Feeding the id monster

cupidsbow has an interesting post Clichés and the id: a map to fictional seduction.

The conversation made me realise that I really like the moment in stories where the A has met their True Love B, and knows that B did love them before, but circumstances have changed or A has a Big Secret and chances are B doesn't/won't love A anymore. And then there's a big revelations and it's all ok and they live happily ever after. See: Cinderella, Pride and Prejudice.

It also got me thinking about the self indulgent tropes I have used in my stories(*) because they hit my id rather than because they were necessarily the right thing for the story, and I was amused at what they say about me.
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