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Ok uhm imma try rly rly hard not to be obnoxious about this but I need a lot of responses prolly and ummm my survey is pretty long so answer as many or as few parts as you want but responses would be greatly appreciated. I'm also gonna post this in my writing thread and in the Favorite Tropes thread because this is kinda on topic. so.
Characters
Sec. 1 (I’ll be picking 4-6 to incorporate, so pick up to 6, but just one is ok :D)
Spoiler1. Chosen One
2. Reluctant Hero
3. Mentor
4. Unlikely Ally
5. Antihero
6. Antivillain
7. Damsel in Distress
8. Heir to the Throne
9. Best of the Best
10. Underdog
11. The Rebel
Sec. 2. (again, I’ll be picking 4-6, vote for as few as you like :D)
Spoiler1. Villain Protagonist
2. Protagonist who, instead of being overly self-sacrificial, is incredibly selfish and gives up nothing
3. Character w/ trust issues
4. Character’s caginess leads to problems
5. Character has demons from the past (whether literal or metaphorical remains to be seen)
6. Villain trusted by the people
7. Powerful, invulnerable character who is brought down to a human level
8. Character who pushes away people who care about them because “I’m too dangerous for you to be around”
9. Justified, sympathetic villain
10. Monster character who wants to see the world burn just for fun or smth
11. Hero who follows strict rules but goes on to break those rules
12. Character who has survivor’s guilt
13. Machiavellian character (very calculating and amoral, results oriented)
14. Character with a hidden talent or passion that comes to light in the narrative and completely changes how the other characters see them
15. Big scary muscly bad past character is a good person, but the sweet, small, harmless character is super evil
Plot
Sec. 1. (Same as before, we’ll see how it works in practice)
Spoiler1. Third act betrayal
2. Protag mentored by the villain
3. The villain and the protagonist work against a greater threat, forgetting they’re enemies in the process
4. Villain’s plan or invention is their downfall
5. Bavarian fire drill (character takes charge by acting like they’re in charge)
6. Resurrection gambit (character dies on purpose, hoping someone will bring them back)
7. Trust issues cause big problems
8. Lovers to enemies
9. Enemies to lovers
10. Stockholm syndrome
11. Redemption arc
12. Somebody gets convenient memory loss
Sec. 2. (pick one or add your own idk at this point)
Spoiler1. Heist story
2. Rediscovering magic
3. Quest story
4. Personal hero’s journey
Setting/ Worldbuilding
Sec. 1 ( up to 6)
Spoiler1. Set during war
2. Lawless dystopian past
3. Small town with secrets
4. Isolated island
5. Dystopian future
6. Magic hidden world
7. Decaying post- apocalypse
8. Mysterious ancient city
9. High school (i swear if you vote for this one i will bonk you on the head and if this one wins I will unleash the great demons)
10. Haunted house
11. Sprawling metropolis
12. Secret organization
13. Dragon people
14 Dragons
15. Medieval/ less advanced society built in the ruins of an advanced civilization
Sec. 2. (pick one or add ur own)
Spoiler1. Fantasy
2. Sci- fi
3. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
4. Urban fantasy
5. Fever dream
Million-dollar questions
Spoiler1. Does it end well or badly?
2. Romance or no?
3. Does the villain or protagonist win?
4. Earth or otherwise?
Thanks for taking this survey thingy
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Thanks, @Just A Silvereye
@The Bookwyrm I'll do my best to take comments into account for sure, but mostly it'll be based on which ones get the most votes. We'll see how many things I can cram in
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