Fav Trope (if It Even Counts As One):
fav trope (if it even counts as one):
the nerd v. jock, brain v. flesh, beau v. smarts dynamic
in which one tries to impress the other by reading up on stated favorite literature or research on area of interest/specialty. then they try to candidly weave in what they've learned during conversation, only to accidentally misuse field lingo.
at which point the smarts character blushes, smirks, recognizing the flesh character had been declaring their interest in their own subtle way; paying attention.
"she's just so smart. i can't help but get all nervous around her. i worry i'll say something stupid and she won't think i'm cool anymore."
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I’ll be like “It’s only light flirting” and then they are all I think about, both consciously and otherwise.
everything everything everything goes
everything everything everything goes
everything everything everything goes
everything everything everything goes
everything everything everything goes
everything everything everything goes
“The time will pass anyway” absolutely shifted my mind
alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone alone
It’s sickening.
mere mortal: what kept you up all night?
author: the voices...
mere mortal: uuh...what voices?
author: the ones that start up as soon as my face collides with the pillow and force me to toss and turn until my laptop is open, my hands on the keyboard.
author: they-they... (manic, disheveled appearance) they chitter-chatter incessantly and often times say ingenious, hilarious things but it gets watered down in translation. so i mull over the same fractured sentence for two hours and nothing ever gets done, but my sanity is lost more and more each night.
mere mortal stares vacantly
author: you know the voices, don't you?
mere mortal shakes their head
author: ok, fine. what voices do you get?
mere mortal: zero voices. none. nothing. have you been clinically evaluated?
author: (chuckles) on various occasions, actually. How'd you know? Did a voice tell you so?
mere mortal: THERE ARE NO VOICES!