Tropes that are totally overused and I love them to death
- 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”
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