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Edited by DarkEraser:
7/4/2020 4:59:54 PM
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Story Writers of Offtopic, what are your favorite and/or least favorite character tropes and give an example of that trope in any Offtopic story?
A trope that I think is overused is most/all characters have some sort of dark and tragic backstory. For me, it's fine if it only a few characters, but it gets annoying when it's majority of the characters.
I like the trope where every character has one or a few major flaws. Really adds some realism to the character.
Plot armor. I'll admit, I use this for myself and Aino in SoS, but you know; it can be used to further the story, and not to show off how overpowered the main character(s) is.
The "Well, they got a point" villain. My favorite type of villains are the ones that became evil because of how their backstory was like and how they were treated rather than villains that became evil just because.
Soooo, any more tropes?
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I’m real tired of the villains that are just manically insane. They might have ideas that make them so, but cmon they can’t all be Jokers. I used this in my first story, Blood and Water. I wrote it when I was literally 12 so I have sortof an excuse as to why it sucked. I think I did alright in some areas, but to the whole villain thing, ehhhh not all that great. He was basically crazy after his wife and kids died and he went numb, and started to believe in the afterlife in Greek mythology (?) so he started murdering people in the hopes others would agree with him that the afterlife is better than living. Another one I don’t like is when offtopickles are given the option of customizing a character, and they go full mysterious and deadly and make a total badass in a black cloak that barely speaks but kills gracefully. I hate that. I’ve seen it so very often. Just do something original. One I do like is when the main characters group start fights amongst each other. Seems like a pretty basic storyline that appears in every book I’ve ever read, but I think it adds a lot of realism. In a life or death situation when you’re scared out of your mind and delirious from exhaustion, you’re not thinking straight. You would start to suspect the worst of the people you’re around.
