β twenty seven πΊ β she/they β¨ β australian π¦πΊ β bisexual π β writer of fantasy and student of history (class of '26) πͺποΈ β d&d girlie πβοΈ β free π΅πΈ β
The best way to explain media illiteracy is: people don't engage with art anymore, they strictly consume it. Nobody wants to read into a character's complexity, if someone didn't like the ending to a show suddenly the entire series was terrible; you want to look, not connect.
how much do you like these tropes?
enemies to lovers β 7/10
second chance β 9/10
fake dating β 5/10
friends to lovers β 100/10
age gap β 8/10
found family β 10/10
grumpy Γ sunshine β 6/10
pregnancy β 6/10
slowburn β 100/10
love triangle β 3/10
how much do you like these tropes?
enemies to lovers β 8/10
second chance β 7/10
fake dating β 15/10
friends to lovers β 10/10
age gap β 7/10
found family β 10/10
grumpy Γ sunshine β 7/10
pregnancy β 7/10
slowburn β 7/10
love triangle β 3/10 (higher if ends with polyam)
READ, READ, READ. You can't write unless you've read from other people. Like a lot of them. You can, of course. But there won't be much growth. See what words and phrases they use. How did it make you feel? How did they come up with it? Read, engage, learn, grow