amaresu: Sapphire and Steel from the opening (doctorwho-tegan/nyssa)
amaresu ([personal profile] amaresu) wrote in [community profile] fem_thoughts2011-08-07 09:02 am
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Tropes

Let's talk about tropes. Both for femslash and women in general.

What are your favorite tropes? Which tropes should die in a fire? What do you desperately wish with all your heart would become a trope?
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[personal profile] luzula 2011-08-07 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I really like a sort of younger woman - older woman mentor relationship in fic (meant in a gen way, not femslashy). See this Yuletide fic for a good example. I realized this after I saw that I'd written it myself a number of times without being aware of it as a trope that I liked.

I also like stories with a competent female protagonist who does stuff (solves problems, has action adventures, whatever) with no romance at all. That kind of story is often a comfort read for me.