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thread of romance tropes that deancas fulfil according to the list on https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveTropes
1. electric love: love represented by literal sparks.
2. beautiful dreamer: watching your lover sleep.
3. boy meets boy: they meet, lose each other, then find each other again.
4. claimed by the supernatural: a supernatural being falls in love with a regular person and "claims" them with some sort of "mark".
5. comforting comforter: ship tease moment where someone covers their love interest with a blanket.
6. dying declaration of love: confessing your love for somebody when you're dying.
7. everyone can see it: it's obvious that these two are meant to be together, if only they themselves saw it.
8. false start: it looks like you're finally gonna get the chance to confess your love, but something prevents you or you get scared.
9. happiness in serving: being happy to serve somebody because you love them.
10. held gaze: lovers look deeply into each other's eyes.
11. i got you a drawer: one partner gives the other partner a space in their home to put their stuff.
12. it's not you, it's my enemies: being with your lover puts them in harm's way.
13. the lost lenore: this person is dead and their lover mourns over them.
14. love makes you dumb: falling in love causes poor judgement.
15. love overrides the law: when you're in love, even the law can't stand in your way.
16. love will lead you back: lovers leave each other, but one remains confident that their lover will come back to them.
17. make up or break up: a couple has to choose whether to stay together or break up.
18. meet the in-laws: meeting your love interest's parents.
19. mixtape of love: mixtapes are a way to show your affection for someone.
20. outlaw couple: lovers who commit crimes together.
21. relationship writing fumble: the audience picks up romantic subtext between characters that are not meant to be in love.
well... no need for examples for this one
well... no need for examples for this one
22. he cleans up nicely: The frumpy love interest looks beautiful when they get dressed up.
23. sweetheart sipping: a classic romantic date where the couple share a milkshake with two straws.
24. terrible pick-up lines: character attempts to use smooth one-liners to attract their preferred mate. it doesn't go well.
25. returning the handkerchief: character left with just a dirty/bloody/soaked (and/or borrowed) item, they set off to clean it and return it to their love interest.
26. love you and everybody: a love admission followed by the character mentioning all the other people they love.
27. anguished declaration of love: an admission of love in an angsty moment.
28. violently protective boyfriend: this boy will not let anyone harm his significant other.
29. like an old married couple: these two people are very close and tend to bicker with each other.
30. the love slap of epiphany: a character realises how awful they've been to somebody who loves them after getting "slapped".
there’s a lot more but i can’t find the proper names for the tropes so i guess i’ll end it off here, if y’all find more tropes then lmk and i’ll add
ok can't think of more so here's a thread of parallels i compiled a while ago https://twitter.com/adamichaeI/status/1230135907753181187?s=20
