I like tropes/ archetypes/ whatever they're called, they help us have a potential framework for situations in stories we encounter often and that we can play around with.
some of my favorites include
- that one wacky character that is super lovable and clumsy but that makes you want to cover your eyes every time they are put in a stressful situation because its just so afdkjhkhagkfhsf;kgf
- "give me all your weapons" hands over a ton of weapons from increasingly impossible or unusual places "I said ALL of them." hands over another tiny knife that was hidden in their shoe or something
- SASS!!! SASS IN ALL ITS GLORY
- a character walking into a room to see a big scary thing. they have no response, no faicil expressions. they just walk out.
- flat "what" reactions
- people seeing the crazy looking obvious thing in the room and completely ignoring it/ acting like it doesn't exist
- short characters walking really fast because they have friends with long legs/ getting picked up and carried when they walk too slow.
- evil creepy monster thing is actually nice and has the answer to one of your many questions.
- I love dragons…. I know this technically doesn't count but if it has dragons in it i will read/ watch the thing.
- The smart girl that is actually really cool and not viewed as really annoying.
