What are some fantasy tropes and clichés you hate?

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The main problem with this cliche is when the writer asks the reader to bite on the trope itself instead of developing the characters beforehand ...

Forget things you dislike for a few minutes. What are some cliches that you like? What are some tropes that you will never get tired of?

I guess part of me wants to say it's hard to call this a cliché, since the medieval setting is such a staple of the genre. But not all fantasy ...

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Empires · Righteous thieves/assassins · Elder races · Elves/dwarves (or other races) · Prophecies · Evil dark lords · Farm boy saving the world ...

You would expect a metal band to wear denim and black leather, not tuxedos. The trick as an author is to write your story in a way where the ...

One person against the world- I can't stand it when a character immediately loses every single person they care about and it becomes the ...

You WILL find people who love any trope. Just because something appeared on this list, it doesn't mean it's “bad” - one person's trash is ...

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But why are those things - dragons, magic, gods, and heroes - so quintessential to the genre? They're all parts of fantasy tropes that shape how ...

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Killing off only/all the diverse representation. You know how the black guy always dies first in a horror movie? · Portraying one-note characters ...

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In this stream I talked to the good folks in the chat about over-used tropes we are tired off, as well as common themes we actually enjoy.