Cliches that have been done to death:
The protagonist in a coming of age story discovers a Playboy/adult magazine. Terrible, lazy writing.
What are some other eyerollingly overused tropes?
That's not really cliché, that's something that used to happen. It happened to me.
>>7974008
Me too but it is nevertheless a lazy and absurdly overdone method of representing a character's sexual awakening.
>>7974020
What brought it to mind was that this was recently done on Better Call Saul (a show that typically features excellent writing) in a flashback sequence wherein the main character witnesses his meek, gullible father be conned out of money, after which the conman lectures him about the dog eat dog nature of the world, leading him to despise his father and steal a few dollars out of his wallet. His discovery of the adult magazine took place immediately before all of this, juxtaposing his sexual awakening with his subsequent moral corruption. I had to roll my eyes. It was the first time I really recognized the trope for what it was, despite the fact that it was employed in an otherwise good scene in a good show.
I fucking hate it when the protagonist first describes themselves in a novel by looking in a mirror and "examining their reflection." It's such a dumb, unnecessary setup. Tell me what you look like nigga. I don't mind. You don't need an excuse.
>>7974103
BUT YOU GOTTA SHOW NOT TELL :^^^))))))
>wet hair
>"plastered" to his face
>>7974020
One that always makes my eyes roll is people who don't know what absurd means but insist on using it anyways.
