Or, according to TvTropes: Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass/Rich Idiot with no Day Job I actually kind of adore this trope, even though it usually involves a lot of silliness and suspension of disbelief. There are three VERY popular examples of this trope: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Zorro, and Batman. You have a rich, useless, ne’er-do-well onContinue reading “Everlasting Trope: Disguised Noble Hero”
Category Archives: Everlasting Tropes
The Everlasting Trope: Stable Boy among Kings.
Or (according to TVtropes): Penny among Diamonds I desperately, inconveniently, and perhaps inexcusably, love this trope. I will be using it a bit more broadly than the tvtropes definition, as you will see, but the basic idea is the same. The poor lad or lass of low social standing somehow gets involved with the higher social classes–culturalContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: Stable Boy among Kings.”
The Everlasting Trope: The Chosen One
Disclaimer: “the chosen one” is not usually one of my favorite tropes, but I’m going to go through it because it really is one of the most iconic and enduring and–as per usual–it is thus for a variety of good reasons. The reasons it can be obnoxious are also quite valid. So, the good, the bad, and…the resonance. Except notContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: The Chosen One”
The Everlasting Trope: Star-Crossed Lovers, Friends, and Foes
I haven’t done one of these trope analyses in a while, and I was hesitant to get into this one because it’s got a lot more going on than I can really address here, but I’m going to give it a go. When I say “star-crossed” I’m applying it very broadly. This means any situationContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: Star-Crossed Lovers, Friends, and Foes”
The Everlasting Trope: The Dark Lord
Merry, merry February! This year is already in a hurry. (Note: I still have to sound out February every single time I spell it. Also, Wednesday and beautiful.) So I wanted to talk about another major trope, although this one isn’t necessarily one of my favorites: The Evil Dark Lord. So as with previous entries, I amContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: The Dark Lord”
The Everlasting Trope: King’s Return
I’ve been wanting to write a post all week, but I haven’t been feeling very clever, and nothing of merit came to mind. But I just finished a fantastic book–I’ll review it at another time–and it reminded me of a trope that I love. It’s often done badly, but when it’s done well, I trulyContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: King’s Return”
The Everlasting Trope: Cinderella
Until the movie Mulan came out—whereupon I collected all my babysitting monies, got a ride from sisters or cousins or whoever and saw it FOUR times in theaters—Cinderella was my favorite Disney movie. On the surface, it’s hard to say why. I am not big on cutesy talking animals, the prince is generic to theContinue reading “The Everlasting Trope: Cinderella”
J. L. Odom 