Knight in shining armor ... among other tropes.
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Anywho I decided to talk about something that every romcom can’t do without, THE TROPE!! We see it in every plot in different forms, we can’t go without our thropes, they are tropes for a reason. Tropes are like comfort food, our blankie, it's like that good old faithful grandma recipe that will never fail you if you tweak it right. You know and for the most part… we have a love hate relationship with them, usually because it's a very thin line between being a cliche and being a trope. So what’s a trope? A trope is a commonplace, recognizable plot element, theme, or visual cue that conveys something in the arts, in this case in romcoms. It's not inherently good or bad, it just is. So in today’s episode we’ll be talking about different tropes in romcoms and some of the books you can find them in.
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