Three Tropes Tag Game!
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The Prompt: Choose three of your favorite QL tropes, and show us three of your favorite examples of each.
Manipulative Piners. You know the ones who are madly in love and manipulate their way into that other person's life. The ones who resort to trickery or lying to get close to their loved one.
Nubsib changed his last name and became an actor just to win the lead role in a drama that was being adapted from a novel written by his long-time crush Gene. Why didn't he tell Gene who he was? Because he didn't want to be bro-zoned. And not only did he lie about who he was, he also lied about having no car and no place to stay so he could live with Gene while he was filming...and let's not forget him secretly moving in next door to Gene when he got kicked out.
Gao Shi De is also a person who fell in love at a young age, with a very sweet boy who showed him compassion, Zhou Shu Yi. Determined to be a fixture in Shu Yi's life, Shi De resorted to one-upping the boy in every single category he could: sports, academics, and popularity. He figured the best way to be relevant is to be his crush's direct competition. And not only did he purposely beat him at every thing he also made Shu Yi work as his do-boy after fake blackmailing him.
Theo from Enchante. He's the king of this trope. That boy wrote himself a love note in a book and signed it 'Enchante' to make his long time crush jealous and therefore make him want to confess. And then when it got out of hand and people around campus started lying about being Enchante he just went along with it.
Gifting Cherished Items. I'm a huge fan of couple jewelry, but there's something about a person giving their special person an item that they hold dear to them. A possession that holds value and importance given as a gift to a person they feel is worthy enough to keep it for them. It's a beautiful thing and I find it incredibly romantic and sweet.
Yoryak giving Wandee the 'YY' necklace his mother gave him. Wandee knew it's importance and he wore the necklace with pride. It became a part of him and it was just as important to him as it was to Yoryak. And the ONE time he was forced to take it off truly broke his heart and when he earned that necklace back he made sure to threaten Yoryak to never take it from him again because he loved that necklace and he loved that it came from Yoryak.
Kexing giving Zishu his Glazed Armor hairpiece. Literally one of my favorite parts of the series is when Kexing places the piece into Zishu's hair. He doesn't speak of it's importance because of the monumental secret it holds but once we learn what it is and who it's from it makes the exchange that much more mind blowing. He entrusted that item to Zishu.
Charn giving his mother's necklace to Tinn. The necklace was one of the last possessions his mother had when things went horribly wrong for him and his community. It's something we see him wear throughout the series and for him to give Tinn such a cherished item was deep. It's not like Charn trusted many people or showed his true intentions often so him giving Tinn that necklace meant that Tinn truly meant something to him. I loved seeing it dangle around Tinn's neck for the rest of the series.
Sharing clothes. Personally I don't think we get this trope enough. It's one of my favorite things ever. I love seeing my faves wearing each other's clothes whether it's accidental or intentional, it just breathes an air of unspeakable intimacy.
PhayaTharn gave us the trope twice and presented a problem that goes along with swapping clothes. I loved seeing Tharn swimming in Phaya's clothes and it absolutely sent me to see Phaya struggle through the day in Tharn's tiny clothes.
Jin giving Akin his clothes to wear after having his long time crush spend the night was a fave. The clothes were properly too large for him and Jin created a solid fashionable look for his boo thang to wear. LIKE TELL ME THAT'S NOT A LOOK!
Wei Wuxian waking up in Lan Wangji's under robe awakened something in me. I know Wangji dressed Wuxian himself and the reactions we see from his brother and uncle when they notice will forever tickle me.
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