"Intimate Psychotherapy" *wink wink nudge nudge*

[redbrunja]

Trope Meme:

Comment with a trope and I’ll give you my opinions on it. You can ask questions (as vague or specific as you like!), talk about examples, etc, etc. Then I’ll ask you about a trope.

And while we're on the subject of tropes, can I just say.... okay, look, I know that 'healing cock' gets a lot of dissing, and I understand why, BUT to be honest, I felt the sex is often pretty pivotal to my enjoyment of hurt/comfort (which I love). Like, after the hurt, I really do want to see boning, or some sexually laden act 90% of the time.

For example, I was reading this pretty decent Clint/Darcy fic in which Darcy had past emotional trauma and I was getting super into it, and there was this total slow burn thing going on, and Darcy was trusting Clint more and more, and Clint was being super-patient and expressing his lust and affection in ways make Darcy feel safe and then.... they hold hands. The end. And I was like, 'BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BONING?'

I've recced The Goat's Back before (Steve Rogers, gen, hurt/comfort) and while that fic is amazing, there was a voice in my head that shrieked, at several points, Natasha Romanoff, get on that. (That being Steve.)

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Fallen Princess: love this trope. SO MANY of my favorite characters fit here.

6th ranger: could be lame, if not brought into the show in a natural way. Could be AMAZING as when Cara joined the main cast of LOTS.

16th b-day: Does not even register as a trope for me.

Break the cutie: one of my least favorite ways to do character development, as it seems like there is a certain passivity built into the whole concept.

arranged marriage: not a fan. I much prefer fake!married.

badass and child duo: again, not my favorite. I prefer action parent/action child, a la Sarah and John Conner or Sydney Bristow and her 'rents.

For you:

accidental marriage (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AccidentalMarriage)

undercover lovers (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UndercoverAsLovers)

Achilles in his tent (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AchillesInHisTent).

She Will Come For Me (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SheWillComeForMe).

Dark Magical Girl (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkMagicalGirl).

Turn Out Like His Father (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurnOutLikeHisFather).

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

Accidental Marriage: I'm wary of it because of the 'wacky exotic culture' element.

Undercover Lovers: I think I don't like it because of much sitcom watching as a child.

Achilles in his tent: Depends on why the Achilles is angry and how the other people react before, during, and after. Going to the trope page, there is one example I remember enjoying and another I think was done well even if I didn't like it.

She Will Come For Me: Can be annoyingly cliché, but I just thought of Dawn and Buffy, and those scenes in The Gift and in Once More With Feeling are wonderful.

Dark Magical Girl: It brings out my feelings of sympathy and repulsion, and I kind of relate to it some. So I love it. Then there are the issues with femininity and how it's portrayed: seeing the part on the page about how they are usually faster, stronger, and more ruthless than the magical girl makes me think about how competent and practical female characters are portrayed compared to more idealistic ''pure and innocent" ones. And how someone who is pragmatic and female is often seen as dark and slipping off the cliff, at best.

Turn Out Like His Father: I don't like the whole 'it's in the blood' cliché, especially if the parent isn't even someone the child knew or knew about.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It brings out my feelings of sympathy and repulsion, and I kind of relate to it some. So I love it.

Noted!

Then there are the issues with femininity and how it's portrayed: seeing the part on the page about how they are usually faster, stronger, and more ruthless than the magical girl makes me think about how competent and practical female characters are portrayed compared to more idealistic ''pure and innocent" ones. And how someone who is pragmatic and female is often seen as dark and slipping off the cliff, at best.

Agreed. This is one of the reasons that I LOVE competent and ruthless ladies who are nonetheless clearly the heroines of the piece.

Turn Out Like His Father: I don't like the whole 'it's in the blood' cliché, especially if the parent isn't even someone the child knew or knew about.

Preach.