1 | ''Your one-stop shopping list for RomanceNovel plots and complications!'' |
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3 | Although some existing tropes like MagnificentBastard may fit here as well. |
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5 | [[index]] |
6 | * TheBet (a weird version of MeetCute) |
7 | * Long Lost Love ("Billy? Is that ''you?''") |
8 | ** "NewOldFlame" connected to a "MeetCute" |
9 | * Handsome/Lovely Adversary [[SuchAPhony ("She's gorgeous, I hate her")]] |
10 | ** AlphaBitch |
11 | ** MillionairePlayboy |
12 | ** ReformedRakes |
13 | ** TemporaryLoveInterest |
14 | * The Billet-Doux |
15 | ** LoveLetterLunacy |
16 | * The Angry Outburst |
17 | ** TheMasochismTango which leads to an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. |
18 | * Pressure From Above |
19 | ** ArrangedMarriage |
20 | *** AltarDiplomacy ("You will marry Princess Lucky, so you better get used to the idea!") |
21 | ** ParentExMachina |
22 | ** ParentalMarriageVeto |
23 | * StarCrossedLovers ("Never was a tale of such woe...") |
24 | ** LoveHurts |
25 | * Ungentlemanly/Unladylike Behavior |
26 | ** LoveAtFirstPunch |
27 | ** MistakenForCheating |
28 | * Case of Nerves |
29 | ** LoveMakesYouDumb |
30 | * The Big Decision |
31 | * Disaster! |
32 | * The Chase (oddly enough, a version of TheChase) |
33 | * On a Pedestal |
34 | ** BeautifulAllAlong |
35 | * Dont Let Him/Her Get Away! |
36 | ** RaceForYourLove |
37 | * Disapproving Authority Figure |
38 | ** ParentExMachina |
39 | * Two of a Kind |
40 | ** BirdsOfAFeather |
41 | * Sub Rosa |
42 | * [[OneTrueLove The One]] |
43 | * Furious Attraction |
44 | ** BelligerentSexualTension |
45 | ** SlapSlapKiss |
46 | * The Unknown Child |
47 | * Neutral Party with Words of Wisdom (a type of messenger) |
48 | * The Old One Who Knows But Aint Sayin (another messenger, possibly a SecretKeeper) |
49 | * Girl/Boy Next Door |
50 | ** SheIsAllGrownUp |
51 | * Mistakenly Overheard Conversation |
52 | ** ThreeIsCompany, romance novel style |
53 | ** MistakenForCheating |
54 | * Sweet Nothings (Pillow Talk) |
55 | * Right Under Your Nose (Stop chasing the Duke; the stableboy has a nobler soul) |
56 | * MysteriousPast (Why ''did'' he leave London?) |
57 | ** A Backstory version of ForbiddenFruit |
58 | * Forget It and Run! |
59 | * OppositesAttract |
60 | * The Perfect Gift (a romantic GoldenSnitch?) |
61 | * The Imperfect Gift |
62 | ** RedundantRomanceAttempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who likes your true personality. |
63 | * The Ugly Duckling |
64 | ** BeautifulAllAlong |
65 | ** HollywoodHomely |
66 | ** HotLibrarian |
67 | * The "Near Mrs." |
68 | ** NewOldFlame (May I introduce you to my... good friend?) |
69 | ** LikeBrotherAndSister |
70 | * LoveTriangle |
71 | ** BettyAndVeronica |
72 | ** BettyAndVeronicaSwitch |
73 | ** FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals |
74 | ** TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel |
75 | ** MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle |
76 | ** RichSuitorPoorSuitor |
77 | * His/Her "True Nature" |
78 | * Self-Conscious About Best Feature |
79 | ** BeautifulAllAlong |
80 | ** HollywoodHomely |
81 | * One Who Intercedes (a SecretKeeper who is more active, like the Nurse in Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet) |
82 | * MindlinkMates |
83 | * DecemberDecemberRomance (or alternatively GrowOldWithMe) |
84 | * MySecretPregnancy (category romances signal this trope with the phrase [[http://www.rtbookreviews.com/content/theme-secret-babies "secret baby"]] in the [[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/search/?searchfor=book&keywords=secret+baby title]]) |
85 | * NoLovesIntersect |
86 | * LoveLetter |
87 | ** ObsessiveLoveLetter |
88 | * MarriageOfConvenience as a plot device, will either be MarriageBeforeRomance or causing either party to want somebody else really badly. |
89 | * SummerRomance |
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91 | [[/index]] |
92 | |
93 | See also RomanceArc. |
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