Scifi/fantasy cliches you are tired of seeing?

What fantasy clichés are you tired of seeing? Do you know of books ...

I really dislike explicit Immortally/indestructibility. I'm fine with the elvish "don't die from old age" type but when people, ...

Scifi/fantasy cliches you are tired of seeing? - SFFWorld

Let's take an example that's been oft-used in recent years: say, vampires. One cliche/trope/whatever you want to call it is that they are unable ...

What are clichés and tropes in sci-fi that you are tired of seeing?

Well, there are enough plot cliches and bad tropes in sci-fi to fill several books. Most are bad because they have been done to death and other ...

Most Overused Science Fiction Tropes - Top 10 List - LivingWriter

We have aliens in the number one spot for the most overused science fiction trope. There are a few different flavors: first contact, evil aliens ...

Science Fiction Tropes To Avoid - ServiceScape

As more sci-fi stories are told, readers are beginning to see more overused tropes – elements used so frequently across multiple works within ...

Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Cliches - concept central

Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Cliches · Impractical anatomy: the overly-musclebound barbarian who should go down with his own weight, or the DDD-chest-size ...

Speculative fiction clichés and stereotypes - Sarah I Jackson - Ghost

The Grand List of Fantasy Clichés · Strange Horizons: Horror stories we've seen too often · The Grand List of Science Fiction Clichés · Strange ...

What cliches about elves and/or dwarves are you tired of seeing in ...

Oddball specialising in fantasy, sci-fi, and history · 4y ·. Please stop using this cliche. Profile photo for Richard Jones. Richard Jones. · 4y. What cliches ...

Writing Cliches to Avoid | SCI-FI - YouTube

From planetary presidents to alien pubs, nowhere is safe from the keen eyes of those who hunt the cliche.

What tropes/clichés are you fed up with in films?

I've just started watching a very atmospheric horror film about a lighthouse in New England. Three minutes into the film and a bird has already ...

Fantasy cliches to avoid? | Page 2 - Writing Forums

Most of my writing is of the science fiction persuasion, and that is just as much a cliche minefield as fantasy for many of the same reasons. It ...

Sci Fi and Fantasy cliches - Forums - DeviantArt

So while people can use tired subjects as a way to get techniques and methods down, maybe to get a few ideas on how to make it fresh, cliches shouldn't be used ...

What clichés are you tired of seeing in stories? - DB-UK

In the context of fantasy writing, here are 100 clichés that often crop up: 1. The chosen one. 2. An ancient, foretold prophecy. 3. A farm boy destined for ...

Stories We've Seen Too Often - Strange Horizons

not · Creative person is having trouble creating. · Visitor to alien planet ignores information about local rules, inadvertantly violates them, is punished.

Fantasy-Faction | Forget things you dislike for a few minutes

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?

Making It Different - Pushing Genre Boundaries in Fantasy - SFWA

The clichés of fantasy fiction are many: elves and orcs, prophecies ... None of these in themselves are necessarily bad things, but they can feel ...

Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest

Take a look at the protagonist and secondary characters. Are they all men? Are the women in your story afterthoughts? A beautiful princess in need of rescue? A ...

Least favorite tropes/cliches in sci-fi and fantasy? Showing 1-50 of 320

YouKneeK In most cases, I don't mind the overused tropes too much as long as they're done well, but one thing I get tired of are prophecies.

68 Sci-Fi Tropes You're Gonna Want to Know About - Dabble

Alien invasion - Leaning into our natural fear of the unknown, this trope explores what it would be like if extraterrestrial strangers came for ...

Fantasy Clichés Done Right - Black Gate

Like all genres of fiction, fantasy has a growing list of clichés and played-out tropes: the orphaned farm boy who's actually the chosen one ...