Snowflakes

[cornerofmadness]

Challenge #11

In your own space, Talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

There is always this urge to say I don't really have them because it always takes some thought to bring them to mind. Of course I have tropes. And if I spend a second thinking on it they are obvious. I have a ton of tropes that I like.

First and foremost is whump and hurt/comfort. It feels strange saying that in a way. I like hurting characters. Hmmm. I don't think for a second it means anything sinister. It adds high stakes to the story and that is tantalizing. A few months back I ran across a station rerunning old shows and they had Emergency! and one of my first fannish loves, Johnny Gage. After rewatching the entire series I realized yep my favorites were the ones where Johnny is hurt (the best of which are now saved on my DVR) so this has been with me for decades.

I adore friends to lovers and found family, especially the latter. There is something so warming about people finding their own people, a family that understands them. In most of my longest lasting fandoms (and the ones I write the most for) found family is a key to it from the various Star Treks and the Buffyverse, to Fullmetal Alchemist and Prodigal Son.


And I absolutely love case fic. that might be my all time favorite of all tropes. And a lot of my fandoms are perfectly set up for that especially Prodigal Son, The X-Files and the Buffyverse

Canon divergence/What if is something I love writing. Reading it depends but it is such fun thing to explore.


I also love me some tooth meltingly sweet fluff. The world can be hard and it's fun to just settle into a warm cup of cocoa.

As for kinks, oh I have a few. Shibari (and other rope bondage techniques) is a favorite. While I do like BDSM, it tends to the lighter forms of it. I love polys and I do like violet ray wands/electrostimulation. That said I prefer my more erotic scenes to be balanced with story and plot (not that there's anything wrong with a pwp, I've certainly enjoyed and/or written my fair share)

Comments

[snowynight]

I love this tropes too. They are great going together too.

[cornerofmadness]

THanks, they really do

[cousinshelley]

I loved Johnny getting hurt too. Peril and whump are so good. And for all the good casefic and found family inherent in Prodigal Son, it was really such an excellent show for whump. Malcolm was such a tortured character, and often ended up physically hurt. When he was chained in the basement and had to smash his own hand to get free to save his family? Yes, lord.

[cornerofmadness]

Johnny did look so good getting hurt, poor thing.

Prodigal Son had so much good case fic and h/c and found family (not to mention the whump) Characters like Malcolm don't come around all that often. Honestly there isn't a character I didn't like on the show (which is probably why I have SO many stories written for them). I miss this show so much.

[shipperslist]

Hurt/Comfort with found family... *chef's kiss*

[cornerofmadness]

Right? THere was SO much of that in Prodigal Son

[suzume]

I think I would have a hard time coming up with a list of favorite tropes and themes too. Maybe characters telling stories in a fic? I seem to have a bit of that in my works...

[cornerofmadness]

it isn't easy. I think I edited my list 3 times because I kept thinking of things

[svgurl]

Lot of good tropes listed here! I love friends to lovers, case fic, h/c and canon divergences/fix its too.

There is something so warming about people finding their own people, a family that understands them.
Totally agree. :D

[cornerofmadness]

thanks