• When the main character is introduced as a nobody but then turns out to be the son/daughter of a really really important family after all.

Like b**** shut the f*** up

• Racist/ Homophobic characters that shouldnt be redeemed, being redeemed

No!!!

• something super broad but the lack of interesting main characters is pissing me off. Almost every main character is so painfully generic and uninteresting. You can do literally anything but you choose to have the same guy in every series

any examples of the ones you’ve pointed out?

Ryan Reynolds

when someone refuses to shake the character's hand to show they're a very serious and cold person

when 2 parties draw a line on the ground to separate space for each other

"this is my side, this is your side"

when 1 person is fighting a group of people and they all attack one at a time instead of just ganging up on the person

looks down at hand and then back up and sighs

I do hate when people get hit over the head with an object and pass out only to wake up chained to something

Like nigga that isn’t real life

Or the funny black guy in an all white cast

This x1,000

1. Game of thrones, most anime, Star Wars, Harry Potter -im missing alot here but

2. Modern Family, Tarantino Movies and just alot of bullshit movies, Sopranos, shocking amount of sitcoms

3. i mean theres an entire genre full of antihero tropes like breaking bad, Sopranos, Dexter etc.
Also most action movies have the exact same main character

when the villain is pointing a gun at the hero and doesn't shoot

When the villain who's been efficiently ruthless for like the entire movie, gets to toss the main character around in the final showdown. Wtf, just kill him quick like you did with the rest

Let him explain his plan and motivations

2. Von Stroheim from Jojo part 2

The power of love being the thing that saves the day

Stranger things latest season ABUSED this

Allowing “bad” people to have empathetic qualities and to potentially allow for their redemption with a character arc is just good writing. It’s not a trope. Good art is often honest and nuanced. Painting every character with negative qualities as irredeemable in something that is attempting to be a reflection of reality is simply lazy. I agree with the other two but the last one isn’t really a trope either. Sorry to get semantic.

This is the one lol

Resurrecting dead characters. If you weren't sure the show has turned to s***, that's your cue

Characters finding out important plot information cause it happens to pop up on the news

that one character in the group that does dumb stuff but does something so incredibly stupid that you have to pause and think for a moment

And they're watching the news at the same exact moment coincidentally

Female character jumps from a high place and as she lands, then crosses her arms/swords upon landing while kneeling down

The small town boy/girl destined to do bigger things and/or be the worlds hero

This that Arya Stark