Ultimate Fanfic Trope Showdown

[justmcshane]

This has showed up quite often on my reading page over the last week or so, so I figured I'd give it a shot. 

 

1 Found Families

2 Hurt/Comfort

3 Fairy Tale/Mythology AU

4 Amnesia Fic

5 Daemons

6 Characters Swap Roles AU (I don't mean in the bedroom)

7 Adopting/Raising a Baby

8 Hogwarts AU

9 Unusually Specific Occupation AU, Like, The Author Clearly Has The Same Job

10 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop

11 'They All Work In An Office' AU

12 Vampires/Werewolves AU

13 High School/University AU

14 Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time

15 Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc)

16 'Everyone is Evil'/Mirrorverse AU

17 Coffee House AU/Food Service AU

18 Body Swapping

19 Polyamory

20 Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU

21 Royals/Political Marriage Turns Into Feelings

21 They Break Up (but then They Get Back Together)

21 Enemies to Friends to Lovers

21 Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings

21 Soulmate Identifying Marks (Tattoo, Red Thread of Fate, etc)

21 Seemingly Unrequited Pining

21 Actually Unrequited Pining

21 'Falling For A Coworker/Teammate Is A Bad Idea' Except This Is Fiction So It Works Out

21 And They Were Roommates!

21 Accidentally Fell In Love With The Mission Target

21 A/B/O

21 Pride and Prejudice AU

21 Friends to Lovers

21 Loyalty Kink

21 Selfcest (possibly due to time travel)

21 Supernatural Creature/Human Romance

21 Hot Single Parent(s)

 

To the suprise of absolutely no-one, including myself, Found Family and Hurt/Comfort are at the top of my list, and anything even remotely sexual/romantic is down at the bottom. I don't really have much to say here apart from the fact that this is an excellent guide for anybody who's thinking about writing fic for me/has been assigned to write something and isn't sure what tropes I like. (AUs are great!!)