i’ll go first: coffee shop aus
i know, i know they’re popular, i know they’re often masterclasses in characterization and storytelling. i understand this is a personal issue.
but seriously, i’ve tried reading them for multiple fandoms and every time it feels like that first bite of a burrito where it’s all tortilla and you’re waiting for the filling but then the whole thing turns out to be tortilla. why is nothing happening. why are they in a coffee shop. why am i reading about a coffee shop i already know what those are like where did all the magic go why did you send the story back into the reality from which i was trying to escape what happened to make you so cruel aaaaaaaaaa
anyway i’m curious what tropes bother other people! (also happy to argue about the coffee shops but i will warn you the stakes are low, i am irrational, and i will approach that argument with roughly the amount of good faith ben shapiro brings to unmediated debates with college freshmen)