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Ladybug.books | Samantha :
Well if they would stop spoiling books by giving WAY too much away in the description maybe I’ll start reading them
2026-05-09 16:33:06
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ChippiV :
I see the appeal in theme-level tropes. Enemies-to-lovers, grumpy vs sunshine. But scene-based tropes annoy me, like there’s-only-one-bed trope. That is both a spoiler and makes me worried that the author is just string tropes together rather that writing an overall story
2026-05-09 22:33:51
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remi :
as a lesbian its one of my favorites because its often how I find sapphic books if its not visibly noticeable from the cover
2026-05-09 23:31:06
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etherealacademia :
I had to make a ton of these in a class last semester 😭
2026-05-09 16:43:57
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Madi Lim :
It’s a useful marketing tool! It’s a fun and quick elevator pitch!!!
2026-05-09 15:41:28
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What :
your perspective on authors highlighting their most important/unique aspects is super interesting but i’d also worry about authors just failing to recognize what they really should highlight cause they’re not great at social media marketing
2026-05-09 19:20:27
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novelniah :
Thank you for your bravery
2026-05-10 16:36:17
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Confused24 :
Sentient forest? Have you ever made a post on sentient forests as a trope? If not, pretty please? If yes, I must find it.
2026-05-09 23:25:09
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lostfandomdork :
okay but who is the little cute figurine on your shelf over your shoulder? I love trinkets as much as books.
2026-05-25 07:09:03
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Yaz 📖 :
I love a trope map 😅 it’s simple and straight to the point? What’s not to like 😂
2026-05-10 04:02:17
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Mel :
They can be a little cheesy, but they’re also helpful bc the description on the back of the book/on goodreads/etc are sometimes useless or are a novel themselves and give too much away that a trope map doesn’t
2026-05-09 17:10:27
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Ellen Sturtevant :
I don't mind a trope map IF ITS ACCURATE!! I've seen a lot for books I've already read that were just... not right or were only mentioning a tiny surface level aspect of the book, not a true theme so :/
2026-05-09 22:04:32
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No ur the bully JJ :
I love a trope map because a blurb most of the time is what the story is whilst the trope map is how the story is told
2026-05-12 12:50:13
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Authelia :
I don't like them, but I appreciate and respect an actually hot take 🙏
2026-05-26 15:30:17
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Stormandfire | 🇳🇿🥝 :
Trope maps are basically the book version of AO3 tags to me. For the same reason you like them - they're the things that the author thinks is most important about the story that should be advertised (or warned for). And this is in contrast to the way most authors/books are bad at AO3 style tag advertising/promotion. They're often overly whimsical and way too specific (and long). No, just reuse your trope map labels and maybe expand on one or two.
2026-05-11 05:27:11
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satans farm :
so traumatized I was expecting a loud song again when you started saying the controversial opinion 😔😔😔😔🥀🥀🥀🥀
2026-05-09 17:24:34
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De’Siree Alicea l cozy content :
I don’t find them reductionist. I think they do what they’re supposed to do, which is to find the audience that likes certain themes in their books while also not giving away too much. Sometimes synopses tell way too much and I want a surprise. Since I only read romance I want to go in almost blind to keep it interesting but I also want to know if the story has what I’m looking for in the moment. Also we’re on social media baby, every author is fighting for scraps of our attention and this is just the best way to do it in a static format atm.
2026-05-09 21:20:40
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Laya 🍉 :
i agree! they can be done badly, but a well done and unique list of the interesting elements of a book is the one of the best ways to promote them tbh
2026-05-09 20:11:34
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Alli :
They are actually so helpful and the more microtropes they put on the better
2026-05-09 19:10:28
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stricklybooked :
I agree! I have read books that I’ve loved and only caught my attention because of an intriguing trope map 🥰
2026-05-11 22:26:23
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nat20central :
I thought this video was going to cut to a song before you could start talking haha! All that said, this is truly a hot take 👀
2026-05-09 15:43:04
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kat ✿ :
give me the ao3 tags
2026-05-10 06:25:53
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Kate | KS Shay :
ok wait youre inspiring me to make a trope map lmaoo
2026-05-09 16:23:17
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Deb 📚🐝 :
If there's found family, I'm reading it.
2026-05-09 16:25:14
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Amrita 📚 :
I love them because sometimes it really helps to prioritize them on my unending TBR 🤣😁
2026-05-09 22:11:17
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