Tropes Showdown
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anarfeaSo I was inspired byout_there to do the Tropes Showdown thing. I had to do it twice because the first time I think I said "no opinion" and "I like both" too much and it gave me really weird results, so the second time I was like "gun to my head pick one" unless I really really couldn't decide and then I got better results:
I love both Hurt/Comfort and A/B/O and I hate soulmate AUs, baby-centric fics, and coffee shop Aus, so the top and bottom are right at least. I'm surprised "Groundhog Day/Karmic Time Loop" is ranked so high? Maybe it's because I recently read the Mystrade fic Time Slips and it's been on the brain. But if I ranked them manually I'd probably say more "normal" tropes like "fake dating" and "break up/make up" fics rank higher.
I find it amusing that "actually unrequited pining" and "seemingly unrequited pining" share the same rank, as do "friends to lovers" and "enemies to friends to lovers." I'm big fans of both.
Now if only there were one for kinks!
out_there to do the Tropes Showdown thing. I had to do it twice because the first time I think I said "no opinion" and "I like both" too much and it gave me really weird results, so the second time I was like "gun to my head pick one" unless I really really couldn't decide and then I got better results:| Rank | Name |
| 1 | Hurt/Comfort |
| 1 | A/B/O |
| 3 | Seemingly Unrequited Pining |
| 3 | Actually Unrequited Pining |
| 3 | Daemons |
| 3 | 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop |
| 7 | Fairy Tale/Mythology AU |
| 7 | They Break Up (but then They Get Back Together) |
| 7 | Enemies to Friends to Lovers |
| 7 | Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings |
| 7 | Friends to Lovers |
| 12 | Royals/Political Marriage Turns Into Feelings |
| 12 | 'Everyone is Evil'/Mirrorverse AU |
| 12 | Selfcest (possibly due to time travel) |
| 15 | Amnesia Fic |
| 15 | Pride and Prejudice AU |
| 17 | 'Falling For A Coworker/Teammate Is A Bad Idea' Except This Is Fiction So It Works Out |
| 17 | Vampires/Werewolves AU |
| 17 | Supernatural Creature/Human Romance |
| 20 | Loyalty Kink |
| 21 | Found Families |
| 22 | Accidentally Fell In Love With The Mission Target |
| 22 | Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time |
| 24 | Polyamory |
| 24 | Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc) |
| 26 | Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU |
| 27 | Body Swapping |
| 28 | Characters Swap Roles AU (I don't mean in the bedroom) |
| 28 | And They Were Roommates! |
| 30 | Hogwarts AU |
| 30 | Hot Single Parent(s) |
| 32 | Adopting/Raising a Baby |
| 32 | Coffee House AU/Food Service AU |
| 32 | 'They All Work In An Office' AU |
| 32 | High School/University AU |
| 32 | Unusually Specific Occupation AU, Like, The Author Clearly Has The Same Job |
| 32 | Soulmate Identifying Marks (Tattoo, Red Thread of Fate, etc) |
I love both Hurt/Comfort and A/B/O and I hate soulmate AUs, baby-centric fics, and coffee shop Aus, so the top and bottom are right at least. I'm surprised "Groundhog Day/Karmic Time Loop" is ranked so high? Maybe it's because I recently read the Mystrade fic Time Slips and it's been on the brain. But if I ranked them manually I'd probably say more "normal" tropes like "fake dating" and "break up/make up" fics rank higher.
I find it amusing that "actually unrequited pining" and "seemingly unrequited pining" share the same rank, as do "friends to lovers" and "enemies to friends to lovers." I'm big fans of both.
Now if only there were one for kinks!
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Date: 2019-02-12 05:14 am (UTC)