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The tropes often popular in fanfiction that you will have to pry out of my cold, dead hands

Nadia Calvert

Sep 05, 2019

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Ah fanfiction, the reading that got me, and many others, through middle and high school. If for some reason you have no idea what fanfiction is, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary it is stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet. These fan-written stories usually have some cliches or common themes. These are the best ones.

1. Frenemies

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This is the concept that two characters have had a rivalry for so long that it is apart of those two characters' daily routines and neither character wants to end it because it is so familiar and so fun to them. But then comes the slow realization that they have really developed a meaningful bond with one another and the two characters realize that they are actually now friends.

2. Faking Dating

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Fake dating is fairly self-explanatory. It is when two characters, for a variety of reasons, start to pretend they are dating. Then along the way, the lines between what's pretend and what's real starts to blur so eventually someone confesses their true feelings making the relationship very real.

3. Roommates AU

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Another concept that pretty much explains itself. Due to the setting of some tv shows or movies, this will sometimes be set in an alternate universe. In this alternate universe, two characters will voluntary become roommates. While living with each other their bond strengths and eventually the two will fall in love.

4. Long Journey

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Okay, this requires a bit more explanation. In this trope, the characters have to go on this long and often dangerous journey. One character is supposed to be the protector of the other but the two don't get along at all. So the two constantly bicker and butt heads but as the journey continues, they learn to trust each other after having to save one another or just through their own self-reflection. They slowly build a friendship that leads to a relationship.

5. Forced Bed/Proximity

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This is similar to roommates for the fact the two characters live with one another. But the difference is that this living situation is not voluntary by any means. The two characters usually can hardly stand each other but usually by supernatural forces, they must share the same space or there are dire consequences. So their relationship grows from a begrudging truce to true love.

6. Angst

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This trope is just meant to hit you right in your heart. The story is full of negative emotions from the character whether it is sadness, depression, anxiety, heartbreak, etc. Your heart is just clenched the whole time, these stories might through in one or two happy chapters to relive you but that is not always the case.

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Top Tier Fanfiction Tropes

The tropes often popular in fanfiction that you will have to pry out of my cold, dead hands

1. Frenemies

2. Faking Dating

3. Roommates AU

4. Long Journey

5. Forced Bed/Proximity

6. Angst

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And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

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It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

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Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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