Story Tropes That Need To Not

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Bad Boy
I understand, most females have a thing for that mysterious male that has a dark past and is coincidentally extremely hot.
Ladies, that's great, but think about the future for a second.
Is him being incredibly good looking going to pay the bills?
His lack of aspirations and "I'm just going where the wind takes me" attitude might be appealing, but I promise it won't be after you've lived with him for five years.
Do yourself an epic favour, and don't get yourself all enamoured with the bad boys. Admire them, do what you will, but keep in mind that it probably won't work out.

Kidnapped by *insert main famous person*
Why.
Why would Markiplier be sitting at home, making YouTube videos, when suddenly he has the urge to kidnap some random girl from his home town, which is 5ever away?
You live in L.A now, Mark.
That's a long ass drive for a girl you don't know.

Werewolf Main Character
"Becka is your average, nerdy girl werewolf living in -"
Stop
I'm gonna have you stop while you're ahead.
How does "average girl" and "werewolf" work cohesively in your mind unless the sentence is "most average girls are usually not werewolves"?

The Main Character Meets Her Love By Dumping Coffee On His Shirt
"I went to leave Starbucks, holding eight coffees for work because I'm a secretary.
Right as I went to open the door, a handsome blonde man walked in. I crashed into him, spilling eight caramel cappuccinos on his white shirt.
'I'm so sorry!' I cried. His hazel eyes looked at me softly, a smile on his lips.
'That's okay, it'll wash. But you know what won't? My new undying love for you, random stranger.'"
BOI,
If you spilled eight of those 900 degree Feirenerienheight (how do you even spell that) coffees on his stomach, I hold an immense amount of doubt that his first thought would be "I'm in love."
HELL NO, MAN.
He'd probably be like "holy fucking fireman ladders I'm dying and I'm pretty sure I have third degree burns on my liver."

Teacher x Student Stories Where The Student Is 15
Do NOT get me wrong.
I myself have written a teacher fic, and I love reading them just as much as anyone else.
But for the love of God, make your character of age.
I don't want to read a book where there's /probably/ smut, where a thirteen year old is with their 29 year old teacher.
Like yes, age is just a number, but sometimes those numbers have gaps between them that are WAAAY too big to ignore.
16 and 21? I can live with that.
13 and 29? There's a problem, bucko.
If your characters are gonna do the skiddlyboop, at least have the main at your state's / country's legal age of consent.
This is a PSA from Grey.

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