Recently I had a conversation with a friend about Marvel’s daddy issues. After watching Avengers Infinity War, it was clear that most of Marvel’s fathers are terrible. Well, at least in the movies. It’s not only Thanos who shines as …
Ayano Yamane’s yaoi manga are especially rich in tropes. Maybe that’s why I love them so much. Today we’re going to explore the crazy jealous guy trope and the berserk button one. For that we’re going to use Crimson Spell …
Yaoi manga is a gold mine of tropes. One of my favorite manga is Finder, and its flooding with some of the harshest tropes. Rape as drama and lovers from Stockholm live happily in its pages. Although I’ll be talking …
I decided to talk about some tropes in books, comics, shows, and movies. I’ll start with my favorite one: don’t touch it, you idiot. Tropes are storytelling shortcuts that describe situations in speed time. Theoretically, the audience pics them up …