Toxic, I know, but forced marriage, kidnapping, being sold, and similar tropes. I think it’s because of my personality, the whole “being thrown into the ocean and having to learn how to swim” idea really appeals to me in a fantasy sense.
Well, if your desire is seeing people breaking those chains rather than enjoyment of the collar being welded shut, I wouldn’t call it a toxic focus - quite the contrary. Personally, injustice and abuse - even taking into account the catharsis of it being overcome - angers me too much for it to be a favorite. My blood pressure is already driven high enough by real-life events without it creeping into my much needed escapism, but to each their own. :)
The only trope I know of in fanfiction is the unnecessary shipping of characters. Often ones that hate each other in the canon.
hurt/comfort, baby
And crack treated seriously. Put those fuckers is some situations.
