#Tropes

Byzantine Ambassador

byzantinepower

Re: A. Kaldellis and Romanland (2019). First, I love this book. He is one of my fave academix. And It retired so many dull tropes about only the tyranny of

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adoreschoni

choni as tropes: a thread. ♡ this thread is inspired by @bsrchies's thread! alone among the couples: one character is single while everyone else around them is in a

Writing the Other

writingtheother

Addressing one of the discussions of the day: Should white writers write BIPOC protagonists? There are many BIPOC authors who feel strongly that the answer is No. Not that white

Ruby Soleil-Raine

IronsparkSyris

Alright, fuck it, here's my thread about my take on the problems with PbtA games, what designers can take from it, and what I think it's going to mean to

anaïsisreading

anaisisreading

Happy Lycanthrope day of the #MonstrousMayChallenge I love werewolf books and have read so many it would be a very long list of recommendations. But I’ve decided to go

Josef Kalf

JosefKalf

1) THREAD on Holly Rigby and the "Dual Loyalty" trope.In other threads (referenced at the end of this one) I've been trying to get to the bottom of the "Anti-Semitism"

Jennifer Scheurle

Gaohmee

So... this may seem a little random but I’m watching Midsommar and since my last post about Germanic traditions and my specific ancestry seemed to interest some of you, why

angeline rodriguez

gelrdrgz

It’s a new year, and I have plenty of room in my heart and on my list for new voices!it’s also been a while since I paid tribute to queen

Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚💖

BooksandChokers

So Own Voices is a big topic of discussion on Book Twitter today.As always, I have thoughts. I am an OV author, so naturally that comes with views.OV is different

Alex Piratepaca

KaenKazui

Okay, let me tell you about #solarpunk.Solarpunk is one of the many, many Punk-Genre, that followed in the footsteps of Cyberpunk. Like those other punks it is as much of

Liam Saddington

Saddy_94

"Is the fundamental problem human overpopulation?" Disappointing answer from the BBC here. We need to be tackling neomalthusian/neocolonial discourses around overpopulation of black/brown bodies. Fundamentally, this is a question

duaa rehman

abayfittaymu

"bUt wOmEn aRe gOldDigGeRs"a thread ✓ jahaiz✓ not investing in women's education✓ the gender pay gap✓ the portrayal of women as greedy villains via media tropes✓ benevolent sexism✓ sexist hiring✓

🍙🚲☀️A Hungry Monster

catspizzas

Neurodivergence and Kageyama in Haikyuu!!(THREAD) I have complicated feelings about neurodivergence + fictional charas. For one, they’re not real! So it can feel like I’m just going “trait A-Z matches

leaky robot 👾

datalore66

enable me pls the female night elf dance from WoW ctrl+F "slaanesh" on the tv tropes page for warhammer 40k that motley crue music video with all the 80s strippers

David Roberts

drvolts

It's Friday afternoon, no one's reading Twitter, so it's a good time for a THREAD. I wanna try to capture some recent thoughts I've been having & figure out if

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ikneeiee

Let's do this!!!!! Day 1 - I honestly cannot remember my first kdrama but i think it's one of these dramas- I first watched kdrama when I was still in