Tag: the last is my favorite

hansolosmother:

flightyfinch:

my FAVORITE tropes compiled thanks to some suggestions from others

• a character gets a sick burn and doesn’t realize it immediately, at some point later there’s just “HEY WAIT A MINUTE”
• the double take. this one’s an oldie but a goodie
• the injured character makes the killing shot that saves everyone else in a dangerous situation
• a character who isn’t speaking is doing something weird in the background, it’s subtle and never acknowledged it’s just there for those who notice it (pulling another character out of something they got stuck in, making a huge sandwich, etc)
• the beleaguered assistant inches away from smacking their boss
• “quick act natural”
• in that vein, the leader character was just in a shouting match with someone and when they come back the rest of the team scrambles to look like they weren’t listening at the door
• never forget: “he’s standing right behind me isn’t he”

all of these and also:
“your weapons please”
*character pulls gun out of holster*
*speaker looks at them skeptically*
*character sighs and pulls knife out of boot*
*more skeptical looks*
*another sigh as the character takes a switchblade out of their back pocket*
^rinse, wash, repeat as many times as is necessary