Orion Ussner kidder18h ago

Hm.

Masks over the eyes: hero.

Masks over the mouth: villain.

Am I wrong?

[edit] Should have said, I'm 100% comparing ICE to comic-book superheroes. [/edit]

#symbolism #tropes #GenreTheory #superheroes #comics #supervillains

N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Ah, the #classic 🤦 "we discovered something obvious and decided to blog about it" trope. Apparently, #regex engines have been lying to us for decades, promising #speed but delivering #molasses 🐢. Who knew a computer science relic from the '70s would be today's tech bloggers' favorite bandwagon? 🎉
https://iev.ee/blog/the-quadratic-problem-nobody-fixed/ #techblogging #computerScience #tropes #HackerNews #ngated
finding all regex matches has always been O(n²). even in the engines built to prevent it | ian erik varatalu

every regex engine that promises linear time breaks that promise the moment you ask for all matches. the problem has been there since the 70s, hiding in the iteration loop.

ian erik varatalu
 Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑1d ago

Found this. I do NOT know the original creator, I am terribly sorry to say. But I found it amusing.

#Tropes #TVtropes #Arabic #Hollywood #Desert #Movies

Bobby2d ago

Most fantasy stories use the same tropes—but the best ones reinvent them.
Here’s how to turn clichés into something unforgettable. ⚔️✨
#FantasyWriting #fantasy #Worldbuilding #WritingTips #Greystar #fantasytropes #tropes

https://bmallane.com/reinventing-fantasy-tropes-for-unique-stories/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Reinventing Fantasy Tropes for Unique Stories - Explore Fantastical Worlds

Discover the most overused fantasy tropes and learn how to reinvent them. A must-read guide for fantasy writers looking to create fresh, compelling stories.

Explore Fantastical Worlds
Martha Crimson5d ago

This can't be good - we're at ep 32 and there's already a wedding. (Technically it's their second wedding, but the first one is mostly part of the backstory.) Is this a Neo Hou thing? In Back From the Brink he marries the fl thrice, and there's room for a third wedding here.

Another explanation could be that Hou picks romance dramas I actually want to watch - I'm not big on the genre so I don't know if this is common 🤷🏻‍♀️

#TheUncloudedSoul #tropes #Xianxia #CDrama

Manga is politicalMar 14

Review: Azumi

Azumi (あずみ), 1994-2008, Koyama, Yuu, Big Comic Superior Warning for (a lot of) rape and murder. STORY: 8 Meet Azumi, a child soldier raised to become the deadliest assassin of medieval Japan. Follow her along dangerous missions as she murders literally dozens (if not hundreds) of people who could upset the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate. The subject is a classic, but the result is an intense sword manga with thrilling fight scenes, historical political intrigue, and many great […]

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/14/review-azumi/

RosyMar 13

Is there a word for a character who plays the role of an anti-hero or antagonist in the story, but who the creator actually believes is right?

#fiction #storytelling #tropes #antihero #villain #art #AskFedi

Cord GudegastMar 8

#schreiben #autor_innenleben

Mal eine Frage: Ich habe hier gelernt, dass es #tropes gibt. Lohnt es sich eurer Meinung nach, dieses Thema bewusst anzugehen? Ich habe bisher versucht, interessante Geschichten zu schreiben und mir keine Gedanken dazu gemacht, welcher Trope bedient wird, und ob das gut ist oder schlecht.

Rahulkumar PanwarMar 8

📢 TROPE CONFESSION LIFT 📢

What "overused" trope are you SHAMELESSLY using?

I'll start: Chosen One (but with DID, so it's 8 chosen ones? Does that count?)

Drop yours. Own it. No apologies 👇

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Tropes

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 7
Ah, the #irony of an AI-assisted guide to AI writing #tropes, where the human hand waves the white flag in surrender 🤦‍♂️. A single .md file to save us from the tyranny of "quietly" and friends, as if AI wasn't already a clockwork parrot squawking out #clichés 🦜. Now if only the humans could avoid writing guides about guides 🤔.
https://tropes.fyi/tropes-md #AIwriting #AIguide #HackerNews #ngated