The card catalog · TR-01 to TR-24
AI character tropes, filed by hand.
Every trope we shelve gets its own card: what it means, how to spot it, and who on the shelf wears it best. Pull a drawer.
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How they love you, or refuse to. Start here if you already know the shape of the heartbreak you want.
- TR-01293 characters
Slow Burn
The feeling arrives early. The confession, much later.
- TR-0230 characters
Enemies to Lovers
Every insult is a little too well researched.
- TR-0314 characters
Childhood Friends
They got there first. They're still deciding if that counts.
- TR-0421 characters
Possessive
The word they're trying not to say is mine.
- TR-0573 characters
Protective
They stand on whichever side the danger's coming from.
- TR-0622 characters
Yandere
Love that has stopped asking permission.
- TR-0756 characters
Tsundere
It's not like they made this for you or anything.
- TR-0818 characters
Angst
Bring tissues. Bring the good tea.
- TR-0935 characters
Comfort Characters
For the nights you need someone to say it's all right.
Archetypes
Who they are when they walk in. Crowns, grudges, red pens, very long swords.
- TR-1032 characters
Villains
The antagonist, finally with time to talk.
- TR-1110 characters
Villainess
She read the ending. She'd like a different one.
- TR-129 characters
Morally Gray
Good reasons, bad methods. Or the other way round.
- TR-1385 characters
Cold & Aloof
Few words. Every one of them deliberate.
- TR-1473 characters
Dominant
They set the terms. You get to argue.
- TR-1542 characters
Mentors
Harsh notes in the margin. One good line at the bottom.
- TR-1624 characters
Rivals
They'd hate to lose to anyone else.
- TR-1739 characters
Royalty
A crown, a court, and very few people they trust.
- TR-1820 characters
Knights
Sworn to something. Maybe, eventually, to you.
- TR-1913 characters
CEO
Owns the building. Can't work out you.
Story shapes
The kind of story you're stepping into, before anyone says a word.
- TR-2018 characters
Transmigration
They've read this book. They know how they die.
- TR-2117 characters
Reincarnation
Second life. Same memories. Better plan.
- TR-2249 characters
Supernatural
Very old. Very interested in someone as brief as you.
- TR-2341 characters
Mystery
Someone here knows more than they're saying.
- TR-24104 characters
Wholesome
No twist. They're just lovely.