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Romance Tropes I Love

You know what what my friends would say when they sees this? 'Ironic'.

Readers: WTH you have friends? Despite being the loser weeb you are? 

Me: *sniffles* They're right of course but it still hurts. 

I generally love love stories which include:

Consent

I can't believe I even have to put this here.

Look, there is no reason for you to not put a cute little 'Can I kiss you?' before a kiss. And consent can be done in other ways too.

(That's kind of the romance I'm aiming for in my fantasy novel)

Awkwardness

Kiera Kass is the Queen when it comes to this. I just loved, loved, loved how the main characters' first kisses were always awkward and embarrassing! It just makes me ship them even more! And the line 'It's not the first kisses that matter, it's the last ones'?

GIVE IT TO ME!

And on to the tropes!

10. Forbidden Romance

'We can't be together because you're the Fire Prince and I'm the Avatar's girl,' Katara looked away.

Zuko took one step towards her. 'How could you say that, Katara? I love you.'

Aang went into the Avatar state and sliced Zuko in half.

When you fall for a person you aren't supposed to fall for, and there is chaos all over because of it? Yes...  Also, it can also mean there is tension not because the lovers are misComMUNicaTing but due to other things!

9. Fake (Hunger Games)

When Peeta and Katniss were being all lovey-dovey in that cave, I wasn't really sure whether Peeta really liked her or not. And I LOVED IT! We get all these shipping moments, but we have to wait till the end to know 'Will they?'

8. Subversion Cliches!

The Bad Girl and the Good boy. The Billionaire woman and the poor boy. The Naive boy and the Confident girl. That's what I want to see.

7. Unmasked!

'You're... you're not who I thought!' 

When two are in the peak of their romance, and then one of them realizes something about their love interest which threatens to tear them apart! I would LOVE to read a story where the love interest is actually the villain, or turns into a villain, and they don't end up together. 

The Hawthorn Throne ( you thought I wouldn't mention this story multiple times, didn't you?) is a GREAT example of this.

6. Rivals To Lovers

Hate to say this, but yeah. Zuko and Katara, although it didn't happen, is one that was done well.

Love this trope because it also includes witty banter and roasting each other. And people seeing the good sides of a person they usually don't like.

And no, I don't like Enemies to Lovers because 'they tried to kill each other and now they're making out'

Another book I LOVE that did this is The Hawthorn Throne, which takes a special twist on this trope. ( SPOILERS: SKIP TO NEXT HEADING. When I figured out Aidan was the one who killed Riona's mother? After their romance was all set-up and reached its peak? Oh. My. God! I still loved them, because there was a good reason Aidan did this, because they were a person easily blinded by love and... well, there was a good reason. And they didn't cheat on each other, which was a relief!)

5. The Confession

Have you watched the Dragon Prince? Need I say more? Another great example is in The Invention of Lying.

If there is no memorable proclamation of love in your romance, warn me beforehand, coz I sure as hell ain't reading it!

4. Close Encounters:

This one just makes me squeal!

'We're in a forest. Stay close to me.'

'It's freezing, so let's get unnecessary close together to stay warm and make the shippers go crazy!'

And when a person is tending to the love interest's wounds with tenderness? Yes, yes, YES!

3. Reacting to Shippers

Warning: I will mention Zutara.

Remember when the Gaang was finding Aang? And June commented on Zuko and Katara 'getting together'? And they were completely flustered? Yes. I love that stuff. 

(also, this happens in the Hawthorn Throne)

(also, I'm using this in my book)

2. Friends To Lovers

Duh! I love this trope when done well, including witty banter, teasing, and people just being vulnerable in front of each other. You don't show a hidden part of yourself to someone who's not your friend, do you?

(And... I'm also writing this one so...)

1. Power Couple

If they're not a power couple, I ain't shipping them.

I want the single characters to be great on their own, but even better together. They're both killer fighters, but together, they're unbeatable! 

A great example COULD BE the SEQUEL to the Hawthorn Throne ( here I go again...), The Bear King! I just love Ghada and Mordred (I don't really know if they end up together... but I want them to because I'm sick human being who-). They COULD end up as friends, then it's ok. But still. I shipped them from the moment Mordred gave snagged honeycakes for her after she defeated him in a duel because he wanted her to be in the Alt Clut and *intense fangirling noises*

A good example from The Hawthorn Throne are Orfeo and Ibrahim. Swag fighters, but they also in love. They kill people then they KILL ME WITH THEIR CUTENESS. 

Same for Annabeth and Percy, Ginny and Harry, Geralt and Yennefer, Maxon and America (poor girl is named after a country where Trump was president-), and sorrynotsorry, ZUTARA. But seriously, Aang and Katara also make this list, but Sokka and Suki are the best example from ATLA. 

A real life example is Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. I mean... you can't even deny it. They discovered radium, people. 

So that's it from me! Are there any tropes you LOVE that I missed? What's your favorite trope? Comment, comment, comment!