#Tropes

Alan Levinovitz

AlanLevinovitz

the antidote to QAnon isn't (just) better informationremember, they think they are GETTING BETTER INFORMATIONthe antidote is training people to recognize garbage narrative tropes—hero/villain, apocalypse—and to be reflexively skepti

Angela James

angelajames

If you are now or have been in a romantic relationship, what popular trope(s) did your romance fall under? This thread is already amazing, it's like getting little mini snippets

☔Cypher☔

CypherHitagi

I've always been fond of how monogatari subverts your expectations of the cliches and tropes used for the characters in this medium by having them place under a character archeotype

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enfysblessed

I don't know who needs to hear this but asking people to tag tropes, even very popular ones, that are potentially triggering or at the very least upsetting is not

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feministlib

Did my presentation on tropes & stereotypes in LGBTQ+ representation for library workers in a professional development class today. Someone shared an opinion piece they read the gist of which

owltype 🦉 writing death song | 7,700 words

owltypeao3

Thread of questions about writing because I'm bored and curious. QRT with your answers! What about writing appeals to you? How long have you been writing for? What fandoms

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boysluves

this is an informative thread though I’m side-eyeing the last few tweets because I’m not here to justify incestuous and/or pedophilic ships.https://twitter.com/kuromantic/status/1248751922175258625 yes lesbians can still fetishize. yes a lot

Sarah May

Sarah_May1

Between @DavidOlusoga fantastic 'Forgotten Slave Owners' based on the UCL research on compensation records, & @ColonialCountr1 working hard with @nationaltrust to present the slavery that built so many 'heritage sites'

Milla

babblesqueen

Since I'm reading even more than normal because I'm in quarantine, I'll start threads of recommendations of romance books using tropes. You can give me recommendations too! https://twitter.com/babblesqueen/status/1252839558644826112?s=20

Kazumi Chin

kazumiochin

Again, problems in representation are often less important than the way in which folks handle talking about the representation. Growth is possible. And I’ve laid out the way that such

Josef Kalf

JosefKalf

THREAD #IStandWithHollyRigby1) There is indeed an anti-Semitic trope that Jews have a hidden agenda. The trope is used to denigrate Jews, just like whites use black stereotypes to denigrate black

Kazumi Chin

kazumiochin

Another important lesson here is that Asian American women inhabit both the robot trope within the white imagination, and also, of course, the geisha trope. This is why robot geishas

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fauxghosts

so you want to write a bisexual character?a quick thread with some bi representation advice & common pitfalls to avoid.please RT!! bisexual TV characters make up less than 26% of

Fandom Daddy 🔞

DaddyFudanshi

I hate when people are like "you're just mad over a ship" or "the ship isn't the point of x" as if romance and erotica are not their own distinct

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that1walrusguy

fantasy tropes are so funny cause they’re literally always like:North = some unspeakable evilSouth = pirate jungle islandsWest = unexplored continent/forbidden seasEast = asia. no like, it’s just asia. from

Fangirl Jeanne

fangirlJeanne

I always feel a bit gaslit by these questions of “why do you find this morally bankrupt character, played by an increasingly talented and charismatic actor, so appealing?”Maybe ask why