tropes
WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS: Trite, overused, and repetitive tropes
Peak Web August 2, 2018Written by: Stefanie Baltasar, Peak Associate It’s one thing to fit a trope into a TV series which is recognizable and fun, letting it take over an episode by slotting in the characters into the necessary positions. Like musical episodes or easter eggs. Those are fine, but goddamn, when tropes get overused to the point of predictability, it’s tiresome. The main overused trope circling my mind is fulfilling a prophecy. Prophecies are the worst damn trope when misused. It’s literally like a spoiler at the very beginning, especially when you know who the almighty chosen one is and there’s no…
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You don’t deserve forgiveness if you can’t take no for an answer
Peak Web June 15, 2018Written by Stefanie Baltasar, SFU Student Asking for forgiveness takes strength. But deserving that forgiveness? That’s even harder. Sure, you can spend a night thinking about the mistakes you made, and realize that you actually do need to apologize. However,…
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