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escritoireazul ([personal profile] escritoireazul) wrote2014-12-11 06:45 pm

Fandom: (Belated) December Talking Meme #10: Character Types and Story Tropes

December Talking Meme Master List


(There are still some days left open in the meme, if you want to suggest a(nother) topic.)

Day 10 was suggested by [personal profile] frayadjacent: Talk about some character types and/or story tropes that you love.

For characters, I tend to like characters who measure their words, but when they do speak, have smart things to say; feisty, snarky characters that use their words to keep most people at a distance but let their chosen few in; characters, particularly girls and women, who have to rise above what people think they see in them in order to do great things (like save the world); and characters who love their family (and family is both birth and chosen) and are willing to do anything to protect them.

For stories, I love adventure stories, especially those with monsters and magic; mysteries and case fic; individual people coming together as a family, no matter how different they are; best friends to lovers; werewolves in everything; and, most important, stories that, no matter what's happening in them, allow girls and women to be awesome, nuanced, amazing characters.