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#17
okay I am (finally) back with more tropes I like:

(January 8, 2024 – 11:30 PM)Merida Greyback Wrote:  Merida - ideally actually someone who hates Murdock (as DMLE head) and intends to use Merida to get revenge,

Not directly related but a FAV DYNAMIC: romancing [you] to get to [them]. Pairs well with unrequited romance.
See: when Lou absolute wrecked poor innocent Zelda's heart because he was in love with her sister Xena. I can't get enough of stuff like that.

(January 9, 2024 – 3:17 AM)Cassius Lestrange Wrote:  [*]Toxic codependency
[*]Fucked up hookup situationships??

^ both of these are also for me + what Kit said about "RL toxic, fine for fiction" + what MJ said about "toxic if it was anyone but you two"

Another one is unlikely allies to lovers - similar to enemies to lovers but not quite, just people who would have no reason to keep interacting except that there is a SITUATION that needs to be handled and by the time it's handled they're a little bit in love. See: Jules and Lachlan and the infamous gossip column.

Forced close proximity is a cousin to the one above I suppose.

Fateful pairing, but we're annoyed about it - one party keeps getting Signs from the Universe that this other person is important, eg they keep showing up at the right place/right time, there's a tarot card that represents them that always pops up in their spreads, that sort of thing. And this person is so miffed about it and the other person is clueless and wondering why the one seeing signs is always in a bad mood.

Also generally I'm up for anything messy, especially affairs <3

PSA, if anyone wants to combine one of these tropes with some kind of curse (perhaps my character is cursed and you being around triggers it but you don't know it? Perhaps a curse is the 'situation' that needs to be handled in the unlikely allies trope?) I would 100% revive a character or make a new one for that! Could also retcon some of the current inactives to make one work better for a situation - hit me up <3

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#18
Hi! Super late with this but I come with a request. I'm looking specifically for a fake dating trope for ~reasons. Lmk if interested!


Amazing set by Bee!
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#19
Just finished The Artful Dodger show - which was delightful BTW.
I am def here for a class difference trope - I have potential muses for either side.


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#20
(January 22, 2024 – 8:16 PM)Alice Dawson Wrote:  Hi! Super late with this but I come with a request. I'm looking specifically for a fake dating trope for ~reasons. Lmk if interested!

Ezra is also potentially on the market for a fake dating trope, for ~the same reasons xD

Listen folks I DREAM of recreating one of those scenes where one ex is fake-flirting/fake-dating someone in order to telegraph to the other ex that they are DOING VERY WELL THANKS, and I don't care which side of it I'm on. Please <3

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~~~ but I'm stuck trying not to come off crazy ~~~



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#21
after watching a bunch of old fairy tale movies, I want mutual in love at first sight.

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Can we dance like we're all alone
Stop the time and make it still
Hold you like I always will

#22
Forced marriage please. Preferably combined with enemies to lovers.

Bonus points if there’s blackmail involved.

#23
(January 28, 2024 – 9:18 PM)Philomena Sprout Wrote:  Forced marriage please. Preferably combined with enemies to lovers.

Bonus points if there’s blackmail involved.

I have several characters who might work on either side of this - ngl...mostly as blackmailers.

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#24
Sort of trope, but specific to Ireland- sort of plot

Until 1939 it was technically a law in Ireland that if 2 people spent a year and a day in each others company they were considered married.
It became a prank to play on your friends for a while - to ‘marry’ them to someone because neither party needed to be present or sign the marriage cert. Priests gave speeches pleading young men to stop pranking each other that way

The Catholic Church annulled the marriages quickly because they were not done before god but only if both sides agree..
Neither party needed to be Irish, just needed to be in Ireland on the day the time ticked by over.

Either Someone purposefully orchestrates to be in Ireland on +1 day to force the marriage
Or they marry someone else to stop someone claiming the year and a day rule

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#25
Black cat x golden retriever which I feel is an offshoot of grumpy x sunshine but with different vibes to me

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Can we dance like we're all alone
Stop the time and make it still
Hold you like I always will

#26
Hi I would move mountains for a relationship that's not necessarily enemies-to-lovers but at least enemies-to-argumentative-sexual-tension. Maybe hatesex friends with benefits. HMU.

(This probably goes without saying but I only have men to offer here, hmu with your straight women/queer men)



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#27
I’ve started to read a lot of books with slow burns and now I would like one pls thank you

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#28
GUYS

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS
Too many beds
Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss
Really nice guy who hates only you
Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class
Divorce of convenience
Too much communication
True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)
Dating your enemy’s sibling
Lovers to enemies
Hate at first sight
Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead
Fake amnesia
Soulmates who are fated to kill each other
Strangers to enemies
Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating
Too hot to cuddle
Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground
Nursing home au


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#29
Slow burn-ish ft: Childhood best friends w/ unrequited love --> not-quite-enemies, just reunited w/ cold shoulder --> lovers

:P get at me

EDIT: Available people are Saffron Whitby, Louisa Clearwater, Dominic Orpington, Derek McKinnon & Apollonia Honeycutt!

#30
(October 15, 2024 – 6:32 PM)Philomena Sprout Wrote:  Slow burn-ish ft: Childhood best friends w/ unrequited love --> not-quite-enemies, just reunited w/ cold shoulder --> lovers

:P get at me

EDIT: Available people are Saffron Whitby, Louisa Clearwater, Dominic Orpington, Derek McKinnon & Apollonia Honeycutt!

HARD SIDE EYES >>

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#31
Omg. These two:

Really nice guy who hates only you
Dating your enemy’s sibling

Someone please please hit me up for these.

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Thank you Bee <3 Your magic has made Sisse bloom
#32
lord i have stumbled upon a dangerous area

I have absolute zero (0) characters on my roster for these ideas (at least... I think I do....), but I do have character concepts bouncing around in my head that might suit these (and I would love additional reasons to use them); I think it'd just be neat to watch these ideas unfold and stalk related threads, even if I wasn't part of the drama magic!

Sorry for the rambling...
- "Fateful pairing but it's annoying" mentioned by Lynn (a trope I am such a sucker for), with the possible twist: one party is not fully human - or human at all... or, if that's a bit too far-fetched, I'm sure a muggle or squib could be just as drama-filled for the right character!
- "I got a whiff of Amortentia fumes today and, fuck, I think what I smelled was you" coupled with enemies to lovers or friends to lovers slowburn.... or just straight angst (we've ruined the friendship/ruined a different established relationship?) Could definitely be part of the "fateful pairing" idea as well...
- the Victorian version of this cliché trope: "this was only a dare... but I've caught feelings and now you hate me cuz you found out about it and I may be fucked" with the potential for resolution or... not! Hateship potential anyone? (But if you wanted resolution, maybe long term pining and trying to rebuild trust, spanning maybe the end of the two's Hogwarts' year into early 20s? Nothing unrealistically fast) Would be fun to see the usual gender roles for this trope flipped too...

now back under my rock I go!

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