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[nightdog_barks]

Ye gods, what a profoundly dreary day. Cold and damp and grey, with a fine, thin mist drizzing the air. It's supposed to stay above freezing tonight, so I pulled the towels off the deck plants. Then I came back inside and turned the heat up.

I saw this on sholio's DW the other day and thought it was interesting -- it's a Trope Sorting Meme, and it made me laugh (in recognition) when I saw my results. Obvious attractions are obvious ...

1 Fairy Tale/Mythology AU
1 Daemons
1 Found Families
4 Enemies to Friends to Lovers
4 Hurt/Comfort
4 Friends to Lovers



7 They Break Up (but then They Get Back Together)
7 Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings
7 Vampires/Werewolves AU
10 Royals/Political Marriage Turns Into Feelings
11 'Everyone is Evil'/Mirrorverse AU
12 Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc)
13 Supernatural Creature/Human Romance
14 Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time
15 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop
15 Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU
17 Accidentally Fell In Love With The Mission Target
18 Soulmate Identifying Marks (Tattoo, Red Thread of Fate, etc)
19 Seemingly Unrequited Pining
20 Adopting/Raising a Baby
20 Coffee House AU/Food Service AU
20 'They All Work In An Office' AU
20 High School/University AU
20 Unusually Specific Occupation AU, Like, The Author Clearly Has The Same Job
20 Actually Unrequited Pining
20 And They Were Roommates!
20 Body Swapping
20 A/B/O
20 Pride and Prejudice AU
20 Loyalty Kink
20 Hot Single Parent(s)
32 Characters Swap Roles AU (I don't mean in the bedroom)
32 Amnesia Fic
32 Hogwarts AU
32 Polyamory
32 Selfcest (possibly due to time travel)
37 'Falling For A Coworker/Teammate Is A Bad Idea' Except This Is Fiction So It Works Out

Yeah, I don't know why some of these, like "Hogwarts AU" and "Pride and Prejudice AU" didn't come out dead last, because I rejected them every time. Color me very unsurprised for what tied as the first three. :D



Dreamed last night that I had bought a necklace of some kind from the David Morgan store in Bothell, Washington (while I have been to Washington state, I've never been to Bothell). I was standing in the parking lot, trying to put it on, but I was having trouble fastening the clasp so I asked Mister Nightdog_barks to help me. There were three or four bald eagles nearby (like perching on the roofs of low buildings) watching. A young woman -- a clerk -- came out of the David Morgan store and started talking to me, but I was having trouble understanding her. Eventually I realized she wanted to know if I wanted to purchase an insurance policy for the necklace. I was trying to tell her "no" and still having trouble understanding her when the dream simply trailed off and ended, as dreams do. OK then, brain.

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

ahahaha I just completed it, and it's surprisingly accurate.

Clearly those bald eagles were there to steal your necklace if you didn't purchase the insurance... :-D

[nightdog_barks]

Supposedly there is a New, Improved, Even More Accurate version of the meme, here! (I haven't taken it yet, so IDK.)

The eagles were the enforcers! :D

[warmdarkwoman]

The eagles were there to make sure the prophecy was fulfilled. Once the necklace was on, then the adventures could start.

I took the Trope Sorting Meme, and I really, really like "(Enemies to) Friends to Lovers" and any and all types of "Unrequited Pining." Guess how my husband and I got together? You'll probably get it in one.

[nightdog_barks]

DUDE I DO NOT KNOW IF I AM UP FOR ANY EAGLE ADVENTURES

:D

[cuddyclothes]

I can't understand exactly how the Trope sorter works. Are the 1's your favorite and the higher the number, the least you like it? Because the one I did bore no resemblance to what I like reading it either way.

[nightdog_barks]

Yep, that's my understanding. I have seen some folks' comments that the sorter got their trope likes/dislikes wrong, also, and SUPPOSEDLY this version (by a different person) is more accurate. I have not tried the new one yet, though.

[cuddyclothes]

Unfortunately when I tried doing the other one, it often skipped past categories; when I clicked, one would flash and the next would stay, so I know my answers weren't going to be accurate.

[nightdog_barks]

Hm, I thought the first meme did that too (it did for me, anyway). I assumed it was to compare how much I liked something -- for instance, if I said I liked "Daemons," it would leave "Daemons" up as a choice and have me vote to see if I liked something else better than "Daemons." Like when the optometrist keeps changing the lenses and says "Is it better this way? OR THIS WAY?" :D

But I don't know. Maybe it's a glitch. I'll take the second meme later and see what it does. ♥

[felis]

Interesting! I certainly would have predicted several supernatural AUs and scenarios high up on your list, but not fairytale/mythology in particular. Did you choose based more on writing or more on reading preferences or on both equally? Because as I just mentioned over on Topaz' post, I'm thinking these two don't always have to be the same. Amused by your result for dead last. Who'd have thought. :-D

[nightdog_barks]

I think I was choosing about equally, between liking to read and liking to write, but at the time I think I choosing more along the lines of "Oh, that sounds good!" and "Ugh, no!" :D

Supposedly this version of the meme is more accurate, but I haven't taken it (yet) so I can't answer for its validity (or lack thereof) myself.

[felis]

Heh, I took the shorter one from the your link and it's actually a wholly different batch of tropes (some of which had me scratching my head). Results, just to see all the available ones:

1 Sleepovers/Stuck In A Tent Together/Bed Sharing
1 Found Family
1 Platonic Cuddling/Hand-Holding/Skinship
4 Mentor Fic
5 Historical AU
6 Spies/Double Agents/Secret Identity
7 Casefic
8 Childhood Friends Reunited
9 Accidental Pet Acquisition
10 Possession/Mental Connection
11 Magical Realism (e.g. animal transformation, woke up a different sex, bodyswap, age regression...)
12 Always a Different Sex
13 Time Travel
14 Antagonist Saves Hero ('nobody is allowed to kill you but me'/'I still need you around for my grand plan')
15 Political Intrigue
16 Modern AU
16 Mythological Creatures
16 Bonding Through Adversity
16 Training Montage Fic
20 Slowly Turning Evil/Heel Turn
20 Self-Insert
22 Friends/Siblings to Enemies
23 Antagonist Turned Weird Uncle/Antihero/Reluctant Part of the Hero Group
24 The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend
25 Reincarnation

In other words, this has a lot more very specific tropes and is missing broader ones, and a lot of ones I like, starting with H/C for example, or even Friends to Lovers. Plus, the definition of "magical realism" is exceptionally broad IMO. And there's still no Space AU available! I'm doing the longer one at the moment (8% sorted at question number 18) and I'm side-eyeing some of the things listed as tropes, which read more like short plot summaries...

ETA: Oh, I just saw, it's NON-ROMANTIC trope sorter. (It's right there in the title, self.) Well. Okay then. That obviously kills quite few popular ones.