The Trope Meme

[valarltd]

Put a number in the comments and I’ll tell you my thoughts on the trope you’ve asked me about and if I’ve written it myself, or if I ever would. (And if you're very good, i'll even give you the link, if it's fanfic)

1) Genderswap
2) Bodyswap
3) Drunk!fic
4) Huddling together for warmth
5) Shag or die
6) Undercover in a gay bar
7) Pretending to be married
8) First time together
9) Amnesia
10) Crossdressing
11) Forced to share a bed/fake relationship
12) Mind control
13) Handcuffed
14) Wingfic
15) Mpreg
16) Mistakenly assumed to be gay
17) Let’s play truth or dare
18) Mary Sue fic
19) Aphrodisiacs
20) Curtain fic
21) Hurt/Comfort
22) Apocalypse fic
23) Someone has a baby
24) Telepathic soulbonding
25) Circus AU
26) Language barrier
27) Historical AU

Comments

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Oooh, 10.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Crossdressing can be fun, whether it's done for sexual thrills, as a disguise or even as a life-style.

I haven't written any fanfiction with cross-dressing.
On the other hand, Heart of a Forest had two men living as women, in veils, gowns and wimples. King Richard's last lover, Sir David of Doncaster, was told to keep the illegitimate infant prince safe from his royal uncle. David realized that while a prince is a threat, a princess is an asset. So he disguised himself and wee Marion as women, and raised her as a girl. Robin had been out in Sherwood too long to care.

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I do a lot of crossdressing reading and I have written a few anthology pieces around the theme, too.

[vik_thor]

12) Mind Control

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Mind-control is a problematic trope for me. It robs the characters of their consent and volition, which makes it rape-fic. I have written one, and several others that come close.

Loose Lips (http://www.oocities.org/televisioncity/stage/5785/LooseLips.html) is not sexy-fun times mind-control, but fairly brutal interrogation via the Force.

Off-duty (http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=fanfict;id=1;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwebspace%2Ewebring%2Ecom%2Fpeople%2Fsv%2Fvalarltd%2Fstories%2Ehtml), a Mirror-verse Trek fic, is very much a mind-control piece.