One of the oldest, and most tedious, racist tropes. Just dialling it in now. Low energy. Sad.
October 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
One of the oldest, and most tedious, racist tropes. Just dialling it in now. Low energy. Sad.
Eating food alongside prey is one of my favorite vore tropes~
// CW: #vore! //
Day 30 is Sink!
Even after a WHOLE moth, Kael was still hungry...
Kael is (c) @epiccoolusername.bsky.social
Day 30 is Sink!
Even after a WHOLE moth, Kael was still hungry...
Kael is (c) @epiccoolusername.bsky.social
November 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Eating food alongside prey is one of my favorite vore tropes~
If movie tropes have taught me anything, trouble is brewing.
November 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
If movie tropes have taught me anything, trouble is brewing.
This is completely a me problem, but I hate that books are marketed as a list of tropes. I bet the books are great! I just find them disincentivizing. Just deflated my enthusiasm.
November 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This is completely a me problem, but I hate that books are marketed as a list of tropes. I bet the books are great! I just find them disincentivizing. Just deflated my enthusiasm.
A guy wearing dorky underwear under "cool" clothes is one of the hottest tropes ever
October 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM
A guy wearing dorky underwear under "cool" clothes is one of the hottest tropes ever
November 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
when people described this to me i was like "this is all just anime tropes" and good god it IS all anime tropes
and it's just so fucking... mean spirited, weird and cheap about women??? like????
November 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
when people described this to me i was like "this is all just anime tropes" and good god it IS all anime tropes
In addition to this absurd chart, the article is full of Daily Mail/CSJ tropes (confusing "benefits" with all state spending, talking about "work incentives" while ignoring fact PIP is non-means tested, etc, etc). Inexcusable from FT.
Britain's welfare ratchet.
My column for @financialtimes.com. Political incentives, rising expectations on the state & deeper economic failings make the UK's benefits system hard to rein in.
as.ft.com/r/6975773d-1...
My column for @financialtimes.com. Political incentives, rising expectations on the state & deeper economic failings make the UK's benefits system hard to rein in.
as.ft.com/r/6975773d-1...
November 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
In addition to this absurd chart, the article is full of Daily Mail/CSJ tropes (confusing "benefits" with all state spending, talking about "work incentives" while ignoring fact PIP is non-means tested, etc, etc). Inexcusable from FT.
I just wish more of the people I made deeply upset had remembered that I publish horror under a different name so they won't go in expecting urban fantasy tropes. Horror has different rules, and the breaking points are much grimmer.
Horror writers are like "If I can make just one person deeply upset, it will all be worth it."
November 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I just wish more of the people I made deeply upset had remembered that I publish horror under a different name so they won't go in expecting urban fantasy tropes. Horror has different rules, and the breaking points are much grimmer.
sqq is soooo trapped by tropes and archetypes and even self surveilling via tropes and archetypes but his love of binghe was illegible to the language of all the roles and tropes that he knew and it was REAL!!!!
October 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
sqq is soooo trapped by tropes and archetypes and even self surveilling via tropes and archetypes but his love of binghe was illegible to the language of all the roles and tropes that he knew and it was REAL!!!!
For the true election and rumor nerds in my feed — here's the draft of our full paper on election rumor tropes (2020-2022), led by students and postdocs at the CIP. It includes a framework that illuminates the grammar of election rumors & an appendix of 100s of micro-tropes. arxiv.org/pdf/2610.37804
October 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
For the true election and rumor nerds in my feed — here's the draft of our full paper on election rumor tropes (2020-2022), led by students and postdocs at the CIP. It includes a framework that illuminates the grammar of election rumors & an appendix of 100s of micro-tropes. arxiv.org/pdf/2610.37804
(I enjoy obvious tropes)
October 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
(I enjoy obvious tropes)
My warm take is tropes are popular for a reason and many of them are based snd cool. Ultimately I hope people continue to write and read what brings them joy. IMHO being afraid of tropes is actually a symptom of cringe culture and bad faith lenses moreso than an innate boredom of cliches.
November 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
My warm take is tropes are popular for a reason and many of them are based snd cool. Ultimately I hope people continue to write and read what brings them joy. IMHO being afraid of tropes is actually a symptom of cringe culture and bad faith lenses moreso than an innate boredom of cliches.
I love tropes!
Across 3 election cycles, our team has identified a set of tropes — or common story elements — that are repeatedly integrated into election rumors. Here, we present a "trope framework" & explain how it helps us anticipate what to expect on election day & beyond. uwcip.substack.com/p/weve-seen-...
We’ve Seen It Before: Common Themes to Expect On and Before Election Day
What to Expect When We’re Electing
uwcip.substack.com
October 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I love tropes!
Like I also feel like, the tropes are huge spoilers sometimes? Even if it is just an implication of a topic.
November 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Like I also feel like, the tropes are huge spoilers sometimes? Even if it is just an implication of a topic.
Oh my god he's the offspring of one of my favorite tropes this rules.
October 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Oh my god he's the offspring of one of my favorite tropes this rules.
I mean, considering Star Trek birthed so many fic tropes, they could have done, and it would have been appropriate. <3
October 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I mean, considering Star Trek birthed so many fic tropes, they could have done, and it would have been appropriate. <3
Un Jour sans moi @UnJourSansMoi
I still remember when they tried to weaponize tropes against Meghan Sussex, portraying her as a classless, self-centered, angry Black woman and a bully.
I still remember when they tried to weaponize tropes against Meghan Sussex, portraying her as a classless, self-centered, angry Black woman and a bully.
November 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Un Jour sans moi @UnJourSansMoi
I still remember when they tried to weaponize tropes against Meghan Sussex, portraying her as a classless, self-centered, angry Black woman and a bully.
I still remember when they tried to weaponize tropes against Meghan Sussex, portraying her as a classless, self-centered, angry Black woman and a bully.
George was never subtle bout anything.
Little too hamfisted with tropes, but as I said, nothing he did was subtle.
Little too hamfisted with tropes, but as I said, nothing he did was subtle.
November 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
George was never subtle bout anything.
Little too hamfisted with tropes, but as I said, nothing he did was subtle.
Little too hamfisted with tropes, but as I said, nothing he did was subtle.
maaaa the pro israel libs are complaining that abdul el sayeds ad used "antisemitic tropes" again maaaa
November 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
maaaa the pro israel libs are complaining that abdul el sayeds ad used "antisemitic tropes" again maaaa
How the hell are you even accessing antisemitic tropes from 1894
November 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
How the hell are you even accessing antisemitic tropes from 1894
“Tropes [are] part of this larger conversation that is always happening between the readership and the creators,” says @dianapho.bsky.social. “And what has happened in the last 20 years...is that capitalism has rolled in and said, ‘Hey, look at this conversation. How can we profit off of it?’”
Every Trope Everywhere All At Once
A decade after our big survey on fanfiction tropes, they’ve spread, evolved, and been co-opted by capitalism.
fansplaining.com
October 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“Tropes [are] part of this larger conversation that is always happening between the readership and the creators,” says @dianapho.bsky.social. “And what has happened in the last 20 years...is that capitalism has rolled in and said, ‘Hey, look at this conversation. How can we profit off of it?’”
Here's one of those spooky tropes about being cursed and trapped in a dollhouse.
Except the dollhouse belongs to @mousehold.bsky.social and the curse is sexy.
Commissioned from @ransom.cat
Except the dollhouse belongs to @mousehold.bsky.social and the curse is sexy.
Commissioned from @ransom.cat
November 1, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Here's one of those spooky tropes about being cursed and trapped in a dollhouse.
Except the dollhouse belongs to @mousehold.bsky.social and the curse is sexy.
Commissioned from @ransom.cat
Except the dollhouse belongs to @mousehold.bsky.social and the curse is sexy.
Commissioned from @ransom.cat
It's not so much subverting tropes as it is lightly pickpocketing a trope before stealing its car
October 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It's not so much subverting tropes as it is lightly pickpocketing a trope before stealing its car
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober
Day 28
Underrated tropes? I don't know. I don't pay attention to tropes.
#WritingCommunity #FantasySky #BookSky #Tropes
Day 28
Underrated tropes? I don't know. I don't pay attention to tropes.
#WritingCommunity #FantasySky #BookSky #Tropes
October 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober
Day 28
Underrated tropes? I don't know. I don't pay attention to tropes.
#WritingCommunity #FantasySky #BookSky #Tropes
Day 28
Underrated tropes? I don't know. I don't pay attention to tropes.
#WritingCommunity #FantasySky #BookSky #Tropes