tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232637960654702363.post588562007776258131..comments2024-01-29T05:44:42.446-08:00Comments on Literary Morning: My Favorite Tropes in BooksHannah Catronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269627136798530048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232637960654702363.post-52031691779680106212020-05-01T07:24:29.883-07:002020-05-01T07:24:29.883-07:00I totally agree on the friends-to-lovers verses en...I totally agree on the friends-to-lovers verses enemies-to-lovers. I can like both at times, but you can't beat an established friendship relationship.Hannah Catronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269627136798530048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232637960654702363.post-40961319964077251162020-05-01T07:23:14.398-07:002020-05-01T07:23:14.398-07:00I loved reading through your deep analysis of your...I loved reading through your deep analysis of your favorite tropes! You listed some great ones. And it's so true that sometimes whether you like or dislike a trope is totally dependent on what the author does with it. It's not as simple as calling something cliché. <br />Thanks for your comment!Hannah Catronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269627136798530048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232637960654702363.post-82748022478221313452020-04-26T19:30:46.958-07:002020-04-26T19:30:46.958-07:00i LOVE all of these tropes as well!! i prefer frie...i LOVE all of these tropes as well!! i prefer friends-to-lovers over enemies-to-lovers because having the backstory element of friendship just makes the romance so much more authentic. and the found family trope is also something i adore, i agree that it was done really well in The Outsiders! 😄 lovely post, Hannah 💖Ash @ Starlight Strandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158093544209178129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232637960654702363.post-80984219819619746342020-04-25T19:37:49.641-07:002020-04-25T19:37:49.641-07:00I love book posts like this. I think most people m...I love book posts like this. I think most people mean literarcy cliches when they say tropes, and I think the problem comes when a ungifted writer takes a trope or common plot and puts it in as if that in and of itself was good writing and then it's used in that poor way ad naseum. Like I LOVE the Benedict and Beatrice type of sparring (one of my fav tropes), but what that often looks like in popular books is actually not even the same thing, its petty spats.<br /><br />Romantic triangles often get hated on. Some say they are unrealistic, I'm not sure that is true, I think that deep love romantic triangles probably rarely exist, but silly ones certainly do. I think they are one of the most lazy and annoying cliche tropes, however, I don't think they are all bad. I do have a problem that instead of the heroine (usually the heroine is in a triangle) making a choice, a weird wrench is thrown into the plan, such as making one of the two potential love interests a jerk (ahem, Gale) so there isn't really a choice in favor but a choice in disfavor.<br /><br />I remember one person saying all Jane Austen novels were Cinderella stories, not exactly, but some certainly are if you totally stripe them, but that also goes to show how a basic plot in the hand of brilliant author works. Also, Cinderella stories are clearly one of my favorite plots/tropes.<br /><br />I've noticed some people complaing of the Not Like Other Girls alleged trope/attitude of LM Montgomery books. I have a problem when such things are declared and not shown, but I love all the uniqueness and set-apartness of the heroines and characters of LM Montgomery books. I don't think people should be trying to be like other people or NOT like for the sake of it (but I was born contrary, so there is that inconsistency).<br /><br />I think that some people see a trope or a trope that is cliched that is regularly either poorly not or not truly executed (like the attempt at witting sparring between two intellectual people that is actually boring spats between boring characters), and then they write off the trope itself.Livia Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755623391278276925noreply@blogger.com