As an extension of "tropes you're happy are gone", what are tropes that you have found weird to have seen multiple times? Obviously "weird" is a bit subjective, but that's good for variety innit? In my case when I say "weird" I mean why would someone come up with this more than once/why is this something that worked well enough in the past to be done again. But that could differ for you.
One of the weirdest tropes I've seen is orcs being able to kill women by raping them (I say this within context of specifically not hentai and I have never seen orcs go for men in non-hentai so yeah). It's a step up from the "goblins need to forcibly impregnate other races" thing and just...odd. I've never seen it properly explained in a story that used the trope which almost makes it feel solely pornographic, and maybe that's because taking a moment to explain orc psychology and orcs presumably having dicks capable of straight up killing someone (via puncture or rupture I guess? Don't think about that) would come off as a bit deranged. If I could think of one potential explanation outside of the story itself, it usually shows up in stories involving a class or school getting isekaied, so maybe it's a "less violent" (except it's very violent in reality) way to cull the cast early on.
Edit: Actually I think I'd like to alter that slightly; it's not just orcs, it's more like "Ugly Bastard kills people just by fucking them (nonconsensually)". That broadens it out a bit into more things (including one example with a guy) and increases the nonsense factor. You will not see this with anyone but a UB-type character, and as I stew on this more and more this has to be a kink thing right?
Besides that...think I would need more time to think of other picks on my part.
One of the weirdest tropes I've seen is orcs being able to kill women by raping them (I say this within context of specifically not hentai and I have never seen orcs go for men in non-hentai so yeah). It's a step up from the "goblins need to forcibly impregnate other races" thing and just...odd. I've never seen it properly explained in a story that used the trope which almost makes it feel solely pornographic, and maybe that's because taking a moment to explain orc psychology and orcs presumably having dicks capable of straight up killing someone (via puncture or rupture I guess? Don't think about that) would come off as a bit deranged. If I could think of one potential explanation outside of the story itself, it usually shows up in stories involving a class or school getting isekaied, so maybe it's a "less violent" (except it's very violent in reality) way to cull the cast early on.
Edit: Actually I think I'd like to alter that slightly; it's not just orcs, it's more like "Ugly Bastard kills people just by fucking them (nonconsensually)". That broadens it out a bit into more things (including one example with a guy) and increases the nonsense factor. You will not see this with anyone but a UB-type character, and as I stew on this more and more this has to be a kink thing right?
Besides that...think I would need more time to think of other picks on my part.
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.Taking into account isekai is written by people who believe they can increase their intelligence just because they want, rather than escapism it's just delusion. Following this principle, don't expect much of them.
