HOW ABOUT THIS; ARE THERE ANY CLICHES THAT YOU LIKE?

I like swords.



Was what I thought I'd post but then I thought "I don't spam too much do I? because it feels stupid". Unfortunately that means that my "I like swords" joke will definitely fall flat. but there you are.

I guess I agree with aprilschild

I do not ever ever like cliche. For something to be a cliche, it is by necessity (and the definition of the word as used today) tired and predictable.

HOWEVER, there are many Tropes that I enjoy quite a lot! It doesn't matter if a plot or genre point is used as long as it is handled correctly. If something is handled well, it will never appear "cliched" and always familiar.

But on the topic of me liking swords. I don't like the cliché that says that all clichés should be avoided like the plague. The cliché that making the "anti-cliché" just because it is anti-cliché (I don't like the anti-anti-cliché either).

To sum it up I like swords. I don't like weird anti-swords (like... hairnails, scissors or a pencil) and I don't like anti-anti-swords either (like "lol I have sword")

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Rescue the fucking princess. ;D

author=Craze link=topic=2906.msg56459#msg56459 date=1232105530
I absolutely love Forbidden Kingdom

Off Topic:
Your the first person I've seen (heard) that actually liked The Forbidden Kingdom :o

Cliches or tropes? Don't even get me started on tropes. (As much as I hate that website, I've read enough of it to realize that I quite like Magnificent Bastards, Xanatos Gambits (and all variations thereof, including Thirty Xanatos Pileup, and a bunch of their other buzzwords not worth mentioning.)

Anyway, this troper- ugh.

Anyway, I am a big fan of secret conspiracies and government organizations secretly manipulating things. This is a theme in nearly all of my work.

I really like mind fuck and/or well-executed "it was all a dream" endings.

Oh, and I...try...to like the amnesia angle. I really try.

author=Fallen-Griever link=topic=2906.msg56465#msg56465 date=1232112963
I agree with Shinan, although maybe in a more specific way...

I like the cliché of having a modern-world were countries have intercontinental missiles, cars, guns, etc. yet the hero is still walking around using a medieval weapon. Which is a good job, since that's exactly what happens in Sore Losers.

I like this as long as there's a good explanation/rationalization for it. (I can think of several myself!) But not if it's "just because".

I don't mind cliches if they're used right, but my favorite is the whole, "technology is evil" thing. Most "advanced cities," like Zeal and Vane or whatever, look really good and usually have great background music.

The only problem is that those places usually end up getting destroyed. :(

author=Max McGee link=topic=2906.msg56493#msg56493 date=1232131553
Cliches or tropes? Don't even get me started on tropes. (As much as I hate that website, I've read enough of it to realize that I quite like Magnificent Bastards, Xanatos Gambits (and all variations thereof, including Thirty Xanatos Pileup, and a bunch of their other buzzwords not worth mentioning.)

Anyway, this troper- ugh.

Oh God. At least you had the decency not to drop a link. It seems every time I click a link to TVTropes I end up reading it for about two hours.

author=Max McGee link=topic=2906.msg56493#msg56493 date=1232131553
Oh, and I...try...to like the amnesia angle. I really try.

I've got two words for you... (IG1 spoiler)

Sephiroth will always be the ultimate villian to me. :)

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