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openCharacters is a lot smarter and underestimated a lot Literature
Is there a trope where a character a lot smarter and cunning then previously thought? Not for evil purposes but just so people doesn't have any expectations of him. Only to later have someone close to him in danger, he has to secretly plan a plot and have the antagonist not expect it was him.
openFather embaressed by his children flirting Literature
The father while isn't overprotective is horrified by his children flirting and will often walk out of the room or put on a embarrassed face. Is there a trope for that?
openTwo best friends mistaken for a gay couple Literature
Is there a trope for two best friends who are gay but aren't for each other? They raise a child and a share a bed together (for financial purposes) but aren't actually a thing. They aren't asexual either. Though they are mistaken for being a couple, all the time.
Edited by Gintama200openLosing your Godhood Literature
What trope do we have for a deity that loses their godhood status.
openImplied Love Confession Literature
A character implied her attraction to another character. I didn't find this in Love Confession.
Example:
- Girl: If I say that I want a boyfriend, what will you do?Girl: Nothing. Never mind.
openExotic Non-Extended Marriage Literature
I'm looking for a trope into which to fit this example:
In an alien society marriages are monogamous but only last for a limited time. Before marriage a contract is written up saying how long the marriage will last, and when the contract is over the marriage dissolves without it being a divorce. The contract says which parent any resulting children will go with when the marriage is over. Sometimes a couple will have such compatible personalities and/or compatible ambitions that they'll make an open-ended contract with no set termination date, but that's rare.
openUniverseral framework all living things are made of. Literature
In this particular universe, there is a framework that all living beings are apart of. Something like the Power Grid from Power Rangers except everything in the universe has access to it and is even made of it in some way. I don't know how else to describe it. :")
openRomantic horse ride? Literature
Do we have a trope where the girl and guy ride a horse together? One or both of the couple is probably using this as an excuse to get really close and wrap arms around the others' waist. I imagine it's related to the "crying equestrian" trope, since riding double is rarely practical or good for the horse.
openOdd metaphors/similes? Literature
Is there a trope for odd-sounding or bizarre metaphors/similes, like describing a group of surrendering soldiers as having 'as much fight left as funnel cakes'?
openA novel consisting of standalone novellas of differing lengths Literature
Do we have a trope for works that consist of shorter stories, which have standalone story arcs but also contribute to the whole? I realize that this is the basic idea of the serial format, but serialized episodes usually have a standardized episode length, which doesn't fit the two novels I have in mind for this, A Hero of Our Time (five novellas, the longest of which easily 3-4 times larger than the others) and Kara No Kyoukai (seven novellas, with the longest being five times longer than the shortest one).
openProtagonist was evil all along Literature
Hello. I am looking for examples of a subtrope of Evil All Along.
So we have a protagonist. Not a Decoy Protagonist, but a real one. He can be a hero or an anti hero, whatever. There is a conflict with a villain or an anti-villain, whatever. The protagonist either suceeds or fails, whatever. But in some point of the story it is revealed to the audience (either via Tomato Surprise or any other way) that the protagonist, firstly assumed good, was a bad guy all along. After the Reveal the story main shift either to Evil vs. Evil or protagonist may switch side with an antagonist.
Do you guys have any examples? They might be in a literature, might be in a film.
Edited by ThomasWardopenA spy give away Literature
Is there a specific trope when a spy is found out over their pronunciation of certain words in a language (even when their accent is otherwise fine) failure to abide by an obscure custom etc.?
openNarrator immortality Literature
The main protagonist is the first-person narrator of a anyone can die novel. Everyone assumes that said protagonist will survive by the end of the series because they are narrating the story: if they died, there would be no one to continue delivering the commentary to the events of the book from their perspective.
Of course there may be subversions to this but my question is, is there a trope for this?
openUsing a real song as an in-universe song Literature
Several of the songs in Ancillary Justice are real-life hymns and folk songs, but they're used as songs from fictional cultures on different planets. What is the trope for this? The closest thing I can think of is Public Domain Soundtrack or Real Song Theme Tune, but neither of these address the in-universe aspect.
Edited by MacpenguinopenTranslation changes Literature
I've noticed that some translations that I've compared to the original, which I like to do, just change things. Not change them for the better, like a Woolseyism, and not change them because the translator was too incompetent to do a good job, but like, the line "J'ai mangé un hamburger" will read "I ate a hot dog," for no reason at all.
Is that a trope?
openCharacter dying before big event Literature
I'm just wondering if there's a trope for characters who die very early and never get to experience a world-changing event or the world after it.
Example: someone gets killed the day before a nuclear war and is spared the horrible fate of living in that new world, etc.
openPerspective shift Literature
Its a simple trope I know exists but don't know the name of. We basically switch to a different characters perspective.
Say in chapter 1 we're following Bob, but when we get to chapter 2 it's Alice.
openLooking for possibly a Star Trek novel / fanfic Literature
All I remember of it is that it's a world / system (subsector??) that's (lawless and) at war, may be trying to gain entry into the Federation and have both child soldiers & super soldiers at their disposal. Please Help!!
A protagonist in an adventure story with an acquired medical condition whereby he has to use a Healing Potion at least once a day, or he'll basically cough up his lungs. Due to the way the condition was acquired, said potion merely starts the one day cycle anew, thereby keeping him less than a day away from dying no matter how powerful he may become.
The character has to deal with it more directly than a Wound That Will Not Heal, but he doesn't actually die during the story.