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Story Lab: Week 4

Hi!
For this week, I chose to do a story lab looking at different plot divices from tvTropes instead of another story. I used the "Random Trope" button to suffle through pages, and found a few that I recognized or thought would be interesting to try using! So here we go!
The Big Guy: For this trope there was a picture of Chewbacca and Han Solo at the top of the page, and if you have ever seen the original trilogy you'll already understand a large portion of this trope. This character, The Big Guy, is really common in action movies, but I didn't realize how vercetile it could be. In particular, the article pointed out the different options for The Big Guy's characteristics other than just being "the muscle" or the "brute force". The accompanying characteristics included loyalty, gruffness, meanness, gentle giant, calming, wise, dumb, smart, loud, withdraw n, and many others. The secondary traits they have depends on what kind of "The Bug Guy" they are. The article names 5 distinct types Typical Touch Guy (gruff/mean/scarred/withdrawn), Gentle Giant (doesn't want to push too far/calming element outside battle/wise/experienced), Boisterous Bruiser (large presence/fun/hot-blooded/loud/short and stout), Genius Bruiser (smart guy/rare/intelligently uses muscle), and Pint-Sized Power house (small/unimposing/determination/commonly female/unusual power). I think that incorporating a character that is specifically tailored to one of these tropes would be good practice e for writing more purposefully.
Wanting is better than having: I recognize this trope not just in literature but also in life. I think most of us have put a lot of effort into something that hasn't  been all that great in the end. The article says that it is a "Stock Aesops" lesson, and I know that I have seen it in use particularly at the beginning of second seasons, sequal movies, and the second act of plays or musicals. I enjoy this trope a lot because I think it can introduce a very real and believeable layer to a story and keeps it from straying into a fairytale. I think that if I end up doing a story book it would be a good trope to use at the beginning to lead into the story or perhaps at the beginning of a story right after a great accomplishment in the last story.
Home Sweet Home: Again, this trope seems to be apparent in real life, wether it is yearning for home when we leave or finding a new home or found family when we do leave. This trope includes both of those along with just about any emotions you can think of in relation to any kind of home. This includes ideas like "you can't go home again," finding a new home, choosing to stay away from home or in a new home, or hating being famous because it takes them away from home. I have seen this in some of the classical stories I have read, as well as a lot adventure movies or books. This could possibly a good source of motivation for a character in a future story and could be used along side the "Wanting us better than having trope"
I am really looking forward to putting some of these tropes and others into practice in my future stories, and will likely be visiting tvTropes again to find story inspiration!

And because he is my favorite "Big Guy" here is a picture of Chewbacca

From Flickr by William Warby
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