Time does NOT seem to be on my side this week! Normally I write this post on Monday, but here I am, on Tuesday, scrambling to get it up before the day’s over!
Tropes. We love them. We hate them. We have luke-warm ‘meh-ish’ feelings for them. Today, and next week, we’ll be talking about the ones we love and hate with the Bionic Bookworm’s Top 5 Tuesday meme. This week: The ones we love.
The ALL POWERFUL character
Gandalf, Voldemort, Darth Vader, SUPERMAN! There’s something about a character who just seems all powerful, and I can’t get enough. It’s especially delicious when the all powerful character is the enemy, making the odds stacked against the hero even higher, or when the all powerful character only shows up once in a while, so that life for our main characters aren’t too easy. Like seriously, Gandalf could have gotten rid of the ring of power so easily.
Full Government Control
I guess this is more the Dystopian genre. I still love it. The opposition. It’s almost like pitting the main characters against an all powerful character…. whoa…
Prophecies (for them or against them)
Who doesn’t love a good prophecy. Or what stems from it. After one has been handed down, we now get to follow some characters around as the struggle to make sure the prophecy comes true, or fight to make sure it doesn’t. The ones trying to disprove prophecy tend to be my faves!
Enemies Working Together
I love when a big bad enemy shows up and forces 2 previous enemies to become (at least) temporary allies.
He died… just kidding!
This is my favourite. You’re reading and someone dies, but you don’t actually see a dead body. And then later on (probably at the climax) BOOM! There they are, alive and well. Maybe not ‘well’, but alive. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a good guy or bad guy that pulls this little trick. I’m a fan.
I like the “He Died … Just Kidding” Trope 😀 its one of my favorites!! I am reading the Carve the Mark Duology right now and they have “fates” which are all really just prophesies but way more common. And all the characters I love have really bad fates and I’m not gonna lie I am a little worried about the ending!
Ooh. That books interests me even more now!
The all powerful character is so good! And the fake dying one too. When it’s done well, it can be the best tbh
A number of tropes you’ve listed as loving are on my list for next week, that I hate! Ha! Ha!
Ha ha ha. Takes all kinds to move this crazy world of ours!
That’s what’s fun about us all, we’re all made up of atoms, but some vibrate differently! 😉
“He Died … Just Kidding” That one works for me too. 😄😄
I really like it when enemies work together! Especially if you don’t know and it is used as a plot twist1
But I have to say I’m not a big fan of the “He died… Just kidding” I think it is done a bit to often hahah, but if it is done really well i
can enjoy it!
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Absolutely. It has to be well done. I’m pretty skeptical of anyone dying, so if you trick me, it’s REALLY well done. lol
The not really dead ones are the best!! I am also a huge fan 😍
Hello JW 🙂
LOL love this post. I love it when enemies are forced to work together to accomplish the same goal. I’m not sure about characters dying and then coming back to life though. Although I am relieved when a character I like comes back to life, sometimes it feels like an easy way to create emotions and suspense lol. When a villain comes back to life, that is pure awesome 🙂
I actually really love the all powerful character too! Though I mostly prefer when characters stay dead- I’m mean that way 😉