Into My Mind
Welcome to the sometimes confusing maze that is my mind and the things that inspire me, like tropes I practice and try to work into my own stories or poems. Remember, inspiration can come from anywhere and everywhere, you just need to open your mind to the world and become a student of it.
Life can be very dark, why are we pretending it's an episode of Barney? It's not.
Tropes I Enjoy
For those who are interested in tropes, I suggest checking out the TVTropes website, it's fun to look around and see what comes up under shows, films, and music artists you enjoy.
- Affably Evil: kindness and/or politeness of an evil or antagonistic character is sincere.
- Beware the Quite Ones: a quiet character who demonstrates that they are not to be underestimated.
- Beware the Nice Ones: make this usually kind person angry and they'll retaliate, hard.
- Boring, but Practical: not exciting, but it works.
- Creepy Blue Eyes: a villainous or anti-heroic character has blue eyes,
- Creepy Monotone: talking without inflection makes you scary.
- Defiant to the End: even after being captured and defeated, these characters refuse to grovel.
- Determinator: a character that never gives up and never surrenders on their goal, no matter the circumstances.
- Every Scar has a Story: a badass character's scar is pivotal to their backstory.
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Attractive/Adorable on the outside, evil/scary on the inside.
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Tropes Continued
- Hidden Villain: the Big Bad's identity is unknown for a great portion of the story.
- Knight of Cerebus: this antagonist/villain's presence heralds the work becoming less comedic and more dark and dramatic.
- Manipulative Bastard: someone who's good at manipulating others.
- Noble Demon: a self-serving villain with a code of honor.
- No-Nonsense Nemesis: this foe (at least usually) doesn't mess around, crack jokes, or gloat.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: having a villain's voice and/or mannerisms be calm and gentle makes them more unnerving.
- Tranquil Fury: perfectly calm, but seriously (maybe violently) angry.
- The Dog was the Mastermind: the mastermind is someone who draws enough attention to themselves to establish that they existed, and nothing more.