TV Tropes

[Raa]

www.tvtropes.org

I discovered this website whilst being bored a few days ago and just now realized that this may help with one's roleplaying skills. It may be about television/film tropes, idioms, and "cliches", but reading it (which might take a while--they'res tons of articles) will help you avoid using Mary Sue characters, cliche plots, overdone backgrounds, and etc...

Each of the articles first gives you a description of their trope/idiom, then a (usually) massive list of popular shows/movies/games/whatever that has an example in it. Well, enjoy.

Here's some you could get started with (you should probably read each of these, as they're common in this game):

Freudian Excuse
Black Knight
Epiphany Therapy
Parental Abandonment
Rape Is The New Dead Parents
Doomed Hometown

[Beniel]

Hehe, I had a browse through some of these articles and I was quite amused

Thanks Raa 

[Siteri Kidachi]

I started a PlaneShift page there, so maybe players could also add some stuff to that.

[nedoko]

I'm reading this now and enjoy it. I also think it will sort of advertise PS to some extent.

[Hiraghm]

What's wrong with Mary Sue?