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Ugh...I have never written anything like what is on this list, and I intend never to do so *shudders at the self-insert* =_=
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Hmm...for as far as I know, I've never written any of these before.
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Don't you know it. I hate self-inserts above all, they anger me like nothing else. Just a way for people to hook up with their favourite characters and be godlike.
LOL! That's why it is a challenge (with a side of therapy, hehe). I'm sure if you guys consider yourselves good writers, you can bring something new to the most overdone idea. The journey of a Ninja isn't exactly an original concept but look what Kishimoto did with it.
So, If you hate self-inserts where all they do is hook up with their favourite characters and be godlike, then write one where that doesn't happen. Or write one where you twist the common scenario to something new and original.
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However, some of those cannot be considered cliches. The animal transformation is something I have seen only once, so that shouldn't be there. Same with the arranged marriages, I don't really recall that many of them.
The animal thing is more of a Yaoi cliche than anything, but I've seen it enough to want to put it there, especially since all of these stories seem to follow the same formulas. But Arranged Marriages is definately a common plot in fics. I've seen it lots of times, but frankly its one of those plot devices that you can use over and over again (Bollywood I am looking at you!). It's not necessarily bad, but it is cliche.
