[OT] Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Reluctant Hero & Slice of Life & Eldritch Horror

#Hello r/WritingPrompts!

###Welcome to Fun Trope Friday, our new feature that mashes up tropes and genres!

How’s it work? Glad you asked. :)

Each month we will have a new spotlight trope.

Each week, there will be a new genre assigned to write a story about the trope.

You can then either use or subvert the trope in a 600-word max story or poem.

Three winners will be selected each week based on votes, so remember to read your fellow authors’ works and DM me your votes for the top three.

For March, we continue with a trope common across many genres: Drumroll please, it’s The Reluctant Hero

From Fantasy, we head to an unthinkable ultra-mashup as it’s the fifth Friday of the month: Slice of Life AND Eldritch Horror

Ultra-mashups are an experiment born of the creative minds of Lothli and GDBessemer. They won’t be a regular thing, but it seemed like a fun way to celebrate the fifth Friday of the month and April Fool’s. If you like the idea generally, write for it and more will follow on fifth Fridays.

So, have at it. Lean into the trope heavily or spin it on its head. The choice is yours!

Have a great idea for a future topic to discuss or just want to give feedback? This is a new feature, so it’s all about what you want—so please let me know! Please share in the comments or DM me on Discord or Reddit!

Last Week’s Winners

With such a great batch of Fantasy tales, it was a close vote this week, but without further ado:

###Want to read your words aloud? Join the Open Campfire

Bring your story along to one of our open campfire events on the Discord, held on the first Friday of every month at 9pm GMT. Any story or poem under 1000 words posted in the last month is welcome, and we can offer in chat feedback if you'd like it.

###Ground rules:

Stories must incorporate both the trope and the genre
Leave one story or poem between 100 and 600 words as a top-level comment. Use wordcounter.net to check your word count.
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST next Thursday
No stories that have been written for another prompt or feature here on WP—please note after consultation with some of our delightful writers, new serials are now welcomed here
No previously written content
Any stories not meeting these rules will be disqualified from rankings
Does your story not fit the Fun Trope Friday rules? You can post your story as a [PI] with your work when the FTF post is 3 days old!
Vote to help your favorites rise to the top of the ranks (DM me at katpoker666 on Discord or Reddit)!

Thanks for joining in the fun!

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