We did a long running thread on sci-fi tropes that annoy but what about the fantasy genre? What tropes in fantasy annoy you?
Also for drama series, movies or shows such as procedurals like cop shows or medical shows that kind of thing.
I'll start with one that while valid I do find used a lot and sometimes I feel like it didn't need explaining to everyone outside of main characters but somehow more people find out, and more people find out. People talk.. OK the trope in question is that magical beings look just like us, they live in our suburbs, work jobs just like us, have cars and stuff. But we can't know they exist even though we can see them every day and sometimes might even encounter them and talk to them, some might work as doctors or lawyers. You get what I mean. To me it's annoying.
The other thing is surely if one person found out they'd tell their friends and they would tell their friends, and eventually the cat's out of the bag so much that something drastic has to be done to keep the secret which kills the whole show.
Also for drama series, movies or shows such as procedurals like cop shows or medical shows that kind of thing.
I'll start with one that while valid I do find used a lot and sometimes I feel like it didn't need explaining to everyone outside of main characters but somehow more people find out, and more people find out. People talk.. OK the trope in question is that magical beings look just like us, they live in our suburbs, work jobs just like us, have cars and stuff. But we can't know they exist even though we can see them every day and sometimes might even encounter them and talk to them, some might work as doctors or lawyers. You get what I mean. To me it's annoying.
The other thing is surely if one person found out they'd tell their friends and they would tell their friends, and eventually the cat's out of the bag so much that something drastic has to be done to keep the secret which kills the whole show.
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