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Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 1/12
Bottle Rocket (1996)
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Rushmore (1998)
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 4/12
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 5/12
The Darjeeling Limited Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 6/12
Fantastic Mr Fox Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 7/12
Moonrise Kingdom Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 8/12
The Grand Budapest Hotel Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 9/12
Isle of Dogs Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 10/12
The French Dispatch Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 11/12
Asteroid City Edition
Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 12/12
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher, Poison Edition
Gaynst (Gay Angst): Why does it hurt so good?
"Gaynst" is a term derived from TV Tropes referring to the misery and struggle faced by queer characters because of their gender and/or orientation, often reflecting similar struggles faced by queer people in reality.
Because of this historical stigma, queer individuals are more susceptible to mental health issues, harm (at the hands of others or themselves) and unhealthy coping mechanisms (e.g. alcoholism).
As many people do, fictional media can be utilised as an outlet and healthy method of coping with queerphobia in everyday life.
These can be seen in same-sex ships (whether canon or fan-made) often expressing loss (of other queer loved ones), the desire to conform and the misery of conforming to a cisgender heterosexual society and/or unrequited love ("the one who got away").
Not only do creators of these works find comfort and outlets in these activities, but other queer people as well.
Queer individuals often have to bottle up and repress these complicated feelings an situations, so when it is presented in media it can feel more intense than if it was covering the feelings of heterosexual characters.
More often than not, queer people find similarities to these situations and feelings, and find comfort in the solidarity, therefore feeling less isolated. This may explain why queer stories can often have great struggles and tragedies.
A popular example would be in regards to the relationship between Akemi Homura and Madoka Kaname from the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (Spoilers for the whole show incoming, under the cut).
Homura Akemi is shown to love Madoka Kaname so much that she confines herself to time-looping the same month for an equivalent of 27 years in an attempt to save her. With every time loop she learns more and more about Madoka and grows even fonder of her, but Madoka gets more distant due to being outside of these loops (and not retaining the knowledge and growth of their relationships like Homura). These feelings are implied to be requited, as it eventually leads to Madoka sacrificing her existence to prevent the despair from taking over all magical girls (with only Homura remembering her after the universe is rewritten), and that's not even mentioning the sequel movie, Rebellion.
Such determination and tenderness can be reflected in our reality, beyond the words "I love you". There are more ways to express love through and beyond our imaginations, and media focusing on queer characters often reveals that and inspires the audience.
Rafal Is Literally a Type—Don't Believe Me? Read This:
He's a Byronic Hero. I am aghast at how accurate these descriptions are.
Literally prequel Rafal. If this isn't him, I don't know what is, haha.
"As if in return for their bad behavior, the author seems to delight in placing them in unpleasant situations and suffer because of their jerkassery, and yet continue to show that they are sympathetic. Basically, the universe hates them so we don't have to."
Source.
Rather Rafal-core, if I do say so myself.
tropes i will never get tired of
fake dating
omniscient narrator who immediately contradicts the characters (“This is fine,” she said. It was, in no way, shape, or form, fine.)
deadpan jokes while swordfighting
the “I FUCKING LOVE MY WIFE” guy
oblivious pining that slowly escalates until A is going on page rants about how pretty B’s eyes are but still doesn’t seem to recognize they’re in love
Strong Leader Type having to physically fall down in order for the other characters to see how exhausted they are
funny villains who talk and make jokes with their heroes while they’re fighting them
the villains presented as the protagonists
*increasingly pulls out bigger and bigger weapons from more unlikely places*
“I said all of your weapons” *pulls out more*
“ALL OF THEM” *pulls out one last tiny dagger*
traumatized character using humor to cover up ptsd
characters going out for a break at a restaurant/movie/whatever and something bad happening
using the “*gasp* what’s that over there???” trick to avert the enemy’s attention and it working
a villain’s weakness being something totally random and nonsensical
a hero duo arguing over who’s the sidekick while fighting a villain
“don’t be silly, we don’t need [important thing]” “you lost it, didn’t you?” “yeah”
“what’s the one thing I told you not to do tonight?” “raise the dead” “and what did you do?” “raised the dead”
“I think that went pretty well” *explosion in the distance*
Someone please edit the Tv Tropes page for Amulet especially the YMMV section I am BEGGING YOU. Someone please update it already It's been a few months since the series ended PLEASE. I NEED MY TV TROPES CONTENT PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE
If you see this, you have to describe your OCs in five tropes or less. Go! I'm starting with Kunio (We're almost one week away from the release of The Tengu And The Angel on Kobo now! Get your copy on December 10th!)
Kunio:
-Jerk with a heart of gold
-Would hit a girl
-Real men cook
-Goths have it hard
-In love with love