Some people hate 'em, some people 사랑 'em. Others simply don't give a damn. But what makes the cliche have such a mixed review? Why are there people who like it and 사랑 it? Let's find out.
First, we might want to find out what a cliche IS. A cliche is comparable to a stereotype to an extent. A cliche is something that is commonly repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and... 당신 get the idea. Here, I will address two cliches.
Character stereotypes are something we can't get around. Most stories are alegories, which are stories which the characters represent a part of human society, whether 당신 can see it easily 또는 not. There's the good guy, the bad guy, the sidekick, the goon/henchman, the hotshot 또는 pretty boy, the sassy/bossy girl, and the underdog, just to name a few. The list could go on, but my intention is not to crash your computer. I'm guilty of having character stereotype, and most of us won't be able to get past it either. However, I'm a realist and a firm believer of science, and according to science, 당신 can never ever say "never" 또는 "always" when talking about anything whatsoever. That being said, there may be that one person who's managed to make a non-stereotypical character, and props to whoever has made one already.
...and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
...and over and over and over...
Here's a cliche no one can get over most of the time: the happy ending. Good character and Bad character fight, good character wins in the end, and everyone (mostly everyone) is happy, the end. In a nutshell, that summarizes about at least 90% of all stories ever created, including those written and roleplayed here. Why do people like this cliche so much? Perhaps either to send a kind of message 또는 moral, 또는 just to say "hey, F*** you, my character's awesome, suck it". Why, why why? Why not have a not-happy ending? Sure, a lot of people like the happy ending, but when 당신 want to keep the reader reading, all the reader really has to do in the average story is identify who the good main character is, who the main bad character is, say the good character wins, and they have just summarized your entire story in three lines, and no longer have the need to read the story. Sure, 당신 may throw in a couple not-happy endings, but which is a 더 많이 interesting ratio: 99:1, 또는 1:1 when talking about happy endings to not-happy endings? 9/10 of 당신 most probably chose the 50/50 chance of the 1;1 ratio. Otherwise, I just made myself look like an idiot.
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First, we might want to find out what a cliche IS. A cliche is comparable to a stereotype to an extent. A cliche is something that is commonly repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and... 당신 get the idea. Here, I will address two cliches.
Character stereotypes are something we can't get around. Most stories are alegories, which are stories which the characters represent a part of human society, whether 당신 can see it easily 또는 not. There's the good guy, the bad guy, the sidekick, the goon/henchman, the hotshot 또는 pretty boy, the sassy/bossy girl, and the underdog, just to name a few. The list could go on, but my intention is not to crash your computer. I'm guilty of having character stereotype, and most of us won't be able to get past it either. However, I'm a realist and a firm believer of science, and according to science, 당신 can never ever say "never" 또는 "always" when talking about anything whatsoever. That being said, there may be that one person who's managed to make a non-stereotypical character, and props to whoever has made one already.
...and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
...and over and over and over...
Here's a cliche no one can get over most of the time: the happy ending. Good character and Bad character fight, good character wins in the end, and everyone (mostly everyone) is happy, the end. In a nutshell, that summarizes about at least 90% of all stories ever created, including those written and roleplayed here. Why do people like this cliche so much? Perhaps either to send a kind of message 또는 moral, 또는 just to say "hey, F*** you, my character's awesome, suck it". Why, why why? Why not have a not-happy ending? Sure, a lot of people like the happy ending, but when 당신 want to keep the reader reading, all the reader really has to do in the average story is identify who the good main character is, who the main bad character is, say the good character wins, and they have just summarized your entire story in three lines, and no longer have the need to read the story. Sure, 당신 may throw in a couple not-happy endings, but which is a 더 많이 interesting ratio: 99:1, 또는 1:1 when talking about happy endings to not-happy endings? 9/10 of 당신 most probably chose the 50/50 chance of the 1;1 ratio. Otherwise, I just made myself look like an idiot.
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Shawn: when I was a little kid I got kidnaped at school. This strange man just walked into my school and came in to my class. Think it was my dad that my mom divorced. I was really scared cause he was pointing a gun at the teacher and he said give me shawn right now!! 또는 all shoot. I got really scared so i decided to save the teacher and walk out my 좌석 to go to him. He took me away. Soon my mother was got worried so she diced to kill her self. When I was free from my dad. I started crying so much. It broke my 심장 to see my mother dead. And that's the story of Shawns past life.
Okay, since it only got two viewable entrants, here are your winners everyone. ^^
3rd Place: THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH ENTRANTS FOR A 3rd PLACE PRIZE
2nd Place: blossom1111, I will draw 당신 your request and give 당신 a prop later.
1st Place: TakTheFox, your image was (even though it was only out of two) the best, so I'll use it on every later RP with Eleina, give 당신 a prop for images, and draw 당신 your request. ^^
For anyone wanting to see the 이미지 placed into this contest, click the 링그 below!
TakTheFox's Entry: link
blossom1111's Entry: link
I hope to see 당신 all again in my 다음 Drawing Contest!!! ^^
3rd Place: THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH ENTRANTS FOR A 3rd PLACE PRIZE
2nd Place: blossom1111, I will draw 당신 your request and give 당신 a prop later.
1st Place: TakTheFox, your image was (even though it was only out of two) the best, so I'll use it on every later RP with Eleina, give 당신 a prop for images, and draw 당신 your request. ^^
For anyone wanting to see the 이미지 placed into this contest, click the 링그 below!
TakTheFox's Entry: link
blossom1111's Entry: link
I hope to see 당신 all again in my 다음 Drawing Contest!!! ^^