Tropes that are totally overused and I love them to death

[agirlnameded]

• grumpy jerk and actual ray of sunshine are BFFs
• mutual unrequited pining
• character A falls fast and hard for character B
• character A slowly falls in love with character B over the course of several years, realization hits them that they’ve been in love with B for a long time hits them like a truck
• cool badass is actually a giant fucking nerd
• The Power of Friendship ™
• flat “what” reactions
  
• sweet adorable characters with horrible tragic pasts
• villains-turned-heroes becoming the Weird Uncle
• characters that aren’t actually related having a parent-child relationship
• characters that aren’t actually siblings having a sibling-like bond
• “I can’t stand this person but I would die for them”
  

[aenramsden]

Argh, dammit. Yes. Yes to almost all of these. Also:

• “surrender all your weapons” *four hours later they’re still producing knives from impossible places*
• “I’m sure X will be fine” *cut to X screaming while approximately Everything Goes Horribly Wrong*
• ridiculously co-dependent pairs who are basically joined at the hip
• that thing where someone is hanging their head then looks up and their eyes narrow and UH OH SHIT’S ABOUT TO GET REAL