I know this is probably a common topic. For me, I’m not sure if it’s a “trope” or just totally misinformed writing, but it’s how many authors approach alcoholism. Some examples are Girl on the Train and The House Across the Lake, among HUNDREDS. If anyone else here has struggled with alcoholism, you know it’s not just "i woke up after downing an entire bottle of whiskey but was able to shower, down a cup of coffee, and solve a murder. "
Friends to lovers. I hate it on two levels. First, I hate that it nearly always involved dismantling the friendship in the process of forming the romantic attachment. There’s often a tension point of “well if this doesn’t work out then our friendship is lost!” and that just bothers me so much. The reason this makes me so upset is point two, in that I loathe the fact that our society has decided that romantic relationships are the be-all-end-all. Platonic relationships pale in comparison to the One True Love, apparently. This strikes me as absolute bullshit, and I think it has a negative effect on a lot of people, between stressing out over not having the most important relationship slot filled and feeling like they have to demote other relationships now that they’ve got a romantic partner.
The only time I don’t get angry at friends to lovers is when they manage to retain the friendship that initially brought them together, developing it in a new direction without dismantling it or acting like it’s gotten the big level up or something. This is rare.
Haha, I really hated that about Black Sails. Suddenly gay for no other reason than this. Like, of course you’re not going to go on a revenge quest for a mere friend! Ah, you banged, that’s different!
I liked the dungeons and dragons movie so much because it maintained a platonic main character relationship.
But film was full of other dumb modern tropes and cliches.
Yeah, because it was supposed to. It was a love song to playing D&D which is full of modern tropes and cliches.
Got to have that relationship escalator