Isaac ⚔ Isaac

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20 October 2026 22:18

My whole approach to writing this thing is "GENRE GENRE GENRE! MORE TROPES!!!" so 😂 The huge one is probably "foppish aristocrat is the swashbuckler" (Zorro, Scarlet Pimpernel). But mine is open secret rather than secret identity, and the consequences play out as he gets older… #LitHodgepodge

ThePoetJean - currently drafting! 💫

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20 October 2026 22:18

A20. TSBH uses a combo of 19-century adventure/romance tropes (to play with, deconstruct + subvert). We got: Secret Identity, The Gentleman & The Scholar, Interclass Romance & Gaslamp Fantasy for BIPOC. I'm interested in how ppl survive in such a world ( & how they fall in love). #LitHodgepodge

Aspen Rayne - The Colors That Haunt Us out now!

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20 October 2026 22:18

#LitHodgePodge One big trope in Gilded Essence is the "chosen one" prophecy, except the story is interested in what happens when that trope is manufactured and weaponized. Rehn begins the story believing xe has been chosen to change the world. Then the prophecy collapses around xir, the people...

🍁🍂🕸️ Julie October 🕸️🍂🍁

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20 October 2026 22:18

#LitHodgepodge I'd say my borderline campy villain and his evil lab minions are the most tropey aspects of my series. But I like to think I've given him enough truly menacing scenes that it's obvious a great deal of his tropiness is a mask he puts on for his own amusement

Aiko Akers, Dreamland Editing

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20 October 2026 22:18

Found family isn't exclusive to fantasy, but definitely a common trope. Vampires kind of subvert the trope by becoming blood family, and sometimes they didn't choose at all. Things get weird after 200 years with your friend/sire/family #LitHodgePodge