Challenge (of a sort): Overused tropes meme!

[lowkey]

So, I was having a chat with my good friend danchekker (who is now on DreamWidth, guys! You should all go friend her up!), and we started to talk about how we each always write "the same story."

So, I thought it be awesome if people turned a critical eye to their own writing, and in as humorous a way as possible, described their most overused tropes. Here are mine!



One person listens to another person tell a two-fold story about the past: a happy opening, with a shocking turn that hints at the innate unfairness and violence of the world. The speaker always delivers this speech while talking in a faraway voice and while not making eye contact. At a later point, this story is either literally or metaphorically important to events that transpire.

APPARENTLY THIS IS WHAT I THINK MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ARE

BASICALLY, I WRITE LIKE LIGHTNING SPEAKS

ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS ARE BETWEEN LIGHTNING AND HOPE, AND LIGHTNING IS SAYING "Lightning can't protect, it can only destroy."

FFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSS


Furthermore, all of my characters are constantly struggling with self-destructive tendencies ("aren't we all?", I justify to myself), and ALSO my most dramatic deaths have the dying cough up blood.

Lastly, I'm finding it a little difficult to find FF characters' voices in longer dialogues. Cause, uh, in the game they really don't talk in more than a few sentences at a time, nor do they have meaningful discussions about feelings that don't descend into platitudes. THIS IS WEIRD



And how that I've said all this, I can't unsee it. aaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Comments

[lowkey]

YOU ARE MURDERING THE POINT OF THIS CHALLENGE

I have a guess for the murderer, its MAKO_LIES, WITH A BLUDGEON, ON DREAMWIDTH

[mako_lies]

I CAN'T HELP IT. EITHER I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIND THE PATTERN IN MY STORIES OR I AM TOO MUCH OF A FAILURE TO WRITE THE SAME SCENE.

MAYBE MY SCENE IS KICKASS WOMEN BEING KICKASS WHILE EVERYONE AROUND THEM IS LIKE WOAH LET'S HELP. BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN MY SLASH. OR WHEN THE WOMEN FALL APART. OR WHEN HOPE IS THE NARRATOR. OR EVERY OTHER STORY I'VE WRITTEN THAT'S NOT ABOUT. WHICH IS A LOT.

I AM A FAILURE.

[lowkey]

YOU ARE A FAILURE FOR BEING CREATIVE AND HAVING VARIETY AND THAT IS THE WORST THING EVER YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF

[mako_lies]

I AM SHAMED. DFKJDKFJDFKDK I MUST NOW HIDE MY FACE AND SIT IN A CORNER AND CRY. LOTS AND LOTS. BECAUSE I AM INCAPABLE OF BEING AWESOME.

[lowkey]

AND THEN YOU EXPRESS YOUR PAIN AND FEEEEEELLLLIIINNNNNNNNGGGGSSSS THROUGH MORE FIC

I'M ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU BE A BETTER PERSON CAN'T YOU SEE

[mako_lies]

I'M CURRENTLY WRITING A BACCANO FIC ABOUT A GIRL WHO IS LEARNING TO CRY AND A DUDE WHO IS TRYING NOT TO FEEL HER FEELINGS AND TRYING TO COMFORT HER AT THE SAME TIME.

[mako_lies]

IS THAT ENOUGH PAIN AND BETTERMENT FOR YOU? XD XD XD

[lowkey]

YES

And I totally plan on watching Baccano now.

[mako_lies]

You should! It is fantastic! And the bestest ever! ♥