#LITERALLY plotting an mmo fic in my brain thanks for reigniting this bullshit in my me! LOL

[mannatea]

Picking the first things I see so what do you think about: the May/Dec Romance trope and Met in an MMO AU? Also bonus?? Hanahaki 🌹

Send me a fanfiction trope and/or fanfic AU and I'll talk about my opinion(s) on it!

May/December Romance: I thought this shit was the bees knees until I dated someone 20 years older than me and it ummm didn't work out. Anyway, I tend to actually ignore the trope these days. I either like character interactions or I don't; age gaps are fine if they happen to be there but I don't lean on or otherwise seek out that trope as a general rule...and even when the age gap is present I tend to not lean on it overmuch, except in situations where it might actually end up mattering (aging, for example).

Met in an MMO: Since I did meet my old raid & heal lead from World of Warcraft in person TWICE (it was super fun), I have to say this trope would be A BLAST to write and to read, were it catered very specifically to me as a person. I've even been tempted to write it just because so many guilds in WoW used to meet up and get together for events and stuff!! Like I'm sorry but there's something SO funny about Lloyd as a dual wield fury warrior zug zug brain and Raine on comms constantly criticizing him for not watching threat, and then Genis posting meters ONLY when he's on top while Zelos begs people to give him time to sunder and Colette says "that was a good attempt guys, we'll do better next time!" even though they asses wiped at like 40% 😭. Regal and Raine in silent competition to top healing meters 24/7. Lloyd uses the MMO to bond with Kratos? Dirk is there too. Zelos is the worst ret paladin in the world OR the worst rogue (I can't choose) but he has 20 custom emotes he made (that he puts on his fucking bars) to hit on people who play female characters in-game. Sheena race changed to a male character and will never brez Zelos no matter how much he begs. ✌ Presea plays with them for like 3 years and never speaks in voice comms. Guild fucking drama??? PLEASE.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP I SHOULD NOT EVEN BE THINKING ABOUT THIS LMAO I'M ALREADY OBSESSED WITH THE DYNAMIC.

Hanahaki: This trope is very much not for me and I don't really understand the appeal of it on a general level. It's like a terminal illness 'fic but without the medical knowledge being necessary, maybe? I guess I can see the appeal there.

I'd never write this myself, but I've read it a couple of times and I do really appreciate writers who take the time to write a unique twist on this trope, because I think it really adds something to the idea of it and makes it fun to engage in. Definitely not the kind of thing I seek out, though.