Fandom Snowflake #10: favorite tropes
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fannishlisstrope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme
My number one trope or motif is psychic connection. I love when two characters can understand each other on a psychic or spiritual level. I write psychic connection stories very consistently across fandoms. Probably I should tag for it more. :P
My very favorite aspect of kink is the basic kinky power dynamic--- one person takes control while the other submits. All the kinks, for me, are essentially ways to get inside the other person's defenses, to open them up and let them free. See above about the psychic connections and below about the redemption. :D . If you are curious about kink, see my Kink List challenge on AO3 where I have challenged myself to WRITE ALL THE KINKS. I was trying to go in ABC order, and kind of ran into a wall, so if you'd like to poke me about anything, please do.
My ultimate theme is redemption. I believe we are all prone to fucking shit up but I also believe that we are capable of forgiveness and growing past our mistakes. Thus the long line of tormented warriors in my fannish dreamscape, ie. Dean Winchester, Bucky Barnes, the Doctor in his post Time War aspect... and now Eliot Spencer. Oh Krycek, I am sure no one ever shot you in the head, that was a double I'm sure.
My favorite cliche of all time:
"It's easier to pull the trigger than to play guitar -- easier to destroy than to create." -- El Mariachi in Desperado. Something so true and yet so cliche in this.... but I can't stop watching action films like ballet (John Wick anyone?) even though Atomic Blonde gave me very unsettling nightmares that my chihuahua was taking on bad raccoons way out of her weight class. :( Another version of this cliche is when, when Kwai Chang Caine would stroll barefoot into town with his bamboo flute strapped to his back, and say "I do not wish to fight" and then bad guys would end up flying in slo mo and hitting the ground in big clouds of dust. The wider culture took away the term "grasshopper" and I took away "I really need to know how to play the bamboo flute" as though that were the key to knowing all the Kung Fu. (It was one of my earliest fandoms, along with Kolchak the Nightstalker and the Six Million Dollar Man.) I guess it's really more of a catch-22 than a cliche though, when my beloved tormented warriors do not wish to fight, but are really, really good at it (see Redemption, above). If anyone has not seen "The Quick and The Dead" I recommend it. Interesting how Russell Crowe isn't even mentioned in that trailer! while to me he is a very central character....
This is a very thought-provoking question and I'm going to have to come back later even though this tab has been open all night as it is. :)
My number one trope or motif is psychic connection. I love when two characters can understand each other on a psychic or spiritual level. I write psychic connection stories very consistently across fandoms. Probably I should tag for it more. :P
My very favorite aspect of kink is the basic kinky power dynamic--- one person takes control while the other submits. All the kinks, for me, are essentially ways to get inside the other person's defenses, to open them up and let them free. See above about the psychic connections and below about the redemption. :D . If you are curious about kink, see my Kink List challenge on AO3 where I have challenged myself to WRITE ALL THE KINKS. I was trying to go in ABC order, and kind of ran into a wall, so if you'd like to poke me about anything, please do.
My ultimate theme is redemption. I believe we are all prone to fucking shit up but I also believe that we are capable of forgiveness and growing past our mistakes. Thus the long line of tormented warriors in my fannish dreamscape, ie. Dean Winchester, Bucky Barnes, the Doctor in his post Time War aspect... and now Eliot Spencer. Oh Krycek, I am sure no one ever shot you in the head, that was a double I'm sure.
My favorite cliche of all time:
"It's easier to pull the trigger than to play guitar -- easier to destroy than to create." -- El Mariachi in Desperado. Something so true and yet so cliche in this.... but I can't stop watching action films like ballet (John Wick anyone?) even though Atomic Blonde gave me very unsettling nightmares that my chihuahua was taking on bad raccoons way out of her weight class. :( Another version of this cliche is when, when Kwai Chang Caine would stroll barefoot into town with his bamboo flute strapped to his back, and say "I do not wish to fight" and then bad guys would end up flying in slo mo and hitting the ground in big clouds of dust. The wider culture took away the term "grasshopper" and I took away "I really need to know how to play the bamboo flute" as though that were the key to knowing all the Kung Fu. (It was one of my earliest fandoms, along with Kolchak the Nightstalker and the Six Million Dollar Man.) I guess it's really more of a catch-22 than a cliche though, when my beloved tormented warriors do not wish to fight, but are really, really good at it (see Redemption, above). If anyone has not seen "The Quick and The Dead" I recommend it. Interesting how Russell Crowe isn't even mentioned in that trailer! while to me he is a very central character....
This is a very thought-provoking question and I'm going to have to come back later even though this tab has been open all night as it is. :)
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Date: 2018-01-11 09:30 pm (UTC)Wait, are you saying you're open to requests? What do you write in Leverage (I like the OT3 and permutations, mostly wondering if I can suggest Tara) and MCU? Or do they need to all be Bucky/Steve?
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