Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Tropes

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish,
And moved to That Artsy Reader Girl 

To take part, just pick your top ten, and add the link here.

I think when people say that they hate tropes, it has more to do with how the tropes are used rather than the trope itself. I, love a good trope and love when they are used well. (though there are still a small handful of tropes I dislike, the over-baring love interest who manipulates the other person to make them stay, and the person stays and thinks it's love... that needs to stop.) But most other tropes I like.

 

1. Hate to Love: This is one that can be used poorly, but when it's used well, I LIVE FOR IT! Bickering, and arguing with the sexual tension lurking, then raring its head when neither were expecting it. I love it.

2. Best Friends to Lovers: Kind of the opposite to the previous one, this one has the advantage to potentially not have any of the angsty drama attached. Since it's two people who already know everything about each other and trust each other. Relationships with the foundation of friendship are some of the healthiest.

3. Found Family: As someone who isn't close with my family, like at all, I really apprecaite found families in books. Sometimes the family you choose is better than the family you were given, and that's okay.

4. Female Villains: But only if the motivation behind their villainy isn't because of a man. Because seriously, women actually have a lot more interesting motivations in life that have nothing to do with men. It could just be a power-hungry woman the way male villains are power-hungry. 

5. Redemption Arcs: I think this trope needs to be used more often. Or at least better.

6. Retellings/Reimaginings: I have read almost every Beauty and the Beast retelling, and I can't get enough. 

7. Slow-burn Romance: The will they/won't they of it gets to me every time. These are often used alongside the hate-to-love and freinds-to-lovers trope.

8. Villain as the MC: I don't know if this has ever actually been used, other than maybe in thrillers, but I think it could work for other genres like Fantasy and Sci-fi.

9. Fake Dating: These can often be really cute and use that slow-burn romance trope as well. They often use cute situations where the characters slowly fall for each other, it's all very cute and sometimes a cute book is needed.

10. The Chosen One: This trope might feel overused to a lot of people, but I still like it. I mean, any trope used poorly will make the trope look bad.