#WordWeavers April 13: What are some of the tropes typical in your genre? Do you use them?

I honestly don't know what to call #Run3. Is it sci-fi because it's in space and features alien characters? That feels reductive. Is it slice of life because everyone's doing their own thing and they spend a lot of time chatting? Or is it adventure because they're exploring?

  • Sci-fi tropes: no laser battles, no planets with exactly one defining feature each, yes strange alien technology, yes bright colors.
  • Slice of life tropes: no love triangles, yes clashing personalities, yes improbable friends.
  • Adventure tropes: no inseparable band of intrepid heroes, no shared foe (except maybe the emptiness of space), yes getting stranded away from home.

These are just the broad strokes; I'm sure there are many more.