ACCORDING TO YOUR SIGN OF THE ZODIAC, HERE IS THE TROPE OVERUSED BY STEPHEN KING IN LIKE ALL HIS BOOKS YOU ARE
ARIES YOU ARE BABY BOOMER NOSTALGIA

whether it's referencing classic rock songs every other page or hearkening back to an idealized 50s childhood, you are the overwhelmingly omnipresent sense of nostalgia that haunts so many of Stephen King's novels

most prevalent in: IT
TAURUS YOU ARE BLACK PEOPLE EXIST ONLY TO BE MAGICAL MORAL GUIDES FOR WHITE CHARACTERS

you don't have your own goals or motivations or character growth; you're just there to make sure the white person learns a lesson

most prevalent in: THE GREEN MILE
GEMINI YOU ARE INABILITY TO SELF-EDIT/TENDENCY TO INCLUDE LITERALLY EVERY THOUGHT YOU HAVE WHILE WRITING WHETHER IT FURTHERS THE PLOT OR NOT

sometimes we don't care, we just...don't care.

most prevalent in: any book over 400 pages
CANCER YOU ARE WOMEN EXIST ONLY AS EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS OR FOILS FOR MEN

men find it hard to do emotions so that's why writing women is important!! Especially women who are entirely defined by the men around them

most prevalent in: The Shining, Bag of Bones, Duma Key, 11/22/63
LEO YOU ARE SELF-INSERTION

where's the fun in being an author if you can't make every book contain at least one character who is 100% an extremely thinly-veiled version of you

most prevalent in: EVERY SINGLE BOOK
VIRGO YOU ARE THE ONLY KIND OF SEX THAT EXISTS IS SEX BETWEEN A CIS MAN AND A CIS WOMAN

look we all know it's very important to never include any sort of sexual relationship that's not entirely 100000% hetero.

most prevalent in: every book. EVERY SINGLE BOOK
LIBRA YOU ARE USE OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR WITHOUT EVER RECKONING WITH THE RACIST FOUNDATIONS OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR

horrific cosmic entities, inexplicable forces from other dimensions--all that Lovecraft stuff! But let's ignore the racism

most prevalent in: you know the answer
SCORPIO YOU ARE HELL IS FOR CHILDREN

Why have a childhood if not to be tortured, tormented, haunted and traumatized? And if you're a girl well, I don't wanna get graphic but it's......much worse

most prevalent in: IT, The Body, Firestarter, Carrie
SAGITTARIUS YOU ARE EVERYTHING IS ALCOHOLISM

monster? alcohol
ghost? alcohol
possession? alcohol
curse? alcohol
alcohol? alcohol

most prevalent in: The Shining
CAPRICORN YOU ARE STARTING OUT STRONG BUT FINISHING SUUUPER WEAKLY

you have everyone in the first half but by the time the book's ending, you've lost the lead, you're down by 50 points, and you keep scoring on your own goalie

most prevalent in: literally every book
AQUARIUS YOU ARE EVERY MAIN CHARACTER IS, COINCIDENTALLY, A WRITER

Horror writers write characters who are horror writers but do those characters also writer about horror writers? Is this a bottomless pit of writers writing about writers?

most prevalent in: Misery
PISCES YOU ARE A STEREOTYPICAL MARRIAGE FRAUGHT W/UNSPOKEN TENSIONS, UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE, & HUSBANDS BEING TOO DEEP FOR THEIR WIVES TO UNDERSTAND

Men are DEEP & COMPLEX & women are forever trying to understand them but FAILING

most prevalent in: Lisey's Story, Pet Sematary
Ok!! I hope you have fun!! And also look I've been reading Stephen King since I was 10 years old so I have a lot of affection for his works but I mean...come on. Come on.

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