neighbors with a growing sense of intimacy, spending more and more time at each other’s homes...
Sci-fi au OR magic au: I can’t decide, so we’re back to a resounding BOTH! (Hence why I keep writing crossovers between the two.)
Bodyswap OR genderbend: Genderbend I suppose. Not normally a huge fan of either, but I have read some spectacularly well done fics of both.
Angst OR crack: Crack. I’d much rather laugh than cry; I’ve had enough angst to last me a while. Fire up the Improbability Drive!
Apocalyptic OR mundane: Mundane — I’d much rather read about the little details (and joys!) of life than everything ending in a fiery trainwreck. (What was that, CS Lewis? What “Last Battle” do you speak of? Everyone lived and nobody died and Narnia continues happily to this day, thank you very much.)
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Some differences. For example, with Angst vs Crack I think I'm more both and neither - I prefer angst mixed with other genres over angst for angst's sake, but I also prefer crack treated seriously (but still hilariously) over what many people end up doing in that genre: just throwing the first crazy things that come into their mind on the page, without, it seems, any editing whatsoever (which results in pretty nigh unreadable stories, often consisting only of incomprehensible dialogue) - which makes me wary of the genre.
Modern AUs I find, for the most part, boring and uninspired - the original non-mundane setting is usually a big part of what made the original story exciting and more often than not also plays a big part in who the characters are, so why would I want to lose that?! I suppose my preference for worldbuilding shows in that - and that it reflects the fact that more often than not, modern AUs seem to take place in modern day big city USA in order to intentionally suppress the environment. I guess if I came across an AU taking place in, say, modern day rural Nigeria where the environment plays a role and I can discover a new country, I'd find that much more exciting. :D