You wake up and see the 1Direction producer in your room, he looks very mortified. "Mr. Producer?" You say still half asleep. He looks at you and sighs. "I know this is sudden, but we saw you at the store and you got what I've been looking for." You are shaken by these words. "Really?!" "Yes, please, I need $5."
@@sadwasdead5065 Hannibal could also be the comfort/hurt one.. or if you wanna go really out there "attractive person develops crush on nerd who's too busy to notice".
Dennis and Maureen Ponderosa are Lovers to enemies; The gang is arguably in a hate triangle; The lawyer is a sweet guy who only hates the gang; Basically all relationships are Comfort/Hurt; Charlie and Dee are written to be fake enemies; The gang is found enemies with each other; Dee giving birth is a birth mystery, where they try to figure out where the baby came from at the last minute.
Think of the opposite of iroh and yoda. Instead of wise mentors that disguise themselves as bumbling fools, the main characters mentor is really just an insane old hermit.
what if they’re the main character? the story is about an old hermit who just wants to chill, but they keep getting sought out by annoying young heroes who want tutoring. at first they try to get rid of the unwanted company, but then they realise that if they just say some convoluted nonsense and make this kid do some chores, the problem will solve itself (and they get the laundry done). I can’t decide if it’s funnier if the heroes all succeed, or if they all die. the hermit certainly doesn’t care.
@@esobelisk3110 “Master, after defeating the dragon that plagued the land, I have realised that your lessons were lessons in humility, and how working hard isn’t always the best solution!” “What are you talking about? I just gave you my chores for the week. Now go away.”
Even funnier if all the other characters THINK he's wise, but he's really just spitting out any old nonsense and drooling all over the artifacts that are supposed to save the world.
Instead of alcoholic, nasty step dad, a fun loving, kind, hilarious step dad who is loved by his step children, who does drink but does so responsibly and isn't harmful to his step kids and wife.
Lovers to friends. They begin as a couple but thorough the narrative they realize that they work better as friends and their romance doesn't return in the end.
Enemies to lovers to best friends is something I would want to write is if could. Like hopeless romantic is in love with bully. Bully accepts but treats MC badly. MC breaks it up. Bully returns months later apologizing. They decide to be friends. Ex-bully apologizing every time their relationship is mentioned and is best wing-man/woman/non-binary person. MC gets into more relationships Wing-Man is emotional support. They break-up. MC gets with someone else. They break-up. Repeat.
WAIT actually a retirement home AU sounds so funny. Old people notoriously don’t have filters. Imagine your favorite characters all living together as old people and bantering and having no filters. Imagine old enemies having to see each other every day, recounting their encounters and always trying to one-up each other with their stories. That would genuinely be amazing.
"Ah I remember the good old days when you could strap your enemy to a table and slowly torture them with a laser" "Good old days? You ruined half my nice suits in those days" "I did you a favor, they were tacky anyways" "If my arthritis did keep me in this chair I would sock you silly"
also old people have a lot of sex, like as much as college kids. I just wish that so many of my favourite characters weren't immortal or close to it, like how do you do retirement home AU for Undertale when monsters live for hundreds if not thousands of years, with some not ageing at all.
reverse hanahaki: eating flowers cause you love them so much, it works similarly to a laxative reverse soulmate: our birthmarks are the same, now we're enemies lol reverse school au: basically the same, but from the teacher's perspective reverse isekai: you get killed in the fantasy world, welcome to taxes reverse humour: too many forced memes and characters trying way too hard to make you laugh
A reverse isekai already exists in 'The Devil is a Part-Timer'. The Demon King, the Hero, and other fantasy people, now unable to use their magic, must face their greatest challenge yet: paying rent while working minimum wage. I'd like to say it's Demon King x Hero enemies to lovers, but then the ending happened (still a fun series, though).
I once read a fic where there was only one bed, but the characters fought about who should sleep on the bed and who should sleep on the floor. They ended up sleeping next to each other on the floor. Edit: To everyone asking for the link, I don't have it. I read this fic a long time ago and don't have it saved. If I can find it again I will give you all the link. Sorry.
The Un-Chosen One: someone who is specifically forbidden from participating in the plot. Any time they try to get involved, either some outside force keeps them back or the people actually carrying out the plot move somewhere else. Just imagine a thrilling battle between the hero and the dark lord, the un-chosen one shows up ready to help, and the hero and the dark lord both just stop what they’re doing and agree to postpone the battle to next week
I mean honestly that sounds like a nice power to have. You don't get involved in any life or death shenanigans and there'll be many people willing to hire you to prevent their city from taking the collateral damage of hero vs villain fights.
or the story follows a Merchant who sells their wares to a Stranger that ends up gaining fame but never credits the merchant, which leads them to become the "Villain"
“You’re the Un-Chosen one” is a great quote. My character absolutely refuses to fulfill his destiny of saving a ton of people and has been playing in his enemies hands a while, so this would be a great quote for a villain. “While you have refused to play your role in the world and chaos has run rampant under my watchful eye, you haven’t realized that less trust you. Their blind faith in you will become unbridled hatred in good time, you foolish Un-Chosen one.” Edit: well guys, first chapter of the intro to my world building and spin off of my real work just went up, went terribly.
Make it a comedy in a Caiphas Cain sort of way. He tries to escape his destiny yet since the universe has made him the chosen one everything always goes against his plans of being a selfish prick.
@@andreasfiltenborg4952 it’s not that he’s a selfish prick. He just refuses to do things the “right way.” People tell him to gain Allie’s to fight against the unbelievably powerful enemies he’s going up against, instead he makes more enemies. People tell him to gain power from magical objects to counteract stuff, he doesn’t. He can’t seem to come out on top, and he has frequent mental breakdowns from the manipulative psychos killing the only people in the world he cares about.
I really like the idea of the "unchosen one". Like it would sound good as an animal comedy where everyone is fighting and chosen to be the hero, while the main character is just standing buy getting caught in the middle of it and is a screw up.
Since a love 'triangle' (its actually just a love angle, but I won't get into that) usually partakes in 2 people liking the protagonist and hating eachother because of it, would that mean a hate triangle would be 2 people falling in love over thier mutual seething hate for the main character?
To me, a love triangle means- one person likes another person. The another person likes a third person. And the third person likes the first person. I know I isn't portrayed like this in movies and books because straight but your idea of hate triangle is even better. Kinda reminds me of the old Pokemon anime. Team Rocket feel like a chaotic couple and Ash is their greatest enemy.
Actually the found enemies thing where they all gradually grow to hate each other sounds like a great dynamic for a really depressing dystopia or apocalypse story.
This is the plot of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" an episode of the Twilight Zone. Or it would be, if you could consider a half hour episode of television a gradual progression. Debatably true of the episode "Ice" from X-Files. Or other episodes where their brains are altered. Maybe Yellowjackets.
Reverse one bed troupe, both parties are secretly really into each other so they decide to book a one bed hotel room behind each others backs to see if they truly have a connection. Unfortunately, due to hilarious shenanigans and miscommunication they BOTH book a one bedroom room. The hotel accidentally overbooked them so both characters end up with a room with two beds. They give one of the rooms to someone who came in last minute and go to their room, both bummed out because their master plans failed. Then there are two routes this could go: A: The characters mope around all night in their separate beds like the angsty fools they are. Or B: Late at night neither character can sleep so they stay up and talk for a while and one of them accidentally confesses. They then push their beds together and live their dorky one bed troupe dreams
I love the concept of the anti-Sue (opposite of Mary Sue) where the person just has tremendously dull and mundane day to day problems but just outside of their knowledge, everyone around them is experiencing absolute chaotic soap-opera plotlines. They then meet up with said friend or family and the chaos just “non-exists” for the moment and said family or friend relies on anti-Sue for some sense of normalcy in their lives and for some reason never brings up the chaotic dramatic plot stuff around said anti-Sue who just casually “logics” their way towards explaining away the weird stuff.
Anti-Sue sleepily watching microwaving a hot pocket, checking phone. Meanwhile outside the kitchen window you see blips of an epic anime-superhero battle. There’s a crash outside, anti-sue groggily looks up from phone “oh my hot pocket is done”
i would unironically read some of these with my favorite ships 💀. also i feel like this could be a really good writing exercise to do or a good way to brainstorm new stories.
The Unchosen One and the Anti-Sue are already tropes. They have pages on TV Tropes. The Unchosen One is a hero who chooses to save the day despite not being the Chosen One. The Anti-Sue is a failed attempt at un-Sueifying a character by inverting all the Sue traits (ex: super pretty to super ugly, super nice to super mean).
What about unchosen one where they ARE the chosen one but they’re like “fuck this, I’m not dealing with this shit” and refuses to do what they’re prophesied to do Pls give me recs if this has actually been used in a show or anime or smth, I’d love to see it
@@cyclone-studio18 I think this is very common in isekai nowadays, though I can't name any because I avoid that genre like the plague. But I do remember reading summaries and watching reviews of several isekai anime and light novels which all basically go like "protagonist gets transported to another world to save that world/end the war/defeat the evil demon king/etc. but he doesn't because he doesn't want to be a hero/is a wimp/is busy building a harem instead/likes the demon king's side more/...".
The problem with Anti-Sues is that they still occupy the same narrative function even if their traits are reversed. The whole universe still circles inexplicably around them, bending over backwards to make her the focal point of the plot, even if it is in a "negative" sense instead of the worship and love a normal Sue is showered with. I think what the video suggested would technically "fix" that issue because it specifically mentions how the plot doesn't facilitate them. I think it would be incredibly boring to read, but that's besides the point.
It sjsut 3 people, all hating o n each other in a circle Weirdly reminds me of a kind of silly theory regarding Megamind, that the citizens are terrified of Metroman. So the people fear Metroman, Metroman is annoyed with Megamind, and Megaman kinda sorta hates the citizens
Birth mystery? What about resurrection mystery? Nobody can tell who revived the person, including the person who was revived, and they're all trying to figure it out :)
Now I'm just imagining the scenario that shows an important detective in a resurrection place being like 'Seems like it's happening again... Just when we captured the last one...' It would be even funnier if the detective was the resurrected one.
Wholesome idea for unchosen one: The character's friends are chosen ones so they always bring them along so they get to feel the adventure and stuff even if they dont get to save the world
This is Captain Fists, she has super strenght and smashes things. This is Mystica who has psychic powers. That one is Quickcharge who has electric powers. And that one is Greg. He makes the sandwiches 🥪😊
Lol I'm actually writing a story right now from the perspective of the 'best friend type'. They're the only one in the group without special powers, and their best friend is the Chosen One
Reverse of "anime protag almost dies fighting strong villain, but is revived/strengthened by power of friendship" Anime protag is (Whether it's deserved or not) absolutely HATED by literally everyone they meet. (Could definitely be an anti-sue) In the final bit, their whole party gets killed, & Villain saves Protag for last, but they're not dying for some reason. As it turns out, every (Now dead) person they met along the journey hates Protag SO much that when he shows up next to them in the afterlife, they all agree to unceremoniously shove his soul back into his body & make sure he stays there by mending fatal damage with cool dead person magic, but Villain keeps killing him, so they GANK VILLAIN'S ASS STRAIGHT TO HELL, & boom, world saved from Villain. Also Death puts Protag in the special little sad closet for anti-sues.
That first one reminds me of an episode of Steven Universe future where two characters don’t get along and they’re fusing to fight him but then they fall apart and Steven TRIES to get them to the good side but they both agree he’s just too annoying and fuse again. “Are you kidding me?” He says, completely done with their bs
This reminds me of DC Comics' Lobo. He's a complete jerk anti-hero, and though his healing factor and superhuman toughness render him very difficult to kill, he has actually died and gone to hell before. Problem is, he caused so much mayhem down there that *Hell spat him back out.* Then the powers that be thought, "hey, if Hell hates him that much, that must mean he belongs in Heaven." NOPE. He was as much of a problem up there and they kicked him out too, further decreeing that Death was forbidden from reaping his soul int he future. Having been rejected by both afterlives, Lobo's pretty much just inflicted upon the world of the living
Anime Protagonist, but in that final fight, the 'Power of Friendship' ends up on accidentally killing them Maybe overloaded with power? Maybe accidentally stabbed by a friend? Perhaps they were supposed to be powered up by this near-death experience but, you know, the legends weren't true and the protagonist just kinda dies "Power or Friendship ruins the day!"
“Too many beds” I love it. Imagine character A and B go into the room only to find out there are like six beds or more, like what...? What do you even do with that many? Like, “Sorry we don't got any one or two people rooms, may you use this one” says the receptionist and leaves them alone with a six-persons room. A and B just go ¿? and idk why that sounds so funny. “So... Are we just supposed to ignore all of these...?” “Um... I guess so...” Literally a 100% pointless plot but somehow I want to see it happening.
Probably could lead to a plot where they have to get rid of all the beds as the sheer amount blocks all other things in the room, including the bathroom.
I learned from Shadiversity that in the old days Inns would often save money and resources by having 1 or 2 really big beds. A subversion could there is only one bed but there's already six people in it and you and your traveling companion have to share it with everyone else.
I'm thinking about a similar plot but more extreme. It's like they're going in a villa or something or maybe they join a game show and the house is just filled entirely with beds
The unchosen one where you accidentally take the chosen ones place so the world is in the hands of some one who is not prepared or even able too save it.
For what I've read, The magical fantasy land says "nah we good" and kicks you out into the real world, will be the plot of the upcoming live action Barbie film starring Margot Robbie.
i was gonna say "magical fantasy land character gets transported to the normal world" until i remembered that it has happened before. (BUT DAMN DO I STILL LOVE THIS TROPE)
Or another alternate, you get so scared, stressed and horrified of the possibilities that you: - run out - beg for mercy - join the bad guy - 'actually screw it, who needs a lover, I'll kill 'em myself. move aside big bad'
Villain threatens your loved ones, but didn’t get the memo that you went no-contact with them weeks ago, and so your response is just “Yes, please, kill them, that would make my life SO much easier, thanks!”
Anti-Mary Sue is just Emmett from the Lego Movie ngl. They lie and say he’s the chosen one despite not being special in any way, and despite that he saves world.
For real, though: Two people who genuinely like and respect each other and have good chemistry but are _still_ enemies who honestly want to fight each other to the death is totally a valid concept. This was basically the entire thing between Saber and Lancer in Fate/Zero and it remains one of the most interesting relationships I've ever seen. Like, they had the utmost respect for one another and would have been great friends in _any_ other context, but they just happened to be enemies and all they wanted was a fair fight between the two of them. And both of them were totally fine with that. It wasn't even romantic, just: "Damn, this person is _fucking awesome!_ I really want to fight him/her."
@@blueghost4769 Because Kira sounds like the English word "Killer" especially in Japanese, duh. Although "Yoshikage" is the combination of Japanese words for "Lucky" and "Shadow".
When taking something like 'the Unchosen One', I think of someone who's specifically *not* chosen, because they were deemed unfit. But it could also mean they used to be Chosen, but have been un-Chosen. I hadn't even thought of the entire world being chosen except for the Unchosen One.
@@isabellessley3513 No no, that was how his prophecy was supposed to go. The Jedi were arrogant AF, so they assumed "balance" could only mean putting them into undisputed power over the entire galaxy, but what it actually meant is that both Jedi and Sith needed to be taken out of the picture. I think an Unchosen One would be Kung Lao from Mortal Kombat. He could have been the Chosen One but was deemed unfit because of his arrogance.
The main character of the anime TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy was transported to a fantasy world to be a hero by a goddess, but as soon as the goddess saw how "ugly" he was, she revoked her blessing and sent him to the very edge of the world to die.
There's a Catradora fic if you're interested: Anachronism, by chellethewriter in ao3. One of the best fics I've read in my life. It kinda follows the fake enemies trope :)
I once read one were this couple got hired at the same school, and because they didn't know if relationships between teachers were allowed. So they pretented to be enemies to keep their relationship hidden. Spolier: the ending is that one of them proposes to the other in a game of Pictionary during faculty game night.
The fact that I have legitimately read 8 of these tropes, some more than others, is my wake up call that I have fallen way to far down the Fan Fiction rabbit hole and there isn't a rope long enough to reach me. The bottom of this well is my home now. Just periodically throw down some new media for me to latch onto please!
I unironically like the idea of a hate triangle. Either two people with a mortal hatred for the same person getting into conflict to see who's going to kill/ruin them, or really just three people who hate each other's guts.
Cyan string of hate: Like a normal red string of fate soulmate au where you follow the string and it leads you to your soulmate, but you don't find the love of your life and the person you won't want to leave, but instead the person you are going to hate forever and try to get rid of Edit: Color change idea from LeonesDoingStuff and also for people saying fandoms this was done in, I actually didn't know any of those
Plot twist: the person on the end of your string has read red string of fate fics, and is way too into it and too high energy for you. The resulting dynamic is you trying to get rid of them. Strong "Just you, me, and this brick wall you built between us" vibes.
Is the premise that a group is trying to sabotage a marriage? Or, is the couple trying to see if they can break the record for the world's shortest marriage?
Birth mystery sounds like something straight out of Ancient Greek mythology. Imagine an Ancient Greek play in which one day a young man finds his way onto Mount Olympus, interrupting either a feast or a meeting of some sort and claims that he is the son of one of the gods present there. All eyes fall on Zeus at first, but through questioning it is revealed that at least this time around, Zeus was not the father. Problem is, none of the gods can remember sleeping with any mortal around the time when the young man was conceived. What’s more, it is unclear whether his divine parent was a man or a woman or neither, as the young guy grew up an orphan. The guy is confirmed to indeed be half man half god, but his divine powers are so vague that they can’t be traced back to any specific domain and deity. Chaos ensues, as the gods try to figure out who this new half-god is related to. This would make such a good play, lol. There are many directions this could go, but I kinda like the idea that the dude is actually a trickster god from another pantheon who disguised themselves as a demigod for a prank. 😂
I would absolutely read/watch this!!! I love mythology, especially Greek, and this is so funny!! Also, if we go with the idea that they are a trickster god from another pantheon... surely it's Loki, right? (I'd love to see a crossover between the Greek and Norse pantheons!) This sounds very much like something he'd do just for the fun of it!!
Something similar to the Unchosen One I’ve seen is something where the prophecy foretelling six heroes vanquishing the villain is purposefully vague, and there’s a LOT more than six heroes opposing the evil forces. So everyone, including the seven main characters, acknowledge that they may or may not be one of the prophecized heroes.
"You're the unchosen one." Huh, I'm planning something into that direction. Well, after that fake love triangle and not insta-love book I'm writing right now. And after that trope parody. Edit: Over 200 likes? This comment exploded.
I had a bit too much fun with that trope, to the point where it's probably really obnoxious for the readers but I'm enjoying it too much to stop? 😅 My protagonist learns that she's the chosen one, but just as she gets used to the position, she finds out that she isn't just not the chosen one, but literally the LAST person who should be doing this and everyone she knows is technically more of a chosen one than her (and they all knew and never told her). When she finally resolves herself to do it anyways, out of her own free will, it turns out that she's indirectly the chosen one after all because she's the only one who did have the solution all along - but the solution actually sucks, so it all doesn't matter in the end and everyone has to figure out a way to fix the world themselves 🤷♀️
The big, brawny male protagonist wields a tiny weapon that couldn’t intimidate a child. A character who is despised for most of the story redeems themselves, before immediately doing something that undoes their redemption. A woman suspects that her husband is a secret agent, only to find out that he’s actually just cheating on her. An ambitious adventurer is encouraged by some inciting incident to stay home and live a normal, peaceful life. The math teacher is super chill and easygoing, doesn’t have a lot of rules, and is super helpful to students who need help. A serious jazz musician joins the band of a calm, kind band director who teaches him that there’s more to life than jazz, and that mastery of jazz drumming should not take precedence over his mental health (yes, this is a direct shot at Whiplash).
@@naolucillerandom5280 the normal guy turns out to be the actual hero the fantasy world needed and takes down the bad guy; the chosen one realizes he has worth beyond his “destiny” and is able to live a more fulfilling life in the real world.
@@starrmantis oooo I love that a lot. Maybe they’re able to communicate between their two worlds and while trying to find out how to return to their respective worlds, they fall in love with each other and their new homes? Or if they both know each other, the unchosen one read about the chosen one in some fantasy book in the real world?
I just thought of one: A husband and wife are in a good relationship, they progress through the plot through much effort and teamwork, and are still in a healthy loving relationship by the end of the story.
What I meant by "reverse kidnapping" was that instead of a rich girl/boy getting kidnapped by a Mafia leader- the situation to be reverse where the Mafia boss is kidnapped by the spoiled rich girl/boy creating drama. Sorry if this doesn't make sense to you ...English is not my first language😅
Protagonist begins the story killing someone who wronged them and spends the rest desperately trying to run from the thoughts of how hollow their victory was and how they only managed to perpetuate the cycle of grief (no satisfying ending, no acceptance, just a broken person continuing to do everything in their power to forget what they did)
"The attractive girl develops a crush on the nerd, and the nerd is too busy to notice" That's pretty much how me and my wife got together lol. I was oblivious until one of her friends basically yelled at me.
half of these would make legitimate interesting plotlines/improve cliché tropes and the other half would probably just make me cry. Lost family? I'm already sobbing
1:21 I’ve read this one, I love it. Especially in like, superhero/supervillain aus, they’re on opposite sides but actually secretly dating. Bonus points if it’s also enemies to lovers, and they actually did hate each other at first. 1:36 this reminds me of The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, in which the kids are trying to stop their dad from getting in a relationship, but end up with a scheme to get him with the lady next door. 2:58 This sounds kind of interesting, like a drama where you don’t know who the other parent is.
ngl when i saw "birth mystery" my mind instantly went to "a baby just suddenly appeared one day and there are signs that it was born HERE but who tf gave birth to it ???"
“Birth mystery” is every plot where a kid gets left on a doorstep at a young age and then, when they’re older, quests to find their birth parents. (And is probably rather common among kids in the real world who get dropped off as part of those “no questions asked” baby abandonment programs.)
An idea about "too many beds": 2 characters end up being so unnerved by the amount of beds (and, more specifically, the amount of space that comes with them) that they end up taking one together or the two beds closest to each other for comfort.
A few I came up with: “Mc’s future self travels back in time to tell them how much better it’s gonna get and give the mc determination to carry on” “Humans are allergic to caffeine and the aliens who aren’t give them some and it all falls apart quickly afterwards” “Horror house? Nono the outside world is a filled with dangerous monsters and the main characters get curious and venture outside after spending their entire life in the safety of a house protected from the ghosts and ghouls” < I think this one would be a good manga And finally! “The writer has two Ocs that are dating/crushing on each other and the canon character is just a third wheel” bc that NEVER happens
Too many beds: Two characters are sick of having to set up everyone else’s cots so they just tell everyone all the mattresses got lost and then go snuggle up together under a couple blankets
I imagined the Un-Chosen One as more of an ex-chosen one. Great power and responsibility was placed on their shoulders, but then they outed themselves as a TERF on Twitter and now their original destiny has been revoked. The ancients proceed to erase the prophecy like doodles on a whiteboard and start looking for someone who hopefully won’t make them have to rewrite an entire stone tablet just to direct the new hero accordingly.
That would be an interesting twist to explore: “The chosen one is problematic, can we, like, find a different chosen one, please?” And then you could take that a number of different ways: “no, deal with it” / “someone else surely fits the requirements, go find them” / “chosen one learns the error of their ways” / “the problematic thing is antithetical to the chosen task and so the chosen one only does it accidentally/against their will”...
The magical world kicking you out into the real world has been done before in a movie called Enchanted. It is a disney movie and my favorite disney princess is from it, princess Giselle.
@@fashionablechangeling1988 She is a princess in my heart, if it wasn't for her going to the real world and becoming a step mom, she would've became a queen.
The Unchosen One reminds me of a post I saw once (I think it was on Tumblr) where someone said they wanted to see a story where the protagonist is a typical chosen one but spends the entire story trying to avoid their fate, and eventually they are successful and get to live in a nice cabin in the woods with a bunch of cats and all the world leaders and government officials manage to get their shit together on their own
1) Jack of no trades, master of all: could do anything perfectly even with no training... but is just too lazy to bother. 2) Inverse Isekai: Some guy is already stupidbrokenop in the real world and gets hit by Truck-kun. Meanwhile, in the fantasy world, the wizards/priests trying to summon the legendary hero to defeat the Demon King are surprised when a goddamn truck appears in their magic circle. 3) The "Choosing" One: The prophecy, which was old and written in Ancient-ese which is a very nuanced language, was mistranslated. Everyone thought "The Chosen One" was a specific person picked by destiny but it was actually "The Choosing One"; anyone who just made the choice to kill the tyrant demon king could have done it all along, but no one did because they expected the "Chosen Hero" would do it for them. 4) Lawsuit by Combat: Inverse of "Trial by Combat". Civil litigation is determined by duels and "Combat Attorney" is a well respected profession that both writes the legal documents as well as fights the duel for you.
Retirement home AU is definitely my favorite. I might actually write that. I'm imagining the cast of MHA playing bingo or backgammon all day and occasionally receiving visits from reluctant grandkids who wind up being regaled with stories of their old battles against their will only to find that they actually kind of enjoy the quality time.
For the murderer/loving household: The guy still lives with the parents, they support their decisions, they even make cookies for the murder gang For the fantasy kicks you out: It's actually a fairy tale creature and they have trouble adjusting to human life. Japes ensue.
0:57 Now I really want to make a found family story about that. The possibilities are amazing. Just imagine an ending where they part ways. The guy that got turned into a vampire is back to being a human and the vampire is still, unfortunately, a vampire. The vampire turned the dude human again because they didn’t want the guy to experience the pain of immortality, of watching mortals die around you. When they part ways it’s because the vampire can’t handle watching another human they love die. The angst. It’d be so great.
The strongest hero becomes the weakest peasant. In less than a year, they go from being the strongest, unrivalled hero to being the weakest, forgettable peasant whilst on a long adventure to go from dangerous lands to a quiet peaceful village that is untouched by danger and war.
For the unchosen one. There is this book called "The rest of us just lives here" by Patrick Ness. It's about a group of ordinary teens in a world where chosen ones exist. The teens try to go on with their daily lives, meanwhile in the background the chosen ones are having love triangles, fight immortal beings that are trying to take over the world, betray one another, die etc.
I feel like the one at 2:16 is something that's definitely happened in real life these days with how intense college admissions are. So I could absolutely see a nerd guy being in all APs and multiple clubs and being absolutely way too sleep deprived to notice and possible romance. It's sad that this is something that could be more and more common now, but it would also be pretty interesting to read stories about.
1:43 that makes me feel a certain emotion I never thought existed. Best I could describe it is: "Damn that's metal, so cool, but that's morally fucked up"
the anti sue is funny to me cuz at current my oc tends to just be a normal dude who isn't remarkable they just work in the archival department like they have the edgy dark past of a mary sue but isn't doesn't mean much. They are just a nice person who does paper work
An idea for Soulmates-as-Enemies: A government creates a law that people with the same birthmark have to kill each other and have one (or no) survivor to reduce the population. The main characters despise each other and have no problem trying to do this but end up falling in love along the way (enemies to lovers sorry). This ends in either: 1) Someone still being killed, love did not conquer all. OR 2) They hide their birthmarks so they don't have to kill one another and try to live inconspicuously and happily together. Mistakes happen along the way. :)
I feel the soulmates as enemies (soulnemesis? soulfoe?) concept is better if the matching people know that they're bound to kill each other (but isn't actively pursuing to do so, or at least if this was the case it's one-sided) but getting to know each other, they actually get along really well and develop a close bond, but is still aware (or often reminding themselves whenever they keep their guard down) that one of them will off the other in the end oh, but the world just wants them to hate each other so like, the narrative keeps putting their trust to the test and depending on how much they're able to handle they could just fulfill their destiny as nemeses bound by soul idk when I think of inverse soulmates I first thought of how Norse deities/figures are fated to fight each other to the death in the Ragnarok, e.g. Loki and Heimdall as a notable example
How about we do reverse stories? Like, a person rubs a lamp and a genie appears to grant them 3 wishes. Instead of wishing, they decide to try to destroy the genie and his lamp because they realize that making the wishes will only make them and possibly the world miserable. Along the way, they discover a bunch of lost truths and ends genie’s for good after revealing their evils. Edit: Bonus points if it’s a young kid. This kid could be a kid that’s really smart for their age
I can definitely see Hate triangle working. It's basically just some jerk messed up a character's life. idk burned down your entire village or some other, normal, trope. The character is now seeking revenge against them, but of course, this guy's ruined heaps of lives, so there's some other character also after revenge, but you can't BOTH be their arch nemesis.
The unchosen one: You desperately want to save the day, but everything you do to help without fail just somehow magically makes the Dark Lord more powerful, no matter how improbable that is.
I honestly want a story where nothing dramatic happens,it's just you wake up and make breakfast and proceed to have a chill day(ect.) . And it stays that way the whole story. My anxiety can barely handle the action/suspense stories where it's constantly action.
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I laughed out loud at “1D can’t pay their bills so Harry Styles is sold to you”
That KILLED me, I wanna read it now 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I wouldn't be surprised if that fanfic already exists 😭💀
@@errortryagainlater4240 TRUEE 💀💀
You wake up and see the 1Direction producer in your room, he looks very mortified.
"Mr. Producer?" You say still half asleep.
He looks at you and sighs. "I know this is sudden, but we saw you at the store and you got what I've been looking for."
You are shaken by these words. "Really?!"
"Yes, please, I need $5."
I'd buy Harry Styles for the meme
“Horrible character meets good character and drags them down” is basically just Always Sunny lmao.
Literally Cricket's arc
or hannibal
@@sadwasdead5065 Hannibal could also be the comfort/hurt one.. or if you wanna go really out there "attractive person develops crush on nerd who's too busy to notice".
camp camp does this pretty well, except it backfires on the horrible character (and by extension the good character) too and the result is hilarious
Dennis and Maureen Ponderosa are Lovers to enemies;
The gang is arguably in a hate triangle;
The lawyer is a sweet guy who only hates the gang;
Basically all relationships are Comfort/Hurt;
Charlie and Dee are written to be fake enemies;
The gang is found enemies with each other;
Dee giving birth is a birth mystery, where they try to figure out where the baby came from at the last minute.
Think of the opposite of iroh and yoda. Instead of wise mentors that disguise themselves as bumbling fools, the main characters mentor is really just an insane old hermit.
what if they’re the main character? the story is about an old hermit who just wants to chill, but they keep getting sought out by annoying young heroes who want tutoring. at first they try to get rid of the unwanted company, but then they realise that if they just say some convoluted nonsense and make this kid do some chores, the problem will solve itself (and they get the laundry done).
I can’t decide if it’s funnier if the heroes all succeed, or if they all die. the hermit certainly doesn’t care.
@@esobelisk3110 “Master, after defeating the dragon that plagued the land, I have realised that your lessons were lessons in humility, and how working hard isn’t always the best solution!”
“What are you talking about? I just gave you my chores for the week. Now go away.”
Like in one punch man??
Even funnier if all the other characters THINK he's wise, but he's really just spitting out any old nonsense and drooling all over the artifacts that are supposed to save the world.
@@esobelisk3110 Dragon Ball Goku and Krillin study under Master Roshi's teaching? They actually become stronger though.
Reverse Yandere. A girl hates this guy soooooo much she kills anyone trying to kill him just so she can keep him alive to torture him.
Well... Vinland Saga?
This sounds like Darth Maul XD. Or Slivia from 'Thorgal'.
That's Joker and Batman lmao
wouldn't the opposite just have her kill him and only him? killing everyone else is the same as the original trope.
I think reverse yandere would just be the girl killing him
Instead of alcoholic, nasty step dad, a fun loving, kind, hilarious step dad who is loved by his step children, who does drink but does so responsibly and isn't harmful to his step kids and wife.
Yes please
makes me want a fairy tale with a very loving and caring step mother in it
@@fulana_de_tal WELL YOU'RE IN LUCK!!! I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT 5-8 STORIES WHERE THE STEP MOM IS THE BEST FRIEND OF THE PROTAGONIST!
@@juliefarrell6688 CAN I READ THEM? PLEASE?
@@fulana_de_tal gimme 10 years they just aren't published
"A murderer raises out of a very loving and non traumatic household"
Soooo Light Yagami
Yep he was just cringy and edgy
…Icon checks out?
Well shit
Walter White?
Not murderer but that edgy emo from Gravity Falls was just like that. I think his name was Robbie or Robin
Lovers to friends.
They begin as a couple but thorough the narrative they realize that they work better as friends and their romance doesn't return in the end.
Makorra be like
Enemies to lovers to best friends is something I would want to write is if could.
Like hopeless romantic is in love with bully. Bully accepts but treats MC badly. MC breaks it up. Bully returns months later apologizing. They decide to be friends. Ex-bully apologizing every time their relationship is mentioned and is best wing-man/woman/non-binary person. MC gets into more relationships Wing-Man is emotional support. They break-up. MC gets with someone else. They break-up. Repeat.
That's actually good
That was JD and Eliot in Scrubs for a while.
There are a some stories like that.
WAIT actually a retirement home AU sounds so funny. Old people notoriously don’t have filters. Imagine your favorite characters all living together as old people and bantering and having no filters. Imagine old enemies having to see each other every day, recounting their encounters and always trying to one-up each other with their stories. That would genuinely be amazing.
"Ah I remember the good old days when you could strap your enemy to a table and slowly torture them with a laser"
"Good old days? You ruined half my nice suits in those days"
"I did you a favor, they were tacky anyways"
"If my arthritis did keep me in this chair I would sock you silly"
I seriously love this
And they do the pettiest things imaginable against each other
also old people have a lot of sex, like as much as college kids. I just wish that so many of my favourite characters weren't immortal or close to it, like how do you do retirement home AU for Undertale when monsters live for hundreds if not thousands of years, with some not ageing at all.
Old people don't get enough representation.
@@stm7810 wait do they really? I would think sex drive would drop off after menopause
"Fake enemies. You're in a relationship, but you have to pretend to hate each other." Not 100%, but Good Omens be like
Omg you’re right
Now I wanna write a story like that 👀 like a Good Omens crossed with Romeo and Juliette situation
@@jodoodlyboi2963 Omg, I wonder if there is a fanfic like that, now I'm intrigued too
@@jodoodlyboi2963 I don' even wacmtch good homens, but I wanna read it so much
@@gh0st1e7 idk anything about the series but I can say the novel is worth a read. It is pretty much wacky fanfiction of the Rapture and it's great.
"Horrible dude finds nice lady and drags her down to his level" Did you mean Joker and Harley Quinn?
So true
In some versions of the story Harleen was already a wreck and a bit of a shitty person by the time the Joker got into her head.
Or after
Hayley dragged herself to his level.
@@luxzord865 both of them dragged her to his level
reverse hanahaki: eating flowers cause you love them so much, it works similarly to a laxative
reverse soulmate: our birthmarks are the same, now we're enemies lol
reverse school au: basically the same, but from the teacher's perspective
reverse isekai: you get killed in the fantasy world, welcome to taxes
reverse humour: too many forced memes and characters trying way too hard to make you laugh
the last one is just my personality...
I've seen the first one a few times
I would love to watch a reverse isakai, or hell maybe I’ll write one.
A reverse isekai already exists in 'The Devil is a Part-Timer'. The Demon King, the Hero, and other fantasy people, now unable to use their magic, must face their greatest challenge yet: paying rent while working minimum wage. I'd like to say it's Demon King x Hero enemies to lovers, but then the ending happened (still a fun series, though).
@@i_am_Emmet isn't Enchanted technically a reverse isekai...?
Edit: but please, do write one! We need more of this reverse trope!
The "pretending to hate each other and then actually hate each other" thing is freaking hilarious
And would be sad if it were to happen
I once read a fic where there was only one bed, but the characters fought about who should sleep on the bed and who should sleep on the floor. They ended up sleeping next to each other on the floor.
Edit: To everyone asking for the link, I don't have it. I read this fic a long time ago and don't have it saved. If I can find it again I will give you all the link. Sorry.
The only one bed trope I'll now accept. All others can go home
Suddenly, I have a story idea
@@mayanakoRTC Please send me the story if you do write it. :)
sharing is caring (aka drop the link)
@@stegydraws Will do!
The Un-Chosen One: someone who is specifically forbidden from participating in the plot. Any time they try to get involved, either some outside force keeps them back or the people actually carrying out the plot move somewhere else. Just imagine a thrilling battle between the hero and the dark lord, the un-chosen one shows up ready to help, and the hero and the dark lord both just stop what they’re doing and agree to postpone the battle to next week
I mean honestly that sounds like a nice power to have. You don't get involved in any life or death shenanigans and there'll be many people willing to hire you to prevent their city from taking the collateral damage of hero vs villain fights.
That's just deliberate exclusion (a form of bullying) 💀
or the story follows a Merchant who sells their wares to a Stranger that ends up gaining fame but never credits the merchant, which leads them to become the "Villain"
The camera man
I WOULD LOVE TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
“You’re the Un-Chosen one” is a great quote. My character absolutely refuses to fulfill his destiny of saving a ton of people and has been playing in his enemies hands a while, so this would be a great quote for a villain. “While you have refused to play your role in the world and chaos has run rampant under my watchful eye, you haven’t realized that less trust you. Their blind faith in you will become unbridled hatred in good time, you foolish Un-Chosen one.”
Edit: well guys, first chapter of the intro to my world building and spin off of my real work just went up, went terribly.
God, this makes me want the continue of this story😭
Could anyone recommend any story like this comment? I would really appreciate.Thank you🥺
Make it a comedy in a Caiphas Cain sort of way. He tries to escape his destiny yet since the universe has made him the chosen one everything always goes against his plans of being a selfish prick.
@@andreasfiltenborg4952 it’s not that he’s a selfish prick. He just refuses to do things the “right way.” People tell him to gain Allie’s to fight against the unbelievably powerful enemies he’s going up against, instead he makes more enemies. People tell him to gain power from magical objects to counteract stuff, he doesn’t.
He can’t seem to come out on top, and he has frequent mental breakdowns from the manipulative psychos killing the only people in the world he cares about.
I really like the idea of the "unchosen one". Like it would sound good as an animal comedy where everyone is fighting and chosen to be the hero, while the main character is just standing buy getting caught in the middle of it and is a screw up.
Since a love 'triangle' (its actually just a love angle, but I won't get into that) usually partakes in 2 people liking the protagonist and hating eachother because of it, would that mean a hate triangle would be 2 people falling in love over thier mutual seething hate for the main character?
That would just be the plot of The Legend of Korra (kind of)
We need a love square
2 people hate each other, but both hate a third even more???
To me, a love triangle means- one person likes another person. The another person likes a third person. And the third person likes the first person. I know I isn't portrayed like this in movies and books because straight but your idea of hate triangle is even better. Kinda reminds me of the old Pokemon anime. Team Rocket feel like a chaotic couple and Ash is their greatest enemy.
@@sandraveinthal omg 😩 the idea of a love triangle being a literal triangle is everything-
This said bisexual rights LOL
Actually the found enemies thing where they all gradually grow to hate each other sounds like a great dynamic for a really depressing dystopia or apocalypse story.
lol this is just No Exit
that's just the 100 or the walking dead (game) s4 from one of the bad guys's prespective
The first law? Kinda? Or the avengers xD
A good “Things Fall Apart” story arc
This is the plot of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" an episode of the Twilight Zone. Or it would be, if you could consider a half hour episode of television a gradual progression. Debatably true of the episode "Ice" from X-Files. Or other episodes where their brains are altered. Maybe Yellowjackets.
"There's only one bed!" Trope but neither of the characters care.
At least, not until Character A kicks B off the bed in their sleep.
king of the hill: bed edition
I like my one bed trope to be like where everybody gangster until they wake up cuddling
The characters are from Latin America and really don't see much of a big deal into sharing a bed for one night (I'm from Latin America, don't @ me).
"I'll just take the couch."
Roll credits!
Or, it’s a twin sized bed and there’s a squabble
Reverse one bed troupe, both parties are secretly really into each other so they decide to book a one bed hotel room behind each others backs to see if they truly have a connection.
Unfortunately, due to hilarious shenanigans and miscommunication they BOTH book a one bedroom room. The hotel accidentally overbooked them so both characters end up with a room with two beds.
They give one of the rooms to someone who came in last minute and go to their room, both bummed out because their master plans failed.
Then there are two routes this could go:
A: The characters mope around all night in their separate beds like the angsty fools they are.
Or
B: Late at night neither character can sleep so they stay up and talk for a while and one of them accidentally confesses.
They then push their beds together and live their dorky one bed troupe dreams
IM LOVING PART B
Omg yes i love this! I might need to use this idea as a base for a writing exercise if i ever get motivation
I love this! its so cute.
can i use this to write for a fluff event for one of my ships?
This is beautiful
@@TheLonelyDR Of freaking course!
I love the concept of the anti-Sue (opposite of Mary Sue) where the person just has tremendously dull and mundane day to day problems but just outside of their knowledge, everyone around them is experiencing absolute chaotic soap-opera plotlines. They then meet up with said friend or family and the chaos just “non-exists” for the moment and said family or friend relies on anti-Sue for some sense of normalcy in their lives and for some reason never brings up the chaotic dramatic plot stuff around said anti-Sue who just casually “logics” their way towards explaining away the weird stuff.
Anti-Sue sleepily watching microwaving a hot pocket, checking phone. Meanwhile outside the kitchen window you see blips of an epic anime-superhero battle. There’s a crash outside, anti-sue groggily looks up from phone “oh my hot pocket is done”
Did you mean: Donna Noble
The mom from Phineas and Ferb?
This is a side character in The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K
thats just haruhi from OHSHC
i would unironically read some of these with my favorite ships 💀. also i feel like this could be a really good writing exercise to do or a good way to brainstorm new stories.
The Unchosen One and the Anti-Sue are already tropes. They have pages on TV Tropes.
The Unchosen One is a hero who chooses to save the day despite not being the Chosen One.
The Anti-Sue is a failed attempt at un-Sueifying a character by inverting all the Sue traits (ex: super pretty to super ugly, super nice to super mean).
I've noticed that many Anti-Sues are just self-inserts.
@@Lark88 Indeed. Sues of all types often are, in fact.
What about unchosen one where they ARE the chosen one but they’re like “fuck this, I’m not dealing with this shit” and refuses to do what they’re prophesied to do
Pls give me recs if this has actually been used in a show or anime or smth, I’d love to see it
@@cyclone-studio18 I think this is very common in isekai nowadays, though I can't name any because I avoid that genre like the plague. But I do remember reading summaries and watching reviews of several isekai anime and light novels which all basically go like "protagonist gets transported to another world to save that world/end the war/defeat the evil demon king/etc. but he doesn't because he doesn't want to be a hero/is a wimp/is busy building a harem instead/likes the demon king's side more/...".
The problem with Anti-Sues is that they still occupy the same narrative function even if their traits are reversed. The whole universe still circles inexplicably around them, bending over backwards to make her the focal point of the plot, even if it is in a "negative" sense instead of the worship and love a normal Sue is showered with.
I think what the video suggested would technically "fix" that issue because it specifically mentions how the plot doesn't facilitate them. I think it would be incredibly boring to read, but that's besides the point.
I hate love triangles, but hate triangles sound interesting.
It sjsut 3 people, all hating o n each other in a circle
Weirdly reminds me of a kind of silly theory regarding Megamind, that the citizens are terrified of Metroman.
So the people fear Metroman, Metroman is annoyed with Megamind, and Megaman kinda sorta hates the citizens
"I'm the one who hated her first" "Bitch I hate her more"
@@ralsseubd6310 BUT the real question is whom does *she* truely hate? XD
@@Edits-fi2kl plot twist, she hates someone completely unrelated, like how love triangles often are result
Doesn't Batman have a hate harem?
Birth mystery? What about resurrection mystery? Nobody can tell who revived the person, including the person who was revived, and they're all trying to figure it out :)
Now I'm just imagining the scenario that shows an important detective in a resurrection place being like 'Seems like it's happening again... Just when we captured the last one...'
It would be even funnier if the detective was the resurrected one.
Wait isn’t this just Umineko?
That's called Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Dean Winchester
This is basically the plot of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation.
“A really really sweet guy who ONLY hates you” I would read that.
Your character must be terrible. What'd you kill his dad or something?
Wholesome idea for unchosen one: The character's friends are chosen ones so they always bring them along so they get to feel the adventure and stuff even if they dont get to save the world
that reminds me of a book I read called Un-London
This is Captain Fists, she has super strenght and smashes things. This is Mystica who has psychic powers. That one is Quickcharge who has electric powers. And that one is Greg. He makes the sandwiches 🥪😊
@@Dinnyeify like Big Hero 6
@@Dinnyeify THAZSOFREEGEENGCYUUUUT!!!!!
Lol I'm actually writing a story right now from the perspective of the 'best friend type'. They're the only one in the group without special powers, and their best friend is the Chosen One
Reverse of "anime protag almost dies fighting strong villain, but is revived/strengthened by power of friendship"
Anime protag is (Whether it's deserved or not) absolutely HATED by literally everyone they meet. (Could definitely be an anti-sue)
In the final bit, their whole party gets killed, & Villain saves Protag for last, but they're not dying for some reason. As it turns out, every (Now dead) person they met along the journey hates Protag SO much that when he shows up next to them in the afterlife, they all agree to unceremoniously shove his soul back into his body & make sure he stays there by mending fatal damage with cool dead person magic, but Villain keeps killing him, so they GANK VILLAIN'S ASS STRAIGHT TO HELL, & boom, world saved from Villain. Also Death puts Protag in the special little sad closet for anti-sues.
You jest, but the mechanic of shoving someone back out of the afterlife every time they die is legit something i use for an oc of mine.
@@vordjoncus I'm interested
That first one reminds me of an episode of Steven Universe future where two characters don’t get along and they’re fusing to fight him but then they fall apart and Steven TRIES to get them to the good side but they both agree he’s just too annoying and fuse again.
“Are you kidding me?” He says, completely done with their bs
This reminds me of DC Comics' Lobo. He's a complete jerk anti-hero, and though his healing factor and superhuman toughness render him very difficult to kill, he has actually died and gone to hell before. Problem is, he caused so much mayhem down there that *Hell spat him back out.* Then the powers that be thought, "hey, if Hell hates him that much, that must mean he belongs in Heaven." NOPE. He was as much of a problem up there and they kicked him out too, further decreeing that Death was forbidden from reaping his soul int he future.
Having been rejected by both afterlives, Lobo's pretty much just inflicted upon the world of the living
Anime Protagonist, but in that final fight, the 'Power of Friendship' ends up on accidentally killing them
Maybe overloaded with power? Maybe accidentally stabbed by a friend? Perhaps they were supposed to be powered up by this near-death experience but, you know, the legends weren't true and the protagonist just kinda dies
"Power or Friendship ruins the day!"
“Too many beds” I love it. Imagine character A and B go into the room only to find out there are like six beds or more, like what...? What do you even do with that many? Like, “Sorry we don't got any one or two people rooms, may you use this one” says the receptionist and leaves them alone with a six-persons room. A and B just go ¿? and idk why that sounds so funny. “So... Are we just supposed to ignore all of these...?” “Um... I guess so...” Literally a 100% pointless plot but somehow I want to see it happening.
Probably could lead to a plot where they have to get rid of all the beds as the sheer amount blocks all other things in the room, including the bathroom.
"How did you book us a *barracks?!"*
I learned from Shadiversity that in the old days Inns would often save money and resources by having 1 or 2 really big beds. A subversion could there is only one bed but there's already six people in it and you and your traveling companion have to share it with everyone else.
They jokingly split up to decide which ones are the most comfortable beds and they end up at the same one.
I'm thinking about a similar plot but more extreme. It's like they're going in a villa or something or maybe they join a game show and the house is just filled entirely with beds
The unchosen one where you accidentally take the chosen ones place so the world is in the hands of some one who is not prepared or even able too save it.
That happens in a book I read called Un-London
Santa Clause
When you accidentally kill the chosen one and your punishment is taking their place:
The Life of Brian
@@joveegillen6966 I choked on my ramen reading this thanks 💀
For what I've read, The magical fantasy land says "nah we good" and kicks you out into the real world, will be the plot of the upcoming live action Barbie film starring Margot Robbie.
Is that not already a Disney movie?
Sounds like Enchanted.
i was gonna say "magical fantasy land character gets transported to the normal world" until i remembered that it has happened before. (BUT DAMN DO I STILL LOVE THIS TROPE)
Not the fantasy world kicking out it’s main character 💀
Genesis chapter 3
Also called the Banishment from the Garden
villain threatens loved ones, but instead of awakening your hidden power and beating the villain you just feel really drowsy
Or another alternate, you get so scared, stressed and horrified of the possibilities that you:
- run out
- beg for mercy
- join the bad guy
- 'actually screw it, who needs a lover, I'll kill 'em myself. move aside big bad'
"i don't really wanna avenge my parents rn, gimme 5 minutes"
Villain threatens your loved ones, but didn’t get the memo that you went no-contact with them weeks ago, and so your response is just “Yes, please, kill them, that would make my life SO much easier, thanks!”
Or the villain struggles to FIND the heroes loved ones lol
hero saves hated ones so you kill them or sm idk
Anti-Mary Sue is just Emmett from the Lego Movie ngl. They lie and say he’s the chosen one despite not being special in any way, and despite that he saves world.
For real, though: Two people who genuinely like and respect each other and have good chemistry but are _still_ enemies who honestly want to fight each other to the death is totally a valid concept.
This was basically the entire thing between Saber and Lancer in Fate/Zero and it remains one of the most interesting relationships I've ever seen. Like, they had the utmost respect for one another and would have been great friends in _any_ other context, but they just happened to be enemies and all they wanted was a fair fight between the two of them. And both of them were totally fine with that.
It wasn't even romantic, just: "Damn, this person is _fucking awesome!_ I really want to fight him/her."
"A murderer raises out of a very loving and non traumatic household."
That's Yoshikage Kira.
I love how someone else said Light Yagami, another killer going by the name Kira
@@blueghost4769 Because Kira sounds like the English word "Killer" especially in Japanese, duh. Although "Yoshikage" is the combination of Japanese words for "Lucky" and "Shadow".
Also Yoshikage is his given name. Since his dad that raised him with very questionable morals despite being a tad too supportive was _Yoshihiro_ Kira.
That’s only cuz his dad was TEACHING him how to get away with murder
When taking something like 'the Unchosen One', I think of someone who's specifically *not* chosen, because they were deemed unfit. But it could also mean they used to be Chosen, but have been un-Chosen. I hadn't even thought of the entire world being chosen except for the Unchosen One.
So... Anakin unexpectedly saving everyone in Return of the Jedi lol
@@isabellessley3513 No no, that was how his prophecy was supposed to go. The Jedi were arrogant AF, so they assumed "balance" could only mean putting them into undisputed power over the entire galaxy, but what it actually meant is that both Jedi and Sith needed to be taken out of the picture.
I think an Unchosen One would be Kung Lao from Mortal Kombat. He could have been the Chosen One but was deemed unfit because of his arrogance.
The main character of the anime TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy was transported to a fantasy world to be a hero by a goddess, but as soon as the goddess saw how "ugly" he was, she revoked her blessing and sent him to the very edge of the world to die.
Imagine like a character who was prepared to be the Chosen One their whole life but then they're Un-chosen and have no idea what to do with themselves
@@cockycookie1 thats like, the fantasy equivalent to 'gifted kid syndrome'
The "Searching for the man who saved your parent's life" is legit a subplot in Les Mis.
Eyyyy you read it too?
I was going to comment this!! I'm obsessed with the book, good to know I'm not the only one who read it!!!
A video game that starts off dark and horrific but gets more wholesome and lighthearted the further it goes on
sounds pretty fun actually
Frrrrrr
“You’re in a relationship but you have to pretend to hate each other” just sounds like a slightly different Romeo and Juliet
The fake enemies one actually sounds kind of fun, does anyone have any fic recommendations with that?
Not a fic, but Of Dark Lords and Cabbages on Webtoon has that trope and it is very good!!
@@maddiemanczka8244 Thanks, I'll check it out!
There's a Catradora fic if you're interested: Anachronism, by chellethewriter in ao3. One of the best fics I've read in my life. It kinda follows the fake enemies trope :)
@@lucialay9137 Oooh, I'll go read that! :0
I once read one were this couple got hired at the same school, and because they didn't know if relationships between teachers were allowed. So they pretented to be enemies to keep their relationship hidden.
Spolier: the ending is that one of them proposes to the other in a game of Pictionary during faculty game night.
The fact that I have legitimately read 8 of these tropes, some more than others, is my wake up call that I have fallen way to far down the Fan Fiction rabbit hole and there isn't a rope long enough to reach me. The bottom of this well is my home now. Just periodically throw down some new media for me to latch onto please!
Hello, I am imprisoned in the well next to you. Would you like to talk about tropes via morse code knocks on the wall?
I wouldn't worry about it. I haven't read any of them... and I've _written_ fan fiction.
I unironically like the idea of a hate triangle. Either two people with a mortal hatred for the same person getting into conflict to see who's going to kill/ruin them, or really just three people who hate each other's guts.
Its the "Only I'm allowed to kill this person!" Trope, but both of the villains have that mindset.
An assassin triangle, if you will
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
2 guys hate each other but hate the main character even more so they put aside their differences to kill them
Cyan string of hate:
Like a normal red string of fate soulmate au where you follow the string and it leads you to your soulmate, but you don't find the love of your life and the person you won't want to leave, but instead the person you are going to hate forever and try to get rid of
Edit: Color change idea from LeonesDoingStuff
and also for people saying fandoms this was done in, I actually didn't know any of those
Plot twist: the person on the end of your string has read red string of fate fics, and is way too into it and too high energy for you. The resulting dynamic is you trying to get rid of them. Strong "Just you, me, and this brick wall you built between us" vibes.
basically jjba part 1 but with a string
The red string is thought to lead to your soulmate, but actually it's the person who is "the most important". (This is not always a good thing.)
that's interesting
Isn’t that just Depth Charge and Rampage from Beast Wars?
Ok but this just made me realize that we like these tropes so much because they are the opposite of real life. All the anti-tropes are too real lmao
"Horrible dude finds nice lady and drags her down to his level"
Uh, that's just the Joker and Harley Quinn.
I just read TODAY a post about this, the best one was, arranged divorce
Is the premise that a group is trying to sabotage a marriage? Or, is the couple trying to see if they can break the record for the world's shortest marriage?
Arranged divorce sounds like when her friends gaslight her into thinking she’s not happy anymore
"A really sweet guy who only hates you" is literally an episode in Tangled: The Series
"uhh, no...that's not Uncle Monty! That's uhhh... Rude...Guy...-er. Rude Guyer! Because he's such a rude guy...?"
"arranged marriage but they're arranging for their parents to marry each other" WASNT THIS PARENT TRAP
MOA? 👁👄👁
The one where protagonist finds person who saved their parents' lives to repay the favor is just so wholesome.
I don't even know what's the opposite of that
@@Kettvnen MC going to a quest to beat up the guy who killed their parents
@@badulgumm5458 ahhh
Birth mystery sounds like something straight out of Ancient Greek mythology. Imagine an Ancient Greek play in which one day a young man finds his way onto Mount Olympus, interrupting either a feast or a meeting of some sort and claims that he is the son of one of the gods present there. All eyes fall on Zeus at first, but through questioning it is revealed that at least this time around, Zeus was not the father. Problem is, none of the gods can remember sleeping with any mortal around the time when the young man was conceived. What’s more, it is unclear whether his divine parent was a man or a woman or neither, as the young guy grew up an orphan. The guy is confirmed to indeed be half man half god, but his divine powers are so vague that they can’t be traced back to any specific domain and deity. Chaos ensues, as the gods try to figure out who this new half-god is related to. This would make such a good play, lol. There are many directions this could go, but I kinda like the idea that the dude is actually a trickster god from another pantheon who disguised themselves as a demigod for a prank. 😂
I would absolutely read/watch this!!! I love mythology, especially Greek, and this is so funny!!
Also, if we go with the idea that they are a trickster god from another pantheon... surely it's Loki, right? (I'd love to see a crossover between the Greek and Norse pantheons!) This sounds very much like something he'd do just for the fun of it!!
Now I want to see this, the idea is so funny and beautiful !
It was Loki
Something similar to the Unchosen One I’ve seen is something where the prophecy foretelling six heroes vanquishing the villain is purposefully vague, and there’s a LOT more than six heroes opposing the evil forces. So everyone, including the seven main characters, acknowledge that they may or may not be one of the prophecized heroes.
"You're the unchosen one."
Huh, I'm planning something into that direction.
Well, after that fake love triangle and not insta-love book I'm writing right now.
And after that trope parody.
Edit: Over 200 likes? This comment exploded.
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I had a bit too much fun with that trope, to the point where it's probably really obnoxious for the readers but I'm enjoying it too much to stop? 😅
My protagonist learns that she's the chosen one, but just as she gets used to the position, she finds out that she isn't just not the chosen one, but literally the LAST person who should be doing this and everyone she knows is technically more of a chosen one than her (and they all knew and never told her). When she finally resolves herself to do it anyways, out of her own free will, it turns out that she's indirectly the chosen one after all because she's the only one who did have the solution all along - but the solution actually sucks, so it all doesn't matter in the end and everyone has to figure out a way to fix the world themselves 🤷♀️
“Resurrect your gays”
Me: *sweats in planned resurrection plotline*
The "repaying the man who saved your father" thing is actually a GREAT idea.
"who are you?"
"You saved my father"
"I've saved a lot of fathers that really doesn't narrow it down"
This is one of the plot lines in Les Misérables! (The original novel, not in the musical.)
The big, brawny male protagonist wields a tiny weapon that couldn’t intimidate a child.
A character who is despised for most of the story redeems themselves, before immediately doing something that undoes their redemption.
A woman suspects that her husband is a secret agent, only to find out that he’s actually just cheating on her.
An ambitious adventurer is encouraged by some inciting incident to stay home and live a normal, peaceful life.
The math teacher is super chill and easygoing, doesn’t have a lot of rules, and is super helpful to students who need help.
A serious jazz musician joins the band of a calm, kind band director who teaches him that there’s more to life than jazz, and that mastery of jazz drumming should not take precedence over his mental health (yes, this is a direct shot at Whiplash).
I would LOVE a Retirement Home AU fic!
Honestly, there are shades of it in most next-gen sequels.
I feel like the Unchosen One and the magic world-real world could go together nicely
Someone wants to get rid of the chosen one and swaps his place with a random guy from the real world.
Funny moments follow.
@@naolucillerandom5280 the normal guy turns out to be the actual hero the fantasy world needed and takes down the bad guy; the chosen one realizes he has worth beyond his “destiny” and is able to live a more fulfilling life in the real world.
@@booktales1687 y’all just wrote a book, but consider this: what if the unchosen one and the chosen one actually know eachother and/or have a romance
@@starrmantis oooo I love that a lot. Maybe they’re able to communicate between their two worlds and while trying to find out how to return to their respective worlds, they fall in love with each other and their new homes? Or if they both know each other, the unchosen one read about the chosen one in some fantasy book in the real world?
I just thought of one: A husband and wife are in a good relationship, they progress through the plot through much effort and teamwork, and are still in a healthy loving relationship by the end of the story.
My Parents in a nutshell
Honestly - the trope of "reverse kidnapping" is so awesome 🗡 💥
Pedophiles in small white cars bring kids to the local playgrounds
@@sarii_p1697 The kids are given back but now traumatized
Wouldn’t the reverse of kidnapping be abandonment?
What I meant by "reverse kidnapping" was that instead of a rich girl/boy getting kidnapped by a Mafia leader- the situation to be reverse where the Mafia boss is kidnapped by the spoiled rich girl/boy creating drama.
Sorry if this doesn't make sense to you ...English is not my first language😅
Protagonist begins the story killing someone who wronged them and spends the rest desperately trying to run from the thoughts of how hollow their victory was and how they only managed to perpetuate the cycle of grief (no satisfying ending, no acceptance, just a broken person continuing to do everything in their power to forget what they did)
"Murder raises out of a very loving and non traumatic household"
Isn't that just light yagami?
The murderer coming from a positive childhood is just 2nd dimension doofenshmirtz
Hate triangle? Isn’t that just a Homestuck romantic quadrant
the only reason i know about the quadrants is because of that one tumblr post where someone remade em by accident without knowing homestuck at all
@@rosilinathedragon4382 Link to that post?
Auspice spice
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I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THISSS
"The attractive girl develops a crush on the nerd, and the nerd is too busy to notice"
That's pretty much how me and my wife got together lol. I was oblivious until one of her friends basically yelled at me.
I'm so excited. Also, Frodo in the thumbnail, this HAS to be good.
half of these would make legitimate interesting plotlines/improve cliché tropes and the other half would probably just make me cry. Lost family? I'm already sobbing
Think about how this demonstrates what little thought is actually required to write something that feels original.
for a second I didn’t see Jacob in the thumbnail and honestly that I thought that Frodo, the Unchosen One, Edward and Bella form The Hate Triangle😭😭
Frodo is the One Who Chooses.
1:21 I’ve read this one, I love it. Especially in like, superhero/supervillain aus, they’re on opposite sides but actually secretly dating. Bonus points if it’s also enemies to lovers, and they actually did hate each other at first.
1:36 this reminds me of The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, in which the kids are trying to stop their dad from getting in a relationship, but end up with a scheme to get him with the lady next door.
2:58 This sounds kind of interesting, like a drama where you don’t know who the other parent is.
Hey you know what that birth mystery thing happened in the soap opera that is warrior cats
Isn't the last one the plot of Mama Mia?
ngl when i saw "birth mystery" my mind instantly went to "a baby just suddenly appeared one day and there are signs that it was born HERE but who tf gave birth to it ???"
“Birth mystery” is every plot where a kid gets left on a doorstep at a young age and then, when they’re older, quests to find their birth parents. (And is probably rather common among kids in the real world who get dropped off as part of those “no questions asked” baby abandonment programs.)
An idea about "too many beds":
2 characters end up being so unnerved by the amount of beds (and, more specifically, the amount of space that comes with them) that they end up taking one together or the two beds closest to each other for comfort.
"Vampire, but the s/o changes them back to being human." This is what I'm hoping for the Astarion romance in Baldur's Gate 3 lol
I remember an old web comic where a vampire got bitten by the Pope and changed back into a human.
You can do this in Skyrim with Serana
WHAT@@Lark88
A few I came up with:
“Mc’s future self travels back in time to tell them how much better it’s gonna get and give the mc determination to carry on”
“Humans are allergic to caffeine and the aliens who aren’t give them some and it all falls apart quickly afterwards”
“Horror house? Nono the outside world is a filled with dangerous monsters and the main characters get curious and venture outside after spending their entire life in the safety of a house protected from the ghosts and ghouls” < I think this one would be a good manga
And finally! “The writer has two Ocs that are dating/crushing on each other and the canon character is just a third wheel” bc that NEVER happens
The reversed horror house sounds amazing and the last one is what I actually plan to my Tokyo mew mew fanfic
Too many beds: Two characters are sick of having to set up everyone else’s cots so they just tell everyone all the mattresses got lost and then go snuggle up together under a couple blankets
Too many beds set in infinite ikea where the couple is so scared that they sleep in the same bed just to avoid the insanity of isolation
I imagined the Un-Chosen One as more of an ex-chosen one. Great power and responsibility was placed on their shoulders, but then they outed themselves as a TERF on Twitter and now their original destiny has been revoked.
The ancients proceed to erase the prophecy like doodles on a whiteboard and start looking for someone who hopefully won’t make them have to rewrite an entire stone tablet just to direct the new hero accordingly.
what JKR thinks she is 😂
That would be an interesting twist to explore: “The chosen one is problematic, can we, like, find a different chosen one, please?”
And then you could take that a number of different ways: “no, deal with it” / “someone else surely fits the requirements, go find them” / “chosen one learns the error of their ways” / “the problematic thing is antithetical to the chosen task and so the chosen one only does it accidentally/against their will”...
Isn't this just the bad guy from Shazam?
The magical world kicking you out into the real world has been done before in a movie called Enchanted. It is a disney movie and my favorite disney princess is from it, princess Giselle.
Giselle actually isn’t a princess since she isn’t born royal or marries royal. But yes, Enchanted is great and more people should talk about it
@@fashionablechangeling1988 She is a princess in my heart, if it wasn't for her going to the real world and becoming a step mom, she would've became a queen.
It's basically the plot of the first Thor movie as well.
The Unchosen One reminds me of a post I saw once (I think it was on Tumblr) where someone said they wanted to see a story where the protagonist is a typical chosen one but spends the entire story trying to avoid their fate, and eventually they are successful and get to live in a nice cabin in the woods with a bunch of cats and all the world leaders and government officials manage to get their shit together on their own
1) Jack of no trades, master of all: could do anything perfectly even with no training... but is just too lazy to bother.
2) Inverse Isekai: Some guy is already stupidbrokenop in the real world and gets hit by Truck-kun. Meanwhile, in the fantasy world, the wizards/priests trying to summon the legendary hero to defeat the Demon King are surprised when a goddamn truck appears in their magic circle.
3) The "Choosing" One: The prophecy, which was old and written in Ancient-ese which is a very nuanced language, was mistranslated. Everyone thought "The Chosen One" was a specific person picked by destiny but it was actually "The Choosing One"; anyone who just made the choice to kill the tyrant demon king could have done it all along, but no one did because they expected the "Chosen Hero" would do it for them.
4) Lawsuit by Combat: Inverse of "Trial by Combat". Civil litigation is determined by duels and "Combat Attorney" is a well respected profession that both writes the legal documents as well as fights the duel for you.
Retirement home AU is definitely my favorite. I might actually write that. I'm imagining the cast of MHA playing bingo or backgammon all day and occasionally receiving visits from reluctant grandkids who wind up being regaled with stories of their old battles against their will only to find that they actually kind of enjoy the quality time.
Really sweet
For the murderer/loving household: The guy still lives with the parents, they support their decisions, they even make cookies for the murder gang
For the fantasy kicks you out: It's actually a fairy tale creature and they have trouble adjusting to human life. Japes ensue.
0:57 Now I really want to make a found family story about that. The possibilities are amazing. Just imagine an ending where they part ways. The guy that got turned into a vampire is back to being a human and the vampire is still, unfortunately, a vampire. The vampire turned the dude human again because they didn’t want the guy to experience the pain of immortality, of watching mortals die around you. When they part ways it’s because the vampire can’t handle watching another human they love die. The angst. It’d be so great.
Write it this instant
"the unchosen one, everyone is tasked to save the world except you"
And you are the one destroying the world.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME
Not me already creating and imagining a whole character and story the minute I was done reading this-
But thats a such a great idea!
@@Let-the-fandom-begin yes!!
The strongest hero becomes the weakest peasant. In less than a year, they go from being the strongest, unrivalled hero to being the weakest, forgettable peasant whilst on a long adventure to go from dangerous lands to a quiet peaceful village that is untouched by danger and war.
A backwards trope I’m sure is probably a thing:
The sunshine girl x gloomy guy but the roles slowly become reversed
I read a manga with a similar plot a while back. It was very explicit though
Change a few aspects and this is basically Grease
For the unchosen one. There is this book called "The rest of us just lives here" by Patrick Ness. It's about a group of ordinary teens in a world where chosen ones exist. The teens try to go on with their daily lives, meanwhile in the background the chosen ones are having love triangles, fight immortal beings that are trying to take over the world, betray one another, die etc.
Though I must admit that I absolutly despises the ending of that book. I didn't find it even slightly satisfying.
Lovers to enemies is like the song No Children
"I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand"
I feel like the one at 2:16 is something that's definitely happened in real life these days with how intense college admissions are. So I could absolutely see a nerd guy being in all APs and multiple clubs and being absolutely way too sleep deprived to notice and possible romance. It's sad that this is something that could be more and more common now, but it would also be pretty interesting to read stories about.
1:43 that makes me feel a certain emotion I never thought existed. Best I could describe it is: "Damn that's metal, so cool, but that's morally fucked up"
the anti sue is funny to me cuz at current my oc tends to just be a normal dude who isn't remarkable they just work in the archival department
like they have the edgy dark past of a mary sue but isn't doesn't mean much. They are just a nice person who does paper work
I'm unironically into the idea of a retirement home au that sounds sick
Imagine how much life-talk can happen between 70 yo people. It would be a very philosophical book I feel like
That's the plot of Thursday Murder Club
A kids movie where the entire thing is sung and danced except for the ending where they just stand around and talk normally
An idea for Soulmates-as-Enemies:
A government creates a law that people with the same birthmark have to kill each other and have one (or no) survivor to reduce the population. The main characters despise each other and have no problem trying to do this but end up falling in love along the way (enemies to lovers sorry).
This ends in either:
1) Someone still being killed, love did not conquer all.
OR
2) They hide their birthmarks so they don't have to kill one another and try to live inconspicuously and happily together. Mistakes happen along the way. :)
As someone who is a sucker for enemies to lovers, this sounds really good
That... Kinda defeats the purpose of the backwards trope y'know? It's like cleaning your house only to dirty it again
I feel the soulmates as enemies (soulnemesis? soulfoe?) concept is better if the matching people know that they're bound to kill each other (but isn't actively pursuing to do so, or at least if this was the case it's one-sided) but getting to know each other, they actually get along really well and develop a close bond, but is still aware (or often reminding themselves whenever they keep their guard down) that one of them will off the other in the end
oh, but the world just wants them to hate each other so like, the narrative keeps putting their trust to the test and depending on how much they're able to handle they could just fulfill their destiny as nemeses bound by soul
idk when I think of inverse soulmates I first thought of how Norse deities/figures are fated to fight each other to the death in the Ragnarok, e.g. Loki and Heimdall as a notable example
NO dont make it lovers have them stay enimies that enjoy hating and fighting each other and are lonely and like each others company
"magical fantasy land kicks you into real world" - enchanted (2007)
How about we do reverse stories? Like, a person rubs a lamp and a genie appears to grant them 3 wishes. Instead of wishing, they decide to try to destroy the genie and his lamp because they realize that making the wishes will only make them and possibly the world miserable. Along the way, they discover a bunch of lost truths and ends genie’s for good after revealing their evils.
Edit: Bonus points if it’s a young kid. This kid could be a kid that’s really smart for their age
At last, fellow people who understand the greatness of lovers to enemies
Lovers to enemies is unironically my favourite trope ever
Like mcs ex went crazy and is now trying to kill them??? Awesome
the way this is literally the plot of my story
Inner angel: The villain is in a constant fight to not let the powerful angel inside of them win
I can definitely see Hate triangle working.
It's basically just some jerk messed up a character's life. idk burned down your entire village or some other, normal, trope. The character is now seeking revenge against them, but of course, this guy's ruined heaps of lives, so there's some other character also after revenge, but you can't BOTH be their arch nemesis.
So the Loki series
The unchosen one: You desperately want to save the day, but everything you do to help without fail just somehow magically makes the Dark Lord more powerful, no matter how improbable that is.
Anakin skywalker
I honestly want a story where nothing dramatic happens,it's just you wake up and make breakfast and proceed to have a chill day(ect.) . And it stays that way the whole story. My anxiety can barely handle the action/suspense stories where it's constantly action.
I think you would enjoy slice of life stories
read anything by Ernest Hemmingway
Too many beds is just a trip to IKEA
Considering how the Isekai genre went through a whole "Now the fantasy dudes come into our world!" Phase, some of these might be the future
Actually there are many of the like demon lord part time job or miss Kobayashi's maid dragon