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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2019-02-08 01:56 pm

Trope sorting meme

Seen at [personal profile] snickfic! You can sort yourself here.

The incredibly (well, mostly) unsurprising results:

1 Found Families
2 Amnesia Fic
2 Hurt/Comfort
4 And They Were Roommates!
5 Vampires/Werewolves AU
6 Daemons
6 Polyamory
6 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop
6 Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time
10 Body Swapping

11 Hogwarts AU
12 Soulmate Identifying Marks (Tattoo, Red Thread of Fate, etc)
12 Accidentally Fell In Love With The Mission Target
12 Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU
12 Friends to Lovers
12 Supernatural Creature/Human Romance
17 Loyalty Kink
18 Characters Swap Roles AU (I don't mean in the bedroom)
19 Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings
19 'Falling For A Coworker/Teammate Is A Bad Idea' Except This Is Fiction So It Works Out
21 'They All Work In An Office' AU
21 High School/University AU
21 Seemingly Unrequited Pining
24 Enemies to Friends to Lovers
24 Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc)
26 Adopting/Raising a Baby
26 Fairy Tale/Mythology AU
28 Royals/Political Marriage Turns Into Feelings
29 Coffee House AU/Food Service AU
30 'Everyone is Evil'/Mirrorverse AU
30 Pride and Prejudice AU
30 Hot Single Parent(s)
33 They Break Up (but then They Get Back Together)
33 Unusually Specific Occupation AU, Like, The Author Clearly Has The Same Job
33 Actually Unrequited Pining
33 Selfcest (possibly due to time travel)
37 A/B/O
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[personal profile] sheron 2019-02-09 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
lol I got 15 items at #1 and then everything else at #16 or so XDD
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[personal profile] sheron 2019-02-09 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well a few were weird, like the royalty/arranged mariage AUs. It's not really my top favourite but it was like one of those things I can't say I don't like?

Anyway, the real usual suspects were, in no particular order:
Daemons, Fairy tales, Hurt/Comfort, Found Families, Amnesia, fake married,

I forget the rest. If there are Reasons you want to know I can tell you more about specifics XDDD

(lol i didn't check where A/B/O was on my list but I should have because I'd be shocked if it's not the last spot XD )
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[personal profile] sheron 2019-02-09 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I redid it just for you, trying to be more selective and less 'i like both', though how they expect me to pick between 'fairytale mythology au' and 'daemons' i'm not sure! This time I only had 8 things at #1 (I TRIED). Basically you can consider everything below #19 as "stuff I don't like to read or write"

Strangely, I was only asked about A/B/O once, which is why it's so high up (least favourite trope ftw!)

Rank Name
1 Seemingly Unrequited Pining
1 Hurt/Comfort
1 Found Families
1 Amnesia Fic
1 Friends to Lovers
1 Loyalty Kink
1 Supernatural Creature/Human Romance
8 Fairy Tale/Mythology AU
8 Daemons
8 Enemies to Friends to Lovers
8 Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings
8 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop
8 Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time
8 Pride and Prejudice AU
8 Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc)
16 They Break Up (but then They Get Back Together)
16 Soulmate Identifying Marks (Tattoo, Red Thread of Fate, etc)
16 Accidentally Fell In Love With The Mission Target
19 Royals/Political Marriage Turns Into Feelings
19 Hogwarts AU
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21 Adopting/Raising a Baby
21 Body Swapping
21 Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU
21 A/B/O
25 Coffee House AU/Food Service AU
25 'Everyone is Evil'/Mirrorverse AU
25 'They All Work In An Office' AU
25 High School/University AU
25 Unusually Specific Occupation AU, Like, The Author Clearly Has The Same Job
25 Actually Unrequited Pining
25 Characters Swap Roles AU (I don't mean in the bedroom)
25 'Falling For A Coworker/Teammate Is A Bad Idea' Except This Is Fiction So It Works Out
25 And They Were Roommates!
25 Polyamory
25 Selfcest (possibly due to time travel)
25 Vampires/Werewolves AU
25 Hot Single Parent(s)
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[personal profile] sheron 2019-02-09 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Well I meant "don't like" not "dislike" fwiw. And I can think of a fic for almost every one of those that I absolutely loved despite the trope (e.g. Selfcest? Yes, hello Marvel multiverse XD But normally nope)

Our of curiosity which tropes were you thinking you like? :) The roleswap? What would that mean in the context? I just don't have feelings about it.
Edited 2019-02-09 20:34 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ranalore 2019-02-09 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, polyamory ended up much lower on my list than it should have, but then, for me it's not a trope. It's just a way of shipping. My number 1 is "Fairy Tale/Mythology AU," which should be up there, but I'd rank Found Family and Loyalty Kink higher, given they end up in stories of all settings and plotlines.
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[personal profile] ranalore 2019-02-09 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly. How I was answering actually changed partway through because I was trying to answer in terms of what I will read, which is generally wider than what I can write, except of course with tropes, I find myself thinking, "Well, I would never read that, but I can think of a fandom and pairing where it might be interesting to try writing it." So that threw off my results, I'm sure. And there were several where I thought it was ambiguous what was meant, too. I mean, I took "roommates" to mean a mundane AU in which they end up being roommates as a meetcute, which doesn't interest me, whereas "only one room/bed" and "demon fireballed my place, can I stay at yours" are things I like a lot. Likewise, coffeehouse AUs bore me to tears, but chef and cooking competition AUs are things I try to actively encourage in my fandoms, so I was torn about how to answer "coffeehouse/food service AU." The trope as traditionally used is the one I don't like, and when I sign up for things and leave prompts, I have to word it "chef AU" or "cooking/baking competition AU," but as tropes go, it falls under that umbrella, and my preferred variation is especially gaining traction as more American fans discover GBBO via Netflix.
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[personal profile] yalumesse 2019-02-09 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
I just posted my results over on my blog if you're inerested. I'm also surprised by some of the ones that made it to the top, but I think there were a lot more tropes that they didn't include, which would explain why some that I like but don't love rank so high.
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[personal profile] corvidology 2019-02-09 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Picking the lesser of two evils really does lead to some surprises. :D