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Alright we're injecting a bit of energy into this Monday discussion.

What’s a trope, across romance and erotica more generally. you wish would just retire already? What grinds your gears?

Enemies to lovers… dude we get it, they hated each other and now they’re making out in the rain, move on.

Friends to lovers where they’ve been “just friends” for 400 pages and suddenly boom - tension?

Or arranged marriage where the two people who clearly don’t want it somehow end up soulmates in 2.5 chapters.

Drop your most hated one in the comments.

What's something you wish would burn in a towering inferno and never come back?

NOTE: This discussion is just for fun guys, if you disagree with someone in the comments, agree to disagree and move on, let's all be civil when interacting with each other. No need for insults.

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Harin Lu

Love Triangles🫩

ninaG

Fucking love triangles, never ends well.

hannah

Miscommunication drives me INSANE

S Davis

Enemies to lovers 🙄

Plume

Emotional constipation

Luna

Love Triangles!!

kayla

Unnecessary miscommunication. 🙄

Shellbelle

Mafia with horrible accents.

LeLe ೀ

Omg I never thought someone could understand me more than

Juliet 🦢

friends to lovers certainly 🫣

Satorusslut~🤍

step siblings or somehow related by like family of some kind. I don’t mind childhood friends but yeah naw can’t do the family stuff 😂

Jasmine Siller

Enemies to Lovers is a MAX FAVORITE. Friends to lovers can go, I feel like that trope is too common

Gale.mancer

The whole "you belong to me" thing I dont care what time period or fantasy world im instantly turned off

SunHallow

Exes to lovers, there’s a reason couple break up. Just no. No ex is worth it ladies

MsBunny

Bully and Age Gap more than Ten years

Cam

Characters just not communicating at all, and using sex as a cure all. No

isabellaa_mariee

Love triangles; infidelity (esp when listener is the other woman)

Rebecca

Is this there way of telling us there tired of doing those tropes

Lonelyladybug

I hate the “fated mates” that instantly trust each other and have faith in one another like?? Evven i as a reader can’t trust this character how are you trusting them already

Amano

I hate the accidental pregnancy trope and love triangles with a white hot intensity 😅

Nellbelle

Yes like how dare you break up in thw 3rd act

Moon

Y SI

Bee~

psuedo-cest/step-anything, makes my skin crawl 💔

Nia

I hate that whenever the woman is described and it's supposed to be like a self insert, the woman is always a thin, long straight haired, white woman. It always takes me out bc I'm not that.

A G

Arranged marriages…. In what universe would I be forced to marry someone and still like them. No thank you

Kaya

I wouldn't get rid of any of them. I always have a choice in what I listen to, read or watch, and I know that any trope I "hate" will have someone out there who loves it no matter how overused it may be to others.

Sniper

I think it comes from those stupid book ads. But where everyone hates on one character, but OH, they have this whole background, money/power, or whatever. Then suddenly everyone wants them to apologize. Or they die like "I have two days to live," or they get murdered by their favorite person. I've seen so many of those that I can guess the plot without reading the whole thing. Drives me insane!

A.Riz

Taboo- anything with step siblings or step fathers or step family ! Ewww

Min

Love triangles where you can see the endgame couple a mile off! If the second love interest isn’t believable, and/or there is no reasonable explanation as to why the main character can’t just make a choice, I don’t want it! Otherwise it just feels like a cheap plot device & makes the main character seem ridiculous😂

🖤Bxiony🖤

LOVE TRIANGLE, CHEATING, AND EX TO LOVERS 😐

junibeecortez

love triangles/squares 🫠 like can all of you just kiss already

A.Riz

Same!!!

Rhia

Arranged marriage, FAKE enemies-to-lovers, love triangles, and there's only one bed.

Juliet 🦢

nooo those are my fav 😭

Batsu

I'm not the biggest fan of the shy female virgin trope, it's just not for me. Or at least if she is a virgin, then have her be damn enthusiastic!

Lady J

This!

Freyja

Badly written miscommunication. And "love triangles". They say triangle but then is just an angle with 2 guys obsessed with 1 girl, that's not a triangle

KKB

Love-violet

I third this! It pisses me off so bad 😭😭

Huffy

Yes! If it all it boils down to is the lack of communication, the use of the trope sucks!

Ifera Morganna 👑

The Princess-Complex or the damsel in distress thing...when the woman just can't be a full human without being saved by the ohhhhh so strong and intelligent and so much more capable man...that just makes me wanna bite, strong, and not in a sexy way. And infidelity, that is a NO!!! But, why now??? Are you giving up any of your usual ones? Is anyone living????

Elayne Schroeder

Ceo, mafia, miscomunication, emaculate conception, pregnancy trope (with np build up or discussion)

karalyn poitier

Oh definitely or when they say your cheeks are turning red like you can't even tell im blushing

HarleyQuinn

Friends to lovers. Overdone and it’s usually the same story line

Ling_Ling

Miscommunication and Bullying. I can understand if the Miscommunication was actually two people misunderstanding something to which they eventually realize the miscommunication and talk it out. However, a lot of writer seem to be confusing miscommunication with not communicating at all and slapping that label on it. I also find no actual reason for why the bullying trope is needed. Again, I feel as if writers are confusing bullying for banter where both main characters are snarky with each other rather than actually trying to emotionally hurt one another. I also don't really find one supposed love interest being mean to the person that they are supposed to love when getting to know them or even in their established relationship. Poking fun respectfully, is one thing. Being an asshole is an entirely different thing. If both bullying and miscommunication were written the way they were intended, then I wouldn't have such an issue.

Blue

The pregnancy trope or a very smart intelligent woman gives up her career for a man. Huge age gaps (not like vampire x human)

Juliet 🦢

Exes to lovers is a huge no for me to

Madda

The "Kidnapped and Kidnapper are now Lovers" is the worst. We could call it Mafia but totally dark and toxic, with lots of unnecessary and real violence (like he was not teasing or performing he really kidnapped you). Why?

Gabrielle

When female characters who dont want kids gets pregnant and suddenly gives up everything she's ever worked for to become a mom.

Naddi

Daddy/ daughter audio. Robinson did one and as soon as he said, “You want to suck my thumb?” I cringed so hard, I immediately turned it off. 🚫#Nope🚫

Shellbelle

Sorry, there just aren't that many crooked sweethearts out there.

Lord Gallo's Good Girl

1. Insecurities constantly needing validation 2. Miscommunication - they're adults, right? SO TALK 3. Virgins - it's been done so many times already

Evelyn

Cheating! I fucking hate the cheating trope and if it ties to exs to lovers where they forgive their ex for cheating.. hell no... I hate that...

Gemgem

Anything where the guy bullies the girl. And then a couple of chapters later shes madly in love with him and he with her. No. Bullies can f-off. Being bullied you dont forget that. So I dont see how anyone would fall in love with someone whose been picking on them, harassing them etc.

Not Today

Probably gonna be a unpopular opinion, but very exaggerated and extreme declarations of love between two characters that have either just met or only just became romantic. Things like 'You are so perfect, I've never met anyone as amazing as you, no one will EVER compare to you', just the excessive compliments. It just gives off love bombing vibes and immediately switches me off

lynn:3

i loveee dom and sub dynamics i guess you just have to be into it i want more of those audios

SunHallow

Glad I’m not the only one

lynn:3

the love triangles

Celine

Stalker to Lover 😭 it just makes me feel so uncomfortable and scared

Siobhán

Miscommunication

ProfDiva

The gagging drooling bjs even when Gallo does and I love him.

Amelia Wenzel

I don’t enjoy the brother’s best friend type of thing. It’s too weird and it can be a little gross depending on the age gap. Enemies to lovers I’m iffy on, I love it done right, HATE IT done wrong. I would also say………. Mmmmmmm……….. I would like to see more shy women depicted in these audios, because while it’s nice to have some confident bitches, shy bitches need love too.

Duchess1004

Miscommunications and horrible nicknames! I don't mind darling, love, or sweetheart. But I'm really getting sick of baby girl. Just my opinion. 😅

Alissabee

I don't know if it's a trope but spitting in your partners' mouth. Not my thing, never done anything for me, and no one's been able to explain it to me

Samantha Lei

Hard M dom scenes. I know some people like it. I love me some Gallo robinson chambers grr. But hard m dom is too much for the baddies liking a lil pain

o.o

Pregnancy and the damsel in distress. Let a woman stand on her own feet and be successfully independent plssss

Ally Bean

Honestly I don’t like the doctor/patient stuff. It’s not for me. I don’t think it should go away because there are people who like that RP but it’s just not it for me really.

Ryn Harold

Exes to Lovers and Miscommunication

Dyann♡

stalker trope lol, as someone who had a stalker, though I healed from the traumatic experience, i still couldn't listen to these audios without cringing 🤣 but hey, that's just me... i could always skip and let everyone enjoy what they want... 🫶🏻

meep

rivals i get but enemies to lover? NAHHH🙃 if i hate someone’s guts, there’s no way in hell i want to be or even breathe near them

Sarah O'hara

I know this doesn't apply here @ BKS but I hate the family relationship approach, yah know, step siblings, step parents even the dad's best friend friend ordeal. AND definitely MASSIVE age gaps! 🙅🏽‍♀️ NO!

Dia

Love triangles *spits on floor* DISGUSTING!

Mikkie

"We're having a baby!" My spicy audios need to be steeped in fantasy and sprinkled with delulu. 😂 No, but in all seriousness, the only responsibility I want in my spicy audio is the relationship. If you wanna discuss kids, there's a whole real world for that. Spicy content should have some escapism.

Tanya Jones

I hate the old best friends but totally each other's exact type. But Then suddenly one of them finds a new love interest and suddenly it OMG 😰 I've loved you for years. 😮‍💨😮‍💨 Like you should've said that like 5 chapers ago

Riri

Incest tropes 🤮

ArtisticAlex

Yes totally agree. I mean we get it you have trust issues but seriously just talk or text for f##k sake

Strawhat Sassy

Dad's Best friend trope, or parent and their child's ex. I don't mind the age gap, I think it's a little weird to be with someone your parents are friends with, or dating your adult child's ex.

Amanda

Miscommunication

Juliet 🦢

I’ll have to confess that I love Gallo’s Italian accent 😭 I support fictional criminals only ✊🏻

C.

Anything involving cheating is extra no go for me 😒 The other one is going to be unpopular for sure (and I'm being a bit of an hypocrite because I listen to audios of this trope, but it's honestly Robinson's fault for making them that good) but the whole thing with stalking just gives me the ick.

Erisjade16

Honestly, the Innocent Virgin/First Time trope is wore out. It feels more male-centered. Or maybe I'm just a jaded Kinkster lol

Dana

Woman slapping the man across the face

Sapphire mermaid

I only want a love triangle that turns into a throuple

LupaNera13!

Miscommunication. Pregnancy/ Breeding. Cheating.

Henley Jean

Dad's best friend.... weirds me the f out. I understand being drawn to an older, mature guy. We're all sick of the 20s manchild, but why does he have to be old enough to be buddies with my father 🤮

FanOfYou

Dad’s best friend 🤢 especially if the best friend has been around since listener’s childhood…

Erisjade16

This! And he aint pulling my shaved hair and these brown cheeks aren't turning red! Lol

jerz

i must be a freak cuz I don't mind most of the tropes mentioned in the comments 😂 HOWEVER love triangles, i have a beef with!! as someone who was involved with them back in my uni days, I prefer not to relive the experience of not getting chosen 🥲

Sapphire mermaid

Exes to lovers is only good if they broke up because it wasn’t the right time like your both off to college it will be 4 years on opposite sides of the country or so long distance won’t work well. The one comes home and they reconnect and start dating again after settling down

Pam 701

Don’t really care for the virgin listener audios. I would guess that the vast majority of listeners just can’t relate to that. 😏🥰

Marie

Werewolves, only because the alpha/beta stuff hits too close to the way the manosphere has co-opted the concept 🤮 Hour of the Wolves was sublime tho lol I just tune out the alpha talk.

Rose🌹

CHEATING- cheated on or cheating with both are a NOPE for me! Karma always comes back around, ladies!

Sam

Inexperienced girl and very experienced boy tbh. I feel like this trope is everywhere. I want to see the roles reversed once in a while

VegasSin

Hockey. Please for the love of all things - STOP WITH THE HOCKEY.

Morgan Britt

Miscommunication...like why are we not clarifying things of there is any room for doubt 🤔

lavender bouquet

Eh it depends on the reason for the spilt for me. If it was a toxic breakup no. The we were young and immature no. Mutual breakups for the sake of careers or life changing events then finds there way back to each other is fine.

SleepyWitchLyca

Degradation DD/LG combined with Brat tamer x Brat Women being emotionally toxic and abusive towards their partner being accepted as normal.

Brandi

I am going to get hate for this but slow burns

rainbowcat

therapist and client HARD NO

Mae

The “bullying” trope. I never understood why people like it, and why would someone fall in love with their bully. And also Love Triangle, I guess I understand it in a way, that you can have feeling with more than one person, but people use that trope a lot in their stories and I hate it

Elly

Step sibling shit 😭

Eden

Seconded. A relationship with multiple people, fine. A weird situation where two people are going after the same person and that person just can't decide? Drives me crazy.

Tanya Jones

It's always the x or somebody that came back in the picture causing trouble for no reason you don't even want this person no more but you causing trouble just cuz you don't want them to be with nobody else.

Pepper

Miscommunication! It *can* be done nicely sometimes, but for how often it comes up it is very rarely done well lol

Zykire

Miscommunication to sudden death, i hate when characters are together, have a fight of Miscommunication and then one of them ends up dead before the issue can get solved through- surprise, communication all along That stuff just drives me nuts in a bad way all day

Alex

CNC, 🍇, cheating, step-sibling/family stuff, age gap, stalking, spitting, love triangles, pregnancy, and mafia.. I've seen too many ASMR channels (mainly on YT) utilize mafia.

Zykire

Yes. 💯 agreed. I still dont understand how some find it appealing 😭 honestly, dont wanna because its just nasty to me

Alex

Definitely a mix of older male x younger female enemies to lovers 😋

Eden

Best take of them all

Zykire

Omg, the biggest fear I have in some small town romances is just this: The girl ventures away from home, starts a career, and visits home after years and ends up knocked up before she really can get her dream to reality 😭 Just soul-crushing if shes never wanted kids, or not yet and it happens anways

Lisa Camp

Miscommunication trope!! its the worst…and anything to do with cheating

Jonelle Phoenix

Older man/younger woman. Especially if she’s a college student. It’s just so overdone.

Tanya Jones

Like oh my god I've been wanting to hear them talk about my curly brown afro and my dark 🤎skin all the time but it's never gonna happen 😭

KatStar13

Miscommunication

A.J Joans

I am getting really damn tired of the overly insecure fat girl. Yes you can absolutely be insecure about it, thats normal. But every forsaken piece of media out there has it be the main plot line! I would love to see confident fat women audios myself. - Sincerely, a fat woman.

Melissa

So my brain must be broken because I can't think of a single trope I've gotten enough of. I've immersed myself in literally EVERYTHING, that I switch it up enough to not get bored. Though the tropes that bridge more on the sweet and sensitive side don't always light my fire, I can still indulge. Need a side of sunshine with my degradation and doom.

Eden

This is one of those few ones I really can't get behind, personally. Any story with that trope where the person being stalked finds out always ends with them almost immediately being like "Meh, this is fine." They're never realistic because if they were, someone would be in jail!

Eden

A story with an enthusiastic virgin who is like "I have studied for this moment. I've practiced. I'm ready." would be SO good! Breath of fresh air.

Josie

Virgins that are suddenly able to do complicated sexual feats..no-one is doing DP or deepthroating their first time!!! 🙄

Lux~

so true omg

RaivinX

Man!! That’s a tough one for me. I love all these 🥰

Darkdays

Backpaddeling to exs as soon as I see the tag i instantly dry up quicker then a rotten fruit left out in the molten sun. It's literally sandpaper with friction points. Their exs for a reason stick to your guns and don't fuck backwards. 🤣🤣

nella

Wow I didn’t expect this!! Why??

Beth H.

Mafia romances, sorry but as a someone who lives in a country devastated by the organized crime I just can't get behind it

Sara

I love them all 😭😭😭😭 I must love the toxic tropes. Gimme all the mafia, the older younger, ex lovers, enemies. God I need help lol 😂

Dania

Omg, yes. It makes me so mad

Gemgem

Or the "oh she's quiet, she must be shy". No, quiet doesnt mean shy.

Punzie

The "pick me" friend of the MMC who becomes the enemy to the FMC. I stop reading once that happens because it gives me the ICK. Like, either they are a just a friend to the MMC or just an enemy to the FMC, NOT BOTH!!!!

Nykohl Phoenyx

THIS! The hair shampooing always throws me off. You are not getting my hair wet and just leaving it like that.

Dania

Enemies to lovers. I'm like please can u stop, every single time I hear it. Also, miscommunication I hate it even more😩😩😩

Melissa

Secret baby

Melissa

It stresses me out lol

Edie Fel

For some people, it helps them work through the real life trauma of having lived those situations by being able to experience a different outcome.

Edie Fel

Hard agree there. Virgin could just mean they’ve purposely waited, not that they’re naive.

Scarlace

There is for all taste anf it should stay that way. I dont like degradation bit tags are enought to avpid what we dont like wothout depriving those needing what we dont want.

Madison Youngblood

CNC, grape and incest (stepcest, blood related, etc...) I especially say the incest due to a recent otome game issue where they decided incest was a good way to bring in revenue (iykyk, pls dont judge) but for those who don't; Love and Deepspace is the culprit. The character and MC were officially stated as Childhood Friends, but then on an anniversary event and the same character' myth, they've pushed the incest narrative, causing a split in the fandom over him.

Edie Fel

Oh no, I love baby girl 😂 I only just found out I liked it though, whereas I’ve been called the others in real life. I definitely agree some of the nicknames get silly though.

CuriosityPJ

And the scientist who studied the alpha dynamics was wrong and has spent the rest of his career trying to get people to stop believing it.

CuriosityPJ

I have never understood the appeal of degradation.

Edie Fel

Love triangles. With BKS I like that both the ones with Gallo and Robinson, eventually, seem like they’re all going to be a big happy poly group of some kind.

JanAnge

💯💯💯

Pajamas

Hell yeah!! Like why does being fat have to be the main/only character trait!?!?

Ellixpress

Teacher-student (even if they're a professor and the student is over 18) and similar age gap with power dynamic issues. It feels gross and I don't want to normalize coercion.

Nykohl Phoenyx

*peeks in* A few of these comments come off as kink shaming so, let's be mindful of that shall we? But to answer the question if we're talking about BKS/audio erotica specifically... the virgin tropes? TIRED. Pregnancy tropes? TIRED. Poor or non-communication disguised as "miscommunication"? TIRED. Insecure doe eyed girls who need constant reassurance? TIRED. There are way too many listeners who are far from virgins, are done with or don't want children, who can communicate effectively with their partners and are confident, experienced sex goddesses in their own right to keep going on with these same story lines. SHAKE. IT. UP.

Ellixpress

Amen. If someone i wanted to be with was torn between me and someone else, I'd tell them to go with the other person because they're clearly not that into me if it's a drawn-out dilemma for them. No thanks.

Ceri Long

Omg! The thousand no's and a yes. Like, she says no. He keeps persuing her. Eventually he wears her down. That pisses me off so much! It's why I can't stand James Bond films. I *love* action and spy movies, but Bond is just... A predator. Oh! And the best friend hangong around pining until he/she finally wakes up and realises their dream date has been there all along? It's one thing if they're genuinely friends then have a joint epiphany of "oh wow, maybe we actually like each other?" That's delicious, but the Sif/Thor thing? Ick. Though I will say the exception was that Robinson one where they were at college and she was his best friends little sister? He called her Sunny? I'll admit that one was good. But he wasn't pining and being gross about his feelings and so that made it work.

ShesJosie

Heavy on all of this!!!

Ceri Long

Oh! And the supernatural "your scent has changed. You're pregnant!" I hate that! Why can't it be "oh, your scent has changed. You... Might want to lay off the garlic for a while"

SleepyWitchLyca

I did put my ick trope into the comments but also I think all kinks, fetish and guilty pleasures aka tropes should be at least tolerated AS LONG as it is consensual. What I hate the most? Missing trope warnings for rape, rape play, SA etc like the heavy stuff.

Ellixpress

Amen. I'm good with it in scenarios where it was right person, wrong timing, so what split them up was extrinsic. But when they were just a crappy couple why would I want them to get back together?

A. K.

How our perceptions of beauty and charm are manipulated. Women are slim and men are muscular. This simply means that we judge diversity as inappropriate. Usually unconsciously. Bad Boy to... Good Boy stuff. First of all, these are men, not boys. They are women, not girls. ‘Good girl’ is creepy to me. The most important thing for me. He asks her: ‘Are you ready?’ Just to feel, ‘You’re wet, so yes.’ That misunderstanding is really dangerous. Our female bodies recognise a pattern. It’s associated with sex or sex is about to happen. This has nothing to do with whether the person likes or wants this sex. It’s simply that a connection to sex has been recognised and the body reacts. This even happens during assaults. It’s to protect us from harm and has nothing to do with consent. So many women feel bad because their body gets wet at the wrong moment, or doesn’t get wet even when they’re enjoying the touch and want to welcome him! This degradation and beating occur without the context of trust. Generally, a healthy relationship of trust is so often neglected. When we have emotional imprints that have left us with wounds, we often repeat this in relationships that confront us once again with what still needs healing. Given this level of tension, That familiarity attrachts us. We know it so Well, that it feels familiar and we See it as Safe. But it isn't. Its a wound. It is what in my Case brought me to now be single for ten years and it is destroying me. So i would Like more really Safe relaitionship examples. Safety , the Feeling, is missed.

gem ✨

I’m really not a fan of first time/virgin stories. I know they can be super healing for people, but when I listen to audios I’m not listening as a self insert, I’m usually thinking about two characters, so the idea that I’m listening to someone lose their virginity always weirds me out for some reason. 😅

Hush

Virgin and pregnancy

Hush

Yes, yes, yes, and yes!!!!!!

🎀Mimi🎀

Step siblings, the age gap, where she’s like in college or he’s a lot older, idk.. and or a parent’s friend. Also for some reason I used to like slight DDLG stuff, but I don’t know why they give me the ick now.😭 also I don’t like it when she’s is being a little too desperate, “easy” or lacks communication. Honestly, whilst thinking on this, I realised I may have grown up! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hush

I wish they’d freaking stop that!

Hush

Yeah, this one is so tired. And for real, if you’re in love with the sister and she’s in love with you but her brother is more important than her? Move on. “I love your, I can’t live without you, I want to marry you but I can’t (read: won’t) do anything about it because keeping him as a buddy is more important than you and I would rather break your heart than make him upset.”

Sam Lucy

MERMAID SEASON PART 3 PLEASE!!🙏

Rosie

like adopted/related people and cheating...

Hush

And immature listeners. I don’t mean inexperienced, I mean juvenile and petty.

Suzy Q

Tropes I wish would die…older man and younger woman. Gah. I’m an older gal and would love more stories where the older gal gets a younger man. And not a divorced woman or one with kids. I’ve never been married, will never have kids. I want a younger man to match my energy. More stories like this pretty please with a cherry on top.

Shanchan80

I don't know what it's called but whenever I read about a 20 y/o virgin that's able to take a massive 13 inch long, 5 inch wide penis with hardly any pain, my eyes roll to the back of my head! Ain't. No. Way! 😩

Rain 'Gallo girl

Women who are described like goddesses and like children in romance, god forbid a woman to have stretch marks.

Stationary Obsessive

Maybe not a trope but the man being entirely in the wrong and grovelling. There's strength in admitting to faults. I don't enjoy the pendulum swinging too far. Less man hating ❤️💪

Venus

Unnecessary miscommunication and not the ex shit lol fuck my ex you can keep his ass energy. Although I understand it can happen and work It would have to be a mature trope and some real innerwork. I just hate hearing people who settled..

Loona

I cannot stand the toxic ex trope. It feels like it's romanticizing abuse. Like, I get some people like the degredation kink... But I'd prefer it from someone I genuinely love, care for and respect and vice versa. Hard pass for me every time I see a "showing up at your toxic ex's front door" title.... 😒 👎

The Rose 🥀

I came here to say none but the comments have a point 🤭🤭

SiAhn

I can't stand the, "call me Daddy" plot. Ewww!🤮🤮🤮

Venus

That shit is disgusting in my opinion. That's violence in my book lmao🤢🤮 but different strokes for different folks.

Jade Jolasinmi

When the guy is mean to the girl for "her sake". Like the guy is trying to protect her from his family or rivals or whatever, and he decides the best way to do that is by being mean to her and hurting her and then coming back to say he loves her and was trying to protect her and now the girl is expected to just forget the hurt and ride into the sunset with him... That grates my nerves and is a book killer, I Caan never finish a book like that. Also forgiving a partner who crossed so many lines, but because they are the main couple of the story, the hurt party has to forgive and they have to live happily ever after. I'm all for moving on but realistically some lines once crossed can't be forgiven and I've seen multiple stories where the girl has to forgive cause the guy is the male lead and they have to be together and all I feel is frustration and anger. Lastly MISCOMMUNICATION, like can't you just talk, ask questions and wait for an answer. Especially if you have the means to investigate what happened and see for yourself, why the heck would you instead choose to remain ignorant and hurt each other for absolutely no reason. Any book or audio with any of these tropes is blacklisted for me and so are the authors. I'm not gonna read a book that would just raise my blood pressure and anger levels, No Thank You!

Sharon

The Toxic Ex Trope

Mino1

Jealous/angry/triggered man taking out their frustrations on their female partner (verbally and/or physically) 🤬😫 Made my partner angry during a fight? Suddenly has to be responsible for their trigger?! If my partner was upset, I'd wanna take some space, cool down, and work through it. I don't find that anger hot or attractive. And in erotica? I just feel like I'm getting assaulted or raped for something I can't control or simply for having an opinion. Ties in with the miscommunication trope. Please, just stop it.

Soli

same ^^'

Cats Eyes

The Stalker....I just hate the way it's been romanticized by certain authors and the way some people literally get turned on by the idea of being stalked in real life.... it's insane. I mean, it sounds good in an audio but in real life, no one would be stalked by an attractive man like Zade Meadows (Haunting Adeline) or Josh Hammond (Lights Out)...! Also, the Step siblings romance trope...it's so toxic ! As I'm saying this, I gotta admit that I still really enjoyed the step brother audio voiced by Mr Robinson called Step Brother Dearest...but it's just because of Robinson....this man could literally make me love anything and everything....

Anni

Pregnancy/one night stand secret baby.. which leads to my other ick, miscommunication. It’s just in erotica either.. any show or book that has miscommunication annoys me so much. Just talk to each other 😭🙄 Cheating depends on how it’s handled and who is doing the (initial) cheating. If the listener/reader is the one cheating, it’s a no for me. However, if they find out they’re being cheated on from their partner’s best friend/older brother, who has being secretly pining over them for years and actually sees them for who they are.. yeah, I’m into that (I know this trope has been done so many times but I live for pining). I think it’s the dichotomy of not being appreciated by the cheater and the other person being the one who truly knows you and values you. BUT I prefer some comforting, maybe a few kisses, and talking about feelings that lead to the listener ending things with their cheating partner.

LeoSummers

Cheating, bullies to lovers, men giving half ass apologies to the woman and then the woman forgives them like nothing happened.

Peachy

The one bed trope. I know its a classic but I cannot for the life of me imagine a scenario where it has a realistic plot line that would resort to 2 people being forced to share 1 bed. If all loopholes could be seamlessly closed without stupid compromises "forcing" a pair to share a bed, then fine. But ive yet to see one. AWAY WITH THE 1 BED

Princesssss_XOX

Unpopular opinion: Love Triangles (please don’t hate me guys 😭)

Nas

The comments already nailed it, but I’ll add one more: I’m over the “instant, all-consuming obsession” trope. Attraction at first sight? Totally fair. But when two people lock eyes and suddenly it’s destiny, soulmates, and emotional dependency without any real buildup, it just feels hollow. Give me tension, curiosity, awkward conversations. Anything that shows why these two people actually fit together. Otherwise, it’s not romance; it’s just speed running intimacy.

Byrdie

Age gap where the female is younger. Miscommunication. Anything virgin related. Virginity is a patriarchal construct. Plus, I am too old for that shit.

Tiffany

I would love to see more of the older woman/younger man trope personally. And not one where she has to be reassured because she has kids, is divorced, is overweight, is insecure about liking Pepsi more than Coke (Pepsi is for superior). Just a badass woman enjoying herself and knowing exactly what she wants from her time with a younger man. 🩷

cosmic_sweety

Just an observation: Tropes =/= Kinks. We shouldn't be negging on kinks bc they do it for someone.

Shae

Mine personally that I am so sick of seeing or hearing....Fae trope. It is not my thing and I know it's popular but.... honestly with so much stuff with fae, it how you get eaten and not in the good way. Lol I know I may like a bunch of the other tropes but I am picky on who they are done by whether it be an audio or a book.

Peachy

I. Do. NOT. like. Cheating. I dont think its hot or fun. Its stressful and it tears families apart. I get the whole "oooohh so risky" but I'd rather get railed doing other risky shit. If the partner cheats first, eh. But then it just feels childish and petty to return the favor.

Paulina

1. The girlboss - Female leads can be independent, resilient, and ambitious WHILE STILL BEING compassionate and kind. I'm tired of protagonists being rude, condescending, dismissive and entitled 2.Enemies to lovers - IF DONE RIGHT. What I love is the guy falls for you already having seen your flaws. What I hate is its become hypersexualized like suddenly they are all over each other?

Rena

I had to do some math to convert the measurements here and whatnow?! What are you guys reading? 😂😂

Byrdie

Authors Kayla Grosse and Settle Meyer have plus size FMCs and their size isn't really that much of the plot.

Jazmine

The cheating trope for sure and then when the FMC forgives just like that

R0ckSt4r__

I’m so sick of the friends to lovers, it’s soooo classic and boring!

Nykohl Phoenyx

THANK YOU! I feel like I'm the only person asking for this around here. Sheesh.

Honey Bun

ACCIDENTAL/NONACCIDENTAL/FORCED PREGNANCY!! Like oops we missed one night without a condom or mmc fucks with her birth control or anything like that!!! It’s so frustrating!! Let a girl have a breeding kink without actually getting bred please! 🙏🏼😭

ang3licks

YESSSSSS😭😭😭

Christina Revis

I dunno I'm a fan 😂. Honestly I don't think that counts as a trope. Most writers of romance and nearly all VA roleplays won't even touch it. So I don't think it's a trope but it's totally understandable to not be into it. It's more of a kink or category. To me tropes are very stereotypical things done over and over over again i.e. rich guy rescues girl from bad life (like 50 shades, pretty woman etc).

Christina Revis

I also hate this. Though I do think it doesn't count as a trope. I couldn't stand the iron throne books or acotar because it was always a bunch of bs all rooted in poor communication. And the girl being completely illogical because the guy didn't tell her everything all the time. Even when he couldn't due to his job of whatever However again, I don't think it's a trope I think that's just common conflict tactic

Peachy

My ex did that and immediately I gagged. Needless to say, he's my ex for a reason.

Azula’sTherapist

Too much consent focused in non-vanilla smut ; sorry this is fantasy and in my fantasy I don’t want characters, especially characters not known for that to be checking in every 2 minutes shit is annoying ; yes I’m also calling this channel out too, y’all aren’t immune to tropes people find annoying and this is the thread for that so ; love you though 💜

Romaji Kitty

Yes! It is my least favorite tropes of all. Something that could be solved with a 5 minute conversation should not blow into a big long drawn out fight. Be an adult and please communicate with each other!

athanaxsm

Just...why is it always hockey?? I like hockey as a sport but just...pick a different one for a change??

Léa

Same 😭

Chelsea M

A mate bond that takes away autonomy. Like... to the extent where the bond is doing the heavy lifting to get two people together. Don't get me wrong, I love a fated mates trope, but I don't think it should fundamentally change a person to make another person more appealing. 🤔

Carrie C.

Mine is probably werewolves never been fussy about it tbh 🤷‍♀️ (no offence to those love it though)

DukiDoki

I never understand bullies to lovers. If you hate that person, you hate them with your guts. Like even if they have good bodies, you would just find them being pretentious. Even when they are smiling, you just want to slap them. No one being bullied would find their bullies body is hot or smile is sexy.

Azula’sTherapist

Omg same! Half the tropes mentioned I gooble up happily 😂, it just goes to show you can’t please everybody; but some of these comments do veer off into kink-shaming territory and I don’t like that.

Christina Revis

I feel like a lot of people are listing kinks or conflicts and not tropes. My trope pick: Billionaire hot guy trope that just wants to fix some girl. It's been done a... Billion times. Batman, 50 shades, touch of darkness, pretty woman. I mean I love Batman and touch of darkness but I just would love to see people who have normal or equal incomes you know? Cause rich guy coming to your rescue is a cool fantasy and all but it's the modern version of Rich Prince rescuing damsel in distress.

Lana

The way that’s one of my fav tropes OOP

Lana

Stalker bs, that’s creepy to me

Neko

Unpopular opinions here: Mdom (it is just WAY TOO MANY of them. And according to the Behind the Scenes audios, many VAs prefer Mdom personally, too. Fresh air please 🥺) and also CEO/rich successful men and younger women. I am too old, confident and successful for that sh!t

Lumera Light

My thoughts exactly! The bullying trope is everywhere and sometimes turns extremely violent, especially in the BL genre. I honestly believe that the MC in such stories needs therapy. There's nothing healthy about wanting to give your body to a bully. I'm assuming that the bully-to-lovers trope is aimed at individuals who are into degradation play.

Honey Bun

I ain’t gunna yuck your yum but it’s just not for me lol 😂

Lana

Brother’s best friend bc I don’t wanna think about my brother when it’s sexy time

Lana

Age gap bc everything in the news rn LMA

Duchess1004

I definitely get what you're implying, I guess it's just a voice thing for me when it comes to certain nicknames. 🤣

Gazzie

It’s one of my favorite tropes too 😳🫣

jerz

different strokes for different folks!

Gazzie

I just feel physically ill by CEO tropes now. A rebel leader or an activist now is more sexy to me than some guy who likely either comes from some arrogant, nepobaby place of privilege that landed him the job or might be so rich due to wage theft being a feature at the company he works for. CEOs just gives me the ick.

Aimz

The virgin trope in all honesty

Lumera Light

Any trope that requires the MC to be a complete and utter pathetic loser with low self-esteem, little intellect and zero skills🙄

jerz

HEAVY on the kink shaming though. Goes to show how people are more conservative than we think. I do hope we can get a younger man x older female though, please BKS!! I'm interested on how the dynamics would play out, plus I ain't getting any younger 💀🥲🤣

A.J Joans

I still want it to be part of the plot, I just dont want the focus to be how it makes her feel bad. What does it tell the audience if everything about large women in a romantic story always feel bad about their bodies? To me it screams that you should feel bad about it until a man comes to save you from your own insecurity And im not saying there should be no conflict or anything, but why does the insecurity need to be the main conflict instead of how people are treating her?

LEW

Friends to lovers with miscommunication. You misheard something back in middle school and been holding onto this unrequited love til your 30s? How good was the friendship if you couldn't have asked them what they did!

MwaliTatu

When the main ship doesn't get together until the last episode. Also, when the couple gets together in an earlier season, but the writers don't know how to write non-"Will-they-won't-they" tension, so the couple breaks right back up. Literally just let them be in love

Ally Lambert

Hmm miscommunication and when there’s excessive fighting

LEW

Hardheaded FL. If the mafia don is telling you to stay inside for your safety, why are we trying to breakout every damn chapter and dang near losing our protection

G.OODLITTLECUMSLUT

GEEE running through all those comments and I'm like bks there's no way you can satisfy everyone huh.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 People are just SO DIFFERENT. 😝🤓

CandyGurl🍫

💕 Though I do love a hot DILF as it has to do with my feeling safe💕

Bex

Age gap, unless the guy is 500 years old (which means he look like he is in his 20s/30s). It turns me off. Like dad’s best friend trope, I think is inappropriate, your dad’s best friend shouldn’t look at you with those eyes, never!

Bex

OMG Yess!

MargueriteAimeLa

Strong warriors woman turning weak when the love intrest walk in. Like they’re fight 10 villans at the time and 2 seconds later they can do they shoe laces

AnneG

I think this discussion is unnecessary because everyone has what they don't like ………Why should someone's taste be judged by others???

Bex

If they want risky they could bungee jump or some shit like that… cheating is awful and doesn’t even deserve to be a trop. If the cheated person say a big fuck you to the cheater and build a great life for themselves, great! if not, no thank you

A G

I do love me some enemies to lovers and mafia tropes 🫠

Indigo Jane Doe

Third act break-ups are the worst! It’s usually over some dumb miscommunication so maybe I should just say “miscommunication” in general.

Links_Aylana

Why we still doing race play in 2026

Bex

I hate age gap too! It’s a control mechanism where the older guy manipulate the younger woman to get what they want, also very linked with the lack of sexual experience which makes them feel like the man they will never be.

Honey Bun

WHAT!!???? In the big year of 2026!!???? Wtf!!

BKitty9

Race play, age gap, and step fantasy.

JoeyHanna

Older woman/younger man

Starlena Scarlet

I would have to say the fake lovers/fiance/boyfriend or girlfriend thing. I never understood it. Where do they see this going? Like, after the family get together or whatever, what’s the game plan? Like, thank goodness they fell in love for real. Or or! It turns into one of them falling in love with someone else there. Then there’s the whole “I’m here to pretend to be his fiancé, but oh no, now I am falling in love with someone else here and now the person I’m actually falling for thinks that I’m unavailable. What do I do?!”

Marlene

CNC, Stalker to Lover, Virgin and DD/LG ( I mean it can be refreshing but overall a no for me). What I’ve seen a few comments say is older man x younger women ( for example Dads best friend) and brothers best friend when these are actually one of my favorite tropes🥺 But everyone is different, has different kinks or likes and that’s totally fine. You can’t get everyone to like every audio and that’s okay. BKS just continue doing what feels right to the writers and VAs.

Chrissy

The whole toxic relationship. Like you can tell the couple is toxic and bad for each other. Yet it doesn’t matter they still go on and have sex! Yea that’s not gonna solve the problem.

Red Spider

Threesomes/group sex leave me cold, I don't share, never. Stalkers as lovers, nope. Dragons, well thats an animal, so nah. Cheating always makes me uncomfortable. Hate sex- seems a bit pointless.

jerz

finally someone who knows good food (and yes, Pepsi all the way) ❤️🤣

jerz

nah, this is valid

Mae

I've read a couple blurbs where the "bullying" seems just this side of a Dateline episode too! To go from a dynamic where one person inherently thinks the other is lesser to a romantic partnership... Even degradation requires someone you actually trust...

Tiffany

Yes! It's the best! ❤️

Red Spider

I'm laughing here because most of classic romantic fiction is based on miscommunication e.g. pride and prejudice. But I agree if it goes on too long you feel like giving them a slap.

Nikki

Yeah...I don't go to a family reunion to pick up a new love interest

Nikki

Yeah even I have a hard time with some of the hockey stories

Peachy

I totally agree, you have a point. 💯 HOWEVER... im a "breeding kink" kinda gal but only in fantasy. Im not ready for kids and wouldn't entertain the idea IRL, but in audio its different. I think its the commitment aspect of it that really gets me going.

Jennifer

Absolutely! Being fat is not the entirety of my personality.

Mae

I don't know if this is necessarily a trope, but I hate, hate, Hate when the FMC seems to lose all common sense, self preservation, and willpower because of how hot the MMC is. It makes it feel like aesthetics are the only thing they like about their partner. Even if they do like other things hammering home, "OMG! He's so hot," every time he shows up feels shallow and cheap.

Peachy

(Looove your pfp btw) and I agree! I like the idea of being wanted and pursued but I feel like its leading both parties on if its a triangle. I guess its also important about the plot. I dint think id mind if the plot and logic was realistic and worth it

Jennifer

I would like to see a story with older characters. I’m fifty. Don’t fifty and forty year olds like to have spicy sexy stories?

Peachy

This. ^^^^

Mae

I can't remember what book it was, but I remember one where I could perfectly understand what each character was thinking about the situation, it made sense why they'd think that way, and it hit each of their issues in just the right way that it made sense that they shut down/walked away without asking clarifying questions. There was screaming and gnashing of teeth, but it was by far the best use of the miscommunication trope I've ever seen.

Mikkie

I feel you. I enjoy a good breeding kink too. Just... no stork. We're here for good times, all the time.

RoRo_62

I hate audios where the L is a “brat.” I can’t connect with the L in those type of audios because I wouldn’t act like that and honestly the L is annoying.

KC

Not to yuck anyones yum but for me: arrogant ceos, virgin listeners, fast burn/little plot, weak/unbelievable miscommunication, mafia dons & “one bed.” With that being said there’s been plenty of well-written audios of the above that I’ve liked, I just think they’re a bit overdone now.

Michelle Mendez

Miscommunication, gawd! Anytime this is in something I read or listen to I want to hurl myself into the abyss, or just fast forward...

Mellie_21

Sooo other than the cheating trope and miscommunication(unless it’s MINOR and short lived) I like all of these tropes! Some I love more than others but I loveee the variety in all of the different tropes. It’s so refreshing to be able to get anything u want or feel like listening to or reading all in one place, especially if you’re reading a similar book! I really hope this post was more of a opinion thing and it doesn’t drastically change anything abt BKS🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Miss May

The virgin listener is a little over done imo

Miss May

No more stalkers either

Nikki

Super young FMCs 18-early 20s. FMCs are rarely 30+. Those of us in our feral 40s need a FMC.

springlocked

Wide age gap. I can understand 25+, but like, any younger than that becomes creepy. Their brains aren’t even done cooking 😭

Cherry

I dislike anything toxic asf it does NOT turn me on when the guy is all cocky and arrogant (at least during the sex lmao)

Isabella

MORE MSUB!!!

Bumby Ravenswood

Robinson did the reversal where he was the virgin and it was great.

Bumby Ravenswood

As role play sure, like a doctor and their partner goofing around with that dynamic sure, but an actual doc with their patient is massively unethical.

Bumby Ravenswood

I’m only ok with the Dad’s best friend as long as the best friend didn’t watch the girl grow up. Like “meet a guy at the bar and find out later he’s your dad’s friend your dad hadn’t introduced you” that’s fine, cuz older guy meets younger adult girl isn’t gross. But “I’ve known you since you were 8” comes off as groomer.

Kizø._.Beanz

cheating trope. Miscommunication trope ESPECIALLY IN AUDIOS. Childish/immature fmc trope. and "Abuse is okay cause he's hot and she didn't say no" Those tropes auck.

Krax

(Gallo I am so so sorry) The Chef trope? Or the being good at cooking/cooking is their whole deal. I don’t know what it is about it because ya girl loves to eat. But something about it in fiction just gives me the ick

Kizø._.Beanz

F2L TROPES SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY'RE UNEEDED FEAR OR Oh angst cause she doesn't like me for once I'd love a F2L where they are actually friends who develop feelings and act on them mutually not friends who've had feelings but are to scared to act

Kats

Enemies to lovers

CutieConCon

Miscommunication. Fuck that shit.

Shiva

I really dislike when the VA uses the word "whore" 😒. I don't understand this at all. It's huge turn off for me .

K. Black

Incest and stepdaughter and stepfather yuck

annie

I don’t know if I’d call it a trope. I wish there was more romance and erotic work built for middle-aged and older folks. Love doesn’t stop existing when someone turns 40!

erly_bev

Glamorized cheating 👉🏼🙄

「 ✦ 𝐕𝐚𝐥 ✦ 」

-Taboo plots, (incest, 🍇, non con, cnc) -The black best friend whose practically a servant to the white woman -The fmc who starts of strong and independent but then immediately become submissive when the ML shows up -Dark Romance in general, stalking isn't cute...

Big Frog

No trope should go away.

Anastasia

Incredulously large penises. Like she can barely fit it in her 🐱, she can’t possibly fit it in her 👄 I don’t mind a size difference trope but it’s overdone. Huge age gaps…regardless of which gender is which And any penis with a knot…I want my anatomy to be the normal shape.

Tiff

Honestly anything That's excessively overstimulating..... suffocating amounts of reassurance, too much affection, over exaggerated accents, abuse, mixed signals, drawn out explanations/confessions, insecurity fixation.....and anything else I missed lol....you need that kernel of truth in moments but also the fantasy of it all....well balanced stories/ experience is key ....I personally like the darker more rough side of things but you can't have steel without the velvet....and some more appreciation for the thicker and darker women would be nice as well.... without all the crazy insecurities and obnoxious use of slang and goofy ass accents.....embody the character or just don't do it.....my biggest problem is when the voice doesn't match the flow of what's being said you can tell its not natural and it makes me wanna gag ....

nobeans please

Shy or weak women,constantly in need of rescue its not.my cup of tea

Bumby Ravenswood

You know what if love to listen to that we almost never get. Mafia Donna and her second in command. Even if they are together she is still the one in charge. She can be the dominant one or neither is. I think it would be fun.

Nykohl Phoenyx

Every time I see somebody else comment this besides me, I’m gonna throw in my two cents just to know they’re not alone in wanting this.

Nykohl Phoenyx

We love it. I’ve been asking for this for months.

Singaholic

Brother Best friends trope shouldn't matter who you date. Love triangles, cant stand it. Twilight messed me up. Characters finally together after the entire season then something misunderstood or horrific happens to either make them hate each other or break apart. Hate it!

amorelie

Bully romance

Naomi Kwaku Tsalimo

Strangers, I’m sorry but I just can’t my mind is too rational to be thinking it’s okay to just make out with a complete stranger

eRobin

Not a trope exactly but I don’t like it when characters hit each other even playfully. At best it’s lazy writing. At worst it’s violence.

eRobin

Or thirty.

eRobin

So boring.

Val

This one might be a hot take but anything that is very hyper specific about listener; mostly like what we look like, so appearances from hair colour, eye colour, (as much as I personally love a hight difference trope) hight/size difference (both hight and weight, as it can be less inclusive of others), (not that I’ve experience any of this in any of the audios but thought it should be said anyway) skin colour/ethnicity. As much as I don’t really care if I see a tag on an audio and go “oooo older woman, younger man, ok that’s not for me” as much as I’d like to listen to Pookies (Adams) audios sadly I can’t, as I have a feel I’m younger then Adams and it throws me out of it all the time, I normally just shrug it off and move on, it can get annoying when it gets specified mid audio that listener looks a specific way as it takes me out of it, and prevents me from imagine myself as listener and instead see it as; I’m watching someone else do this as listener. If that makes sense. Apologies for that being long but I hope that helps, I’m sorry it’s not a trope but it something that has been bugging me for a while. Thank you Rob for asking us for our feedback.💜💜

eRobin

I dint think I’ve ever seen a women in BKS marketing who isn’t skinny, 20’s, and white. Boring.

eRobin

So sick of all the 20-something stories. Done to death.

Dj itchy scratch

Professor/ Student it honestly makes me uncomfortable.

Naddi

Or the college ones. 🙄 I’m 37 and beyond college. Let’s get some flirty 30s and naughty 40s up in here!

Tink

Miscommunication trope… in audio or books that’s above YA. Seriously?? We didn’t learn the whole “omg if we just texted or had an adult conversation before or after fucking we might’ve figured this out??” If we’re old enough to fuck we’re old enough to be able to learn to communicate. Leave the miscommunication to the YA community that’s learning how to

Coco

Miscommunication. It’s what drives the majority of romances in books nowadays and it’s just annoying. Like, the characters are usually adults… why not do the adult thing and just have a conversation? That’s like, the number one piece of advice anyone gives a friend. Hot take though (unrelated to BKS and DEFINITELY erotica): even YA teenagers are old enough to avoid the miscommunication trope.

ricolaaaaaa

ok let’s all realize that there’s a wide range of women here. everyone’s distaste could be another’s taste. i’ve seen so many no virgins or no this but we have to realize that there’s different people on here. idk but them taboo tropes HAVE to go. idc if it’s fantasy why are we glorifying stalking lmao

Warden wolf

Bullies to lovers, sorry but if you've been bullying me then suddenly say you have feelings for me that is not ok mostly for 2 reasons. 1) I would never be able to trust you, you have proven again and again that you don't really care all that much about me since you're so willing to hurt me. 2) To me the bullying behaviour screams of too many red flags. It just really doesn't do it for me.

Ravey

Much as they are enjoyable, I'd prefer a little less of the virgin tropes. I do like it when it goes to classic audios involving BDSM because this is what sets BKS apart for me.

Salty Pepper

I actually like the mafia, pregnancy, and virgin audios🤷‍♀️ But I also get why some people are tired of them... I'm open to having these thropes taking a little less space to explore other ones instead, or to explore other storyline within the thrope. For example: virgin listener who is experienced/knows their body (having sextoys, listening to audios, reading or being lowkey more knowledged about sex than their experienced partner)... Yk being a virgin in the sense of never having sex/sexual experiences with someone rather than in the sense of "I don't know where the clit is" So I guess I don't really like when the guy says "oh I'll show you how good it can feel" or things like that, like I have been making myself feel good thank you very much🥱 Idk I might just be rambling at this point and mad about patriarchy in general🙄😐

Salty Pepper

Yeah it's the kind of thrope I appreciate with a grain of salt, because when I think about it too much, I really can't grasp the idea of dating my dad's friend or the idea that ( if I put myself in the parent's spot) a friend of mine could date one of my kids (even if they are adults)

Emma🌦️

In romance : love triangles that are biased to one of the love interests. In erotica : the obsession of being small and frail compared to the male partner

Marianna

Miscommunication and love triangle

Sophie_13

Accidental pragnancy 😭😭😭

Shinykitt3ns

Personally I feel like the inexperienced virgin Lis is somewhat overdone. And all the huge dicks which barely fit.

Maroon.Mama

"Ugly" girls who take off their glasses and put on tight clothes and suddenly they were "actually beautiful the whole time." Like no. Why can't she love herself the way she is without having to change 😒.

Rainshadow

Miscommunication!!! Seriously!!! Why is it so damn hard to just TALK and quit being so fucking insecure?! Maybe it comes with age (52) but I am so over it! Maybe that’s why I’m divorced and still single, so over that crap.

Applezauze

no I’m with you on that one. ‘Ooh you watch me without my consent and follow me home..’ No thanks? But to each their own

Darknightwish

For me its overly "Mean" or Bully trope when it goes out of teasing into disrespectful behavior. Like making her unnecessarily bleed for a failure she has done for example. The part when its not being hurt anymore and drops into revenge. Just to make it clear, i am not talking about the Degradation kink, thats fine coz a lot of people have it and its consensual. Excluded for me is also the bit of needed antipathy for Enemies to lovers trope, it wouldn't work without it. 😅

りいりい

Its not my cup of tea and i HATE the idea of dominating a whimpering man 😭

Jupiter’s Raindrop

Yes! Like I have locs… can we ever get audios that mention different hair types? Lol

Sam

Absolutely loved it and need more so badd

quinnn

STEP-SIBLINGS!!!! Absolutely hate it. I see it more in shows and movies but it needs to stop. Friends to step-siblings to lovers. I need it to end.

Diana

Best friend's brother or brother's best friend. Like no, sorry, in both cases that is your brother too. 😂 I always get incest vibes from it, even if they're not actually siblings.

Jupiter’s Raindrop

Don’t beat me up here but (and I am not trying to kink shame, so apologies in advance if any of these appear this way): •professor student- just because I am a professor and can’t get behind it personally. •extremely young girl with extremely older guy. (I am American and given the context of the country’s leaders, it’s a no for me). •shy, inexperienced, almost scared listener •assuming all listeners are white and thin with straight hair. •female leads/listeners who are incompetent •playboy/reformed womanizer suddenly realizing women have value and shouldn’t be treated like shit because of the listener or reader lol •insecure fat characters/ fat characters that constantly need reassurance Edit: •FMC/listeners who are infantilized to no agency (not folks with the DDLG kink) •also, is every guy a dom or what? (Dating app woes 😂) Women can be dominant or switch as well. •FMC with no hobbies or interests •FMC/MMC that are only able bodied

KWoww

Yandere. I don't understand how something so toxic can be appealing to people. But to each their own i suppose. I also don't understand the fascination with Mafia romances...

Oria

This same! As a prof I find it too uncomfortable no matter what. I teach grad students and even if there’s only a few years between us or if they’re even older than me some times; just can’t get into these.

Jody koolest

The whole demon thing man gtfo with all that growling… on the other hand i still would love another lumberjack/southern/western story

KWoww

Seriously. If the L is aware of their work, and new to the lifestyle, you better be listening to every word they say. Same with bodyguard/client trope. When she's a disobedient/rebellious brat... Just no. This is for your safety. Quit being stupid.

Oria

Agreed as a 33 year old virgin I’m not clueless just not ready to be with a douche lol

Shiva

I agree with you ,it's so disgusting 🫣

MissTemptation

I might get crucified for this… Student x teacher Stepcest Enemies to lovers Forced proximity Playboy billionaire Royalty and commoner Sex work The maid/ nanny Yandere

Marie S

The bully trope where there is no remorse and he does not atone for his behavior in any way and the bullying just continues. How is that different than regular old emotional or physical abuse? It is the realizing his behavior that makes it an actual trope and not just men behaving badly.

Marie S

The cam guy/girl audios. Same with sex club audios. They just feel… performative. Like literally they are making videos or are getting paid so they are performing…. It just feels inauthentic. And the scenarios are never believable. Too “meta” in a bad way

Little Blueberry

Everything Stalker related, alone the thought terrifies me.

Marie S

Any kind of infidelity. Unless the person doing the infidelity was genuinely wronged in some way (he cheated on her already for example or he is threatening her), it feels wrong to me and not in the way that is hot. it feels quite cruel to glamorize it on this app. It seems antithetical to providing a safe space in this app. I don’t feel that this is kink shaming. Infidelity involves making a choice that hurts another person. That isn’t a kink. Terrible people can do sexy things but it seems beneath this app to promote it as a way to experience hot sex when it leaves devastation in its wake. I may be passionate about this one

LuckyPenguin

The student x teacher trope.... I just think there are better taboo tropes/ relationships that can be explored.

Nickeedeee

Not a trope but I hate ramblefaps and never listen to them . I’m here for a proper written story .

Femme Fatale

Yes! Me too on the locs. The girls with the silken, straight tresses aren't the only ones that like their hair pulled. Hello?👋🏾

mors Sides

The one-horse trope it doesn't work like that you can't fit 2 people in one saddle comfortably.

amaraaa

PREGNANCY!!!😭

maka

bully x victim and love triangles. both give me the ick so bad

AroDemiDive

Choking and degradation. Life is cruel enough without a partner/fantasy being cruel, too. I feel like anyone who could behave like that to me hates me. I understand that some people like it because of past trauma, but I can't stomach it.

Femme Fatale

Again y'all, respectfully, that's a kink, not a trope.

maka

yeah i’m high key tired of the “virgin who doesn’t know how to pleasure themselves” trope 😭😭 we are grown c’mon now

maka

clock ittt

MorinoKuma2

Don’t let anything go away plz cuz it means there will be someone upset…I would rather welcome more variety.

maka

THIRD ACT BREAK UP

Femme Fatale

I like the Mafia stories. What I don't like is when the listener has no reason to actually be there. Mafia bosses aren't babysitters. Is the L a hacker, do they have excellent business savvy, can the L rig security, crack a safe. They need to be an asset, not a liability, one more thing he constantly has to worry about, fuss at for not listening, trip over! I don't want to hear about all the L did was shop all day, tip toe around the library and sip tea in his dress shirt🙄, or stay locked up in a bedroom for being bratty. 🤮. Be an extraordinary L, have more assets than just what's below your neck. Otherwise, WHY ARE YOU THERE?

Femme Fatale

Exes to lovers and enemies to lovers can both get flushed.

AroDemiDive

I get all of these, especially prof x student. Maybe it was a different kind of teacher. Like the listener is taking a glass blowing class or a cooking class, or something they can be on even footing. Edited to add: Oh! If it was a voice-acting class and the listener and VA got into a steamy situation. That would be cute and kind of meta!

Fern

There are a couple but the first one that comes to mind is any kind of incest. Just ew. So off putting idk how anyone finds that sexy. I don’t care if it’s step siblings or step parent x step kid, it’s still siblings and a parent and child blood related or not it still gives me the ick so bad. A few other would be teacher x student Bully x victim where the bully is still a Jackass and couldn’t give a shit, has no remorse and doesn’t change that’s just abuse Yandere and Stalker tropes too god how is that sexy?!!!?! It’s not it’s truely isnt it’s creepy and so wrong. Not trying to sound like I’m kink shaming here I don’t think I am but these tropes got to go

som

Bully x the person being bullied, enemies to lovers, stalker x victim, demon things, anything supernatural actually, or anything where it’s like a negative to lovers. Like no I’m not fucking the man who killed my brother in a rival gang fight.

Mab

1. Anything toxic like E2L, bully & victim, infidelity, criminal VA (includes Mafia), that sort of thing. I’ve dealt with too many unpleasant people in my life to find that sexy. 2. VA being mega-rich. Look at the real-life examples of guys like that. 🤢 3. VA going on about how handsome/muscular/well hung he is. In the first place, I find the ‘romance novel cover’ look unattractive. Also, if you have to tell us you’re attractive/intelligent/a nice guy, I start to doubt you are. 4. ‘Older man’ being used to mean ‘older only because listener is barely legal’. And what are those of us who are in our 40s and feral for older guys meant to do with that?

_love_ravens

Bodily functions especially pee!!!!! Absolutely tf not!!! "Oh but don't kink shame" I will!!! Soz but that's yucky. I'm not sorry but wtv

Ayoshawty

Well what age do you want? 60? I feel like the older man trope might not be made for the old women. Why would it be? You just want men your age. I don’t think they want to make elderly erotica. LOL I JUST IMAGINE “take your teeth out this time Gladys” 😭😭😭😭

Duckie

Face slapping and choking I could do without. I know it's popular, and I love that there's something for everyone, but I have to admit I don't listen to the multiple partners audios. I also hate bitter-sweet or just plain miserable endings. And like some others here, I'm not into the dad's best friend stories, eeeeyuck!

Mab

…Wow. To answer your question, yes: I’ve always found older guys attractive (not ‘men my age’) and what ‘older’ is has aged with me, so now I’m in my 40s my current preferred age range is mid 50s to mid 60s, which means yes, a 60-year-old guy sounds good to me, thanks. In the 21st century, being in your 40s is not ‘old’ or ‘elderly’, but you know what? Even when I do get older, I have no reason to imagine that my tastes will change: they haven’t yet, and desire doesn’t pipe down just because it’s no longer considered acceptable by people who don’t seem to realise they’re going to get older too. Just do me a favour: remember this conversation on your 45th birthday. I hope you have a good one.

LEW

Then they wind up pregnant, beaten or on the run OR some combination of the three.

Jess M.

Mafia anything, just want to see less of it. And no spitting

Kiki

As cnc girly…none?😅

橘橘 程

I hope some people in the comments can understand that many of us subscribed to BKS for the more intense, darker, or risky themes that we wouldn’t experience in real life. It’s still an 18+ platform after all. While I appreciate the sweeter content too, I hope we don’t make everything too mild. Just my thoughts~ Thank you.

StephanieH

Degradation, there is nothing sexy about that at all!

Ellie J

Definitely Incest tropes or like step siblings…..definitely drawing a line there

Ellie J

OH and 🍇

Suzanne Hoos

It's not really a trope, but I hate the line: "good girl". To me. it's condescending.

jerz

That comment above was uncalled for really. I am in my early 30s but some of the younger folks think that people in their 30s onwards aren't allowed to still explore their sexuality like are you guys okay??? 🥲

Riona

So the fantasy only works when women are young enough to be naive, but the second they have agency and preferences it’s gross? That’s… telling. Reducing attraction to youth and then mocking anything outside of it isn’t edgy, it’s just underdeveloped, immature, and cultural conditioning. It’s weird you think desire disappears after 30 and then proceed to make fun of people about it like it’s a joke. Just fyi womens sexuality peaks in their 40s and it’s hot AF (and men of ALL ages love it). Nothing sexier than emotional intelligence, desire literacy, and integrity. Maybe one day you will get it.

Jai

I like BKS because there's so much to choose from. If I don't like or I am not in the mood for a particular trope, I can always find something I am in the mood for. I appreciate the very detailed descriptions.

Millie

YES. THANK YOU.

Brittany🥰

I’m fine with it in the audios and when it’s taking place in the intimate scenes. But in real like when a man says that to me I’m giving glaring at them lol 😂 In the audios if the VA says “good girl” with anything else outside an intimate scene. I’m like “excuse me?! Watch your mouth.”

Brittany🥰

May be the generation I’m in but I struggle a bit with anything with a mega wealthy person or nobles. I just can’t get past the idea that people can live so well while others suffer. It’s probably cause I work my tail off and do long ass shifts of manual labor the idea of giving someone the time of day who sits in a high rise looking down at the rest of us is a major turn off. Also not saying this to yuck anyone’s yum or what they like. Or to say “it should go away”. Just not my personal cup of tea. Much love ❤️ I also just want to add some things I think BKS does really REALLY WELL! 1) Even if it’s a kink I’m not into the scripts are always written with a lot of respect and good communication. It makes it a safe place to explore or opening my mind up to new things 2) as someone who has a hard time communicating feelings when the writers are handling a miscommunication between the VA and the Listener I find it is so incredibly helpful to me. Idk maybe I’m slightly on the spectrum so I feel like I’m taking some notes especially during audios like “exactly my type” or “one step at a time” lol. 3) I love when there is a script where there is a miscommunication or lack of communication in the bedroom during intimate scenes where the VA and L regroup, comfort each other, talk things out and move forward. I feel like my previous relationship was someone bulldozing over my boundaries constantly and wouldn’t take no for an answer. So now listening to these helped me to feel okay standing firm and communicating what I need and not feeling guilty for doing that. The VAs being understanding and listening kind of got me emotional a few times. BKS has such a talented team I hope they know they are helping a lot of people and I’ve only been listening for a few months but I feel like I’ve come out of my hard shell a lot and opened up to the world more because of all of you. And the community is amazing. Love you all ❤️😭🙏

Brittany🥰

Yeah. I mean I totally don’t want to yuck people’s yum I know this is all fantasy and not real. But as someone who has had to actually look over their shoulder and worry about someone popping out of nowhere from my past it’s a little triggering. But BKS does such a great job tagging everything I just skip those ones lol. But I totally agree.

andrea*

mafia tropes and those royalty stuff haha i listen to them on here to give it a chance but it’s uncomfortable in the sense that i can’t get over what they are in reality to indulge in the fantasy

橘橘 程

I agree with you. I think people should realize that if you don't like this audio, you simply shouldn't listen to it—rather than arguing that it shouldn't exist at all.

jills

I’m more of a happy ending kinda gal- so when an audio ends and their not together I get pretty upset😓

Brittany🥰

Yeah I mean I don’t wanna yuck peoples yum but I think sometimes it feels like it comes out of nowhere (probably because I didn’t read the description fully) and I’m like “woah! Woah HANG ON! EXCUUUUUSE ME?!” lol 😂

♤

Time to grow up Barbie girl! That is a completely shitty, unnecessary and highly disrespectful comment from top to bottom! How old are you? 12? I'm 43 and my man is 57... so from your POV i'm half dead and not entitled to have fun and he is badly decomposed or what??

R

Girl what romances are you reading😭 that’s horrific

Jupiter’s Raindrop

Yes! That’s such a cute idea. Cooling class or glassblowing!! I think the college trope is tiresome to me overall because I’m past that point of my life and college was a rather depressing time for me. Additionally, I’ve seen grad students in my grad program taken advantage of by a professor. He wouldn’t even write her a letter of recommendation for an award. It was an “open secret” in the department. So that really just takes me out of it.

Jupiter’s Raindrop

Yeah. I work with undergraduate students. Honestly, they’re going through a lot and don’t need their professors trying to have sex with them. Someone in the comments mentioned sexuality and discovery not stopping after 30 and I feel like that thread should be pinned lol. Women are still sexual beings after leaving their 20s.

KnottyWoman

When I was in my 20s, men in their late 30s were hot. I’ll be 35 this year, and I find men in their late 40s–early 50s attractive as fuck. Your preferences might not change as you age. Your comment, Euphrrcbarbie, is just so wrong that I feel like you have to be trolling.

Ellie J

I only read the summaries….couldn’t stomach the actual book….too horrifying for me

Seneca

Same

J.

I would prefer male on the contraception or birth control instead of asking female to do that.

♤

they are boys until the age of 45... after 45 they are men

Nanibell

Seeing some of my favorite tropes here kinda makes me feel bad ngl

JT

Mafia. I'M SORRY. It's very annoying, and I find absolutely nothing sexy about it. The accents also make me cringe 😬

Jupiter’s Raindrop

“It’s so big, she couldn’t get two hands around it.” I can put two hands around my reusable water bottle. 😂.

Oria

Thank you. Don’t like the demon stuff :/

Oria

lol as someone who was chronically ill throughout my 20s there was no sexual desire I was just trying to survive. Now at 33 it has awakened as I’m well again.

Jupiter’s Raindrop

Oo. im sorry to hear that. Happy you’re here now! I was physically chronically ill and wasn’t confirmed until recently. Mentally unwell most of my life. Had a major surgery and an organ removed a few weeks ago. Desire and sexuality is so complicated for me lol. The last one was definitely personal 😅😂

Meghan B

Any form of voyeuristic intimacy, either watching or being watched especially if it's noncon in any way. Skeeves me out to think of someone walking in at that intimate a moment.

Lani Gooley

Thiiiis, I love a good pregnancy trope, but ONLY if it's something the woman has clearly stated she wants. If I read a book or hear an audio where it's stated this woman doesn't want kids and has NEVER wanted kids who suddenly does a 180 and changes her mind it disrespects the woman and her ability to choose for herself, implying that she just needed the 'right man'.

lisaearful

So many life experiences that are labeled as bad have made me what I am - Alive!! Unfortunately, there has been a lot of abuse in almost every way to imagine. I refuse to listen to DV tropes. I’ve had to go celibate for at least 3 time periods in my 56 year old life, so even though it’s not technically a ‘virgin’ trope, I do understand the desire to read & listen to it, because it can be titillating for those of us who’ve had to go without it. What I would really love to see is a male partner who is really medically educated to understand physical disabilities (especially brain, pelvic and spine) being attentive to his disabled partner & a sort of “introduction” back into being sexual and romantic again.

lisaearful

DV is domestic violence Also, for those who don’t know, choking, gagging that prevents oxygen from getting to the brain ISN’T sexy for those of us who’ve had to deal with almost losing our lives because of a mentally unstable partner. That trope is NEVER acceptable to me. You become permanently disabled for the rest of your life from that. You also can be prone to life-threatening seizures, strokes, dementia and Alzheimer’s because of that. I would much rather have a ‘vanilla’ sex life than be unalived.

Ameerah Woods

“You’re so tiny compared to me” “you’re so innocent” it’s giving the files

Grace Mosier

Okay, I get this. But, also. I think of John Bender from The Breakfast Club. He trauma dumped to the group & chose to pick on Claire the most out of them all. Mostly because he liked her & he knew she had everything he thought he could never have (ex: love & attention). I know a LOT of people couldn’t make sense of them ending up together because of the pure lack of judgement. But, that’s ultimately what brought them together. Now, all this said. I am *not* advocating people who bully others to get what they want! But, I am all for open communication and transparency. That’s my two cents… 🪙🪙

Riona

I get bored when everything stays too vanilla. I’m definitely here for the stories that actually go there, for the full spectrum of kink and taboo. That’s kind of the point for me. Also I am very tired of the lack of emotional intelligence in most stories and audios. I’d love more stories where the characters are not emotionally clueless and actually have maturity, awareness, and integrity and still go there. So hot 🫦

foreversurfergirl

Pregnancy/hildren, virgins , anything where the guy thinks he knows way more and starts explaining basic stuff as if I was born yesterday, Baby girl/DADDY , anal I would love more slice of life established relationship where both people are smart and they playfully debate a topic.

Marie S

Not really a trope, but any audio where, if you took away the sex, it is just MMC treating FMC like shit. Bully and chef audios tend to do this but it is not unique to those tropes.

Nicole

DV is always wrong, appalling and in my opinion a crime- however: BDSM is NOT abuse and has nothing to do with criminal behavior as long as both sides agree to the kink.

Nicole

Agree. I don’t see the connection between a Mafioso and a sexy Prince Charming.

Nicole

Oh please…

Marie S

Ramblefaps are not stories or a trope. IMHO they shouldn’t even be on this app. BKS has fewer than other apps and lets keep it that way. Down with the non-trope trope of jacking off in a mic without a plot

Grace Mosier

Wow, you really called me out with this one… 😅😭

Nicole

I don’t like the „ Daddy“- Stories. I don’t want a sexy lover to refer to himself as Daddy. This is a turn off for me.

ricolaaaaaa

it’s so scary bro. irl if that happened i’d be terrified

Lele

CNC I can't stand it!

t.

listener being a virgin i would prefer more va virgin audios😪

Ellie Barnes

BKS doesn't do ramblefaps at all. We do "masturbation audios" but they are all scripted and never with the VA actually participating. If you mean actual ramblefaps where they actually get off on mic, BKS won't ever do that. But just wanted to make sure we differentiate them ❤️

HerSay

Mafia or devil/God/religious audios

Peachy♡Baby

Pregnancy stuff. 😬 Like frisky time with a pregnant wife that clearly has a belly already or finding out your pregnant and having a "celebration". All that is like a major turn off, personally 💀 Pregnancy seems like too much of a contrast, isnt it about being really careful of the little one and doing as little physical things as possible? So getting absolutly railed, doesnt really fit in the picture for me 👀👀

Peachy♡Baby

Oh and slice of life or established relationships not really my thing either. The angst, the emotional strain and drama about a true Friends to Lovers or Enemies to Lovers, mh mh mh ✨️❤️‍🔥

MeiT974

Trueee. Heavy on deepthroating for a virgin!!! Like what😭

JustB

Mafia and stalker tropes.

Nikki

Feral 40 sisters unite!

Lucky Clover

I don't mind cliché tropes when they are really well-executed in a way that feels new. I think where it falls into eye-rolling territory for me is when not ONLY is it a cliché trope, but I can also predict every single thing that's about to happen, with no surprises. Example: Co-workers who dont get along. Business trip. There's one bed left. Okay. That could be fun, if it's handled in a way that I absolutely did not expect. But when it isn't? And all they do is get horny and eventually fuck and then it's over? Ugh. I hate that kind of predictability. Surprise me and turn the trope on its head! Make me see it from a new angle and feel something new from it! That's just my take. :)

poiseunsephne

how is no one saying cheating. pls abolish cheating audios like the fuck????

JustB

And anything toxic

Suzanne Hoos

The “choking”makes me scared. Whoever started that trend?

Ce

cheating and pregnancy tropes

Jennifer

Totally agree

Jennifer

Anything fantasy! It's just awkward and cringe to listen to

Riona

Umm no. Being pregnant and getting railed is exactly what’s needed sometimes or a lot of the time. It helped me with my 24/7 nausea that I had for 5 months. The baby is fine btw.

ZoZo

Mentioning of “daddy”, “kitten” or “princess”..no judgement but I personally stop the audio as soon as I hear that..it just instantly reminds me of my father💀

alex

Work place romance, especially if it has to do with lawyers, doctors or finances. Just tired. Anything else, I’ll probably find examples I really enjoyed and reread or listened again

Andrea

Arranged Marriage!!

Fernanda Lopez

Absolutely HATE and despise DDLG. I can’t do the whole kitten, and daddy thing. As well as breeding. Like ew, I’m not an animal

Zero

Cannot STAND yandere/ obsessive stalker, every time I try to listen to someone new not just here the channel is like 98% that content 💀 gang we can do more tropes than that I PROMISE

Angel

Spit. Just not into that at all.

Michaela Ameise

💋💋💋 The whole bully trope is not my thing.

Raven4469

Extreme jealousy. Sometimes this trope can often fall into a space of isolation and manipulative. E.g " no can have you but me". This does those me off the audio script a little. Both male and female.

Cass

Dad's best friends trope. That's toooo much of an age gap and unsettling

RoRo_62

Completely agree!

Riona

Yes every pregnancy is different. I’m sorry you went thru that.

Riona

Thank you. Consensual power dynamics (BDSM) are the opposite of non consensual power dynamics (DV. Abuse, coercive control etc). To conflate the two is a big mistake. One is a safe risk aware container and the other is very much a criminal act.

Viickii

I really can’t stand the ‘miscommunication’ trope. The plot drags on forever, even though it would have taken five seconds to sort things out. In books and films, I always just roll my eyes at that.

Viickii

I really can’t stand the ‘miscommunication’ trope. The plot drags on forever, even though it would have taken five seconds to sort things out. In books and films, I always just roll my eyes at that. Please don't take my Kinki stuff away from me!!!

AutumnOmbre

There are three things in particular for me: 1) Other people have said this, but I’m with everyone that hates the Daddy thing. Boy, I am a grown woman and you are not my damn daddy! 2) Enemies to lovers. I think living through the 90s, when EVERY movie made did this, ruined it for me. It dances far too close to the, “He’s only bullying you because he likes you,” absurdity that so many little girls were told. Just no. 3) Not just an audio thing, but the only way for a female lead to be quirky is being childish: wearing childish hairstyles, no sense or personal boundaries, always wanting to eat cereal, and so on. Look, I’m an eccentric dresser myself and I have plenty of creature comforts I’ve kept from childhood. But again, I’m a grown woman and I hate when Listener’s whole personality boils down to, “Tee hee, look at my dinosaur pajamas and sparkly headphones!”

Ifera Morganna 👑

Well, actually No. Having sex while pregant is really beneficial for all parts, baby included. The only thing is while the pregnancy advances, things must be made in a different way, some positions no longer work because of the belly. But it's something that even doctors recomend. And a pregnant woman being desired by her partner is something to be cherished. A normal pregancy benefits greatly with the woman having sex.

Wanderlust Dreamer

Right I love a good age gap but dads best friend to me gives me the biggest ick ever

Ifera Morganna 👑

After reading to the comments, I only hope that BKS keeps on being a safe place for everyone with all the tropes. Thank the goddess this is still a place with no cancelation of anything. A variaty of people with so many different tastes, that's a good thing. And we all know everyone likes what we like, we don't all have to like the same things, that would be boring and counter-productive. So, variety is a good thing.

dyl

Anything fantasy or with superheroes. Even it isn’t a lot, still not a fan at all. Not trying to yuck on anyone’s yum, but they’re cringe in my opinion. Petnames that refer to DDLG for the male and female ADULT CHARACTERS. Princess, kitten, daddy, or the basic “good girl” to me this trope is overused, and weird. Just no. When the writer thinks every woman has the same body type when it comes to sex and just in general life stuff. Listener being a virgin with an experienced VA. VA virgin x VA listener or even VA virgin x experienced listener is something I’d like to hear more of.

Jj

Friends to lovers, bc why did thay wore "just friends" but when something bad or sad happend the mc the care that comes from the other mc means love or more then a friends helping the other.

Lily

Werewolfs, vampires, superheroes or anything fantasy related we all know this sh*t don’t exist

Milo

Miscommunication or missing communication. Wether thats MC leaves out important details for stupid reasons or just acts like a child and runs from talking it out. Like bro come onnnnnn

eRobin

I'm thinking of one in particular where she goes from being a virgin to having him pile drive her twenty minutes later. I only ever listen to the beginning of that one.

Moaning Moon

I call this my spider-man theory. I cannot stand Peter Parker as spider-man, since my youth every time I tried he would do something stupid & I would go this is why I hate you. Ok here is the whip lash, I enjoyed seeing Peter Parker played by Toby Maguire & Tom Holland. Why? Because they did such a great job of reminding me why I hate Peter Parker! They were so good! I guess I’m saying I have things I don’t like (pregnancy ick) but Ive heard amazing audios that remind me of that or even stranger just were good and I didn’t dry heave the whole time.

Moaning Moon

My ex used to call me ‘pickle’ and for the life of me I don’t know why xD I hate pickles, I don’t look like a pickle, didn’t really like his pickle, I don’t even think he liked pickles… 🤔 just a random thing that stuck for no reason at all.

Wolfgang

I dont particularly have a least favorite trope, it's more a "the least connection to me" would be Strangers to Lovers. And to be honest, I dont really think there's even a tropes which needs to be put away, everyone has their own yum, it's not for everyone but it's for someone at least or that wouldn't exist at all ! And too much of ladies in here are confusing kinks and tropes, to the point where some of you are kinkshaming...

Duchess1004

🤣🤣 'Didn't really like his pickle' is to hilarious !!😆

Bubblegirl818

Arranged marriage where they end up in love in 2.5 chapters

sushilover

right ?? i’m like damnn it’s like that fr? 😭😭

sushilover

right so personally it’s gotta be breeding/pregnancy, the vampire/werewolf fantasies, cheating (both va and listener) and the dad’s best friend. the others are yum

Nanibell

It’s called “spittooning” in tags usually, though I can’t remember ever seeing it tagged on BKS

sushilover

wait lemme add stalking to the list too

Koko

The stalker trope and teacher/professor x student. It’s just weird

Elshy

I’d never yuck somebody else’s Yum. Under certain conditions (you know exactly what) so be a freak baby! The world would be a boring and miserable place without those who let their animalistic side shine 😘

Jess

YES! Like when they say "I can explain!" but the other character turns around and leaves. BRO, don't say you can explain and wait for them to prompt you...JUST EXPLAIN!

nc

Man I like all the one everyone doesn’t .. especially fantasy. To each their own I guess

PirateQueenBJR

So much this!!! And thank you for the first part of your comment.

AutumnOmbre

Oh, I wouldn’t worry about them getting rid of anything! Just look how many views each of their audios gets! Generally when media creators do opinion polls like this, it’s to help create more variety, not less.

Ela

I’d have to say anything that involves cheating, obsessive stalking, doctor/patient relationships or accidental pregnancy. But also the bully to lover and exes to lovers tropes specifically are a huge no for me.

Eden

You're completely correct about that not being a trope, Christina. A lot of people don't actually know what a trope is, so they group all kinks and fantasies in there and think the question is "what kinks do you think are icky" instead of actually focusing on tropes.

Aisling Burke

Mafia trope. Don’t hate me. And stalkers. I’d love to see more on dealing with trauma. I know they can be triggering for people but the writers here have done a really good job with difficult topics

Eris Storm

I feel like Every trope has its fans, so none should go away. However, I’d love to see more older couples. Women in their 40s & 50s with men their own age. I know our society worships youth to excess, but a large portion of women are left out altogether. That’s older women who aren’t cougars wanting a man young enough to be their children or even grandchildren. How about a little more of that?

cosmic_sweety

I can tell you that during my pregnancy, I was horny as hell. Your hormones are all over the place.

angelina

Slow burn, mafia romance (sorry to all slow-burn-mafia-romance lovers), romantasy, and any ABO-type stuff. Fae, elves, world building, werewolves, vampires…it’s just not my jam. I don’t have time for all of that. And slow burn/mafia romance is just SO oversaturated.

windy

Billionaires!!!! Secret babies. Billionaires returning to raise their secret babies.

cosmic_sweety

A lot of these comments do not pass the vibe check.

angelina

And then on the other hand, I love the daddy, d/s, breeding, jealousy, stalker, aftercare, prof/student, rough Mdom, and pretty much anything that Robinson does lol

Eris Storm

It’s not so much that they’re here, it’s that the person posting them often makes it seem like you have to be crazy or sick to enjoy that fantasy. Like it’s okay to not like what I like, but looking down on me for having a certain fantasy isn’t okay! For example, the stalker fantasy was mentioned quite a bit so I’ll pick on that one. It’s not like I’d want to be stalked IRL, but the *fantasy* of someone being so obsessed with me that he can’t help himself isn’t even close! Apply that thought process to any fantasy and you’ll get the same result. A breeding fantasy doesn’t indicate a desire to be impregnated. CNC literally has consensual in the name!

Red Rosemary

No offense to anyone who likes this, but I hate any romanticization/fetishization of SA or r*** or stalking, etc. basically dark romance as a genre. Just my opinion, no shade by any means

Red Rosemary

A close second is any form of abuse of power (ex: teacher/student, boss/employee, kidnapper/kidnappee) again, no shade to those that like this

kt

billionaires, mafia, pregnancy/babies, insta-love, bully secretly loves you, or anything that reinforces heteronormativity lmao

Pita Fae

Yes! It is so annoying the way most miscommunication tropes play out… don’t even start the communication just leave it and then let them get caught or told on… the “I started/tried to tell you” is so dumb!

Pita Fae

I think this trope would be so much better if all of the Billionaire/money mentions were just removed. If the MC just lived life and there wasn’t the constant pointing out of the wage differences it would be less annoying.

Blush Lily

Degradation in general, crocodile tears asking for forgiveness etc followed by degradation in the sack in particular,.

Dr. Tre

Pregnancy! As someone who doesn't have kids and wasn't able to have them, it makes me feel shitty. And its boring 😴

babie stay

I’d never yuck anybody’s yum, but I personally don’t love the ‘miscommunication’ trope. I’m all for ample communication and plus, to me it just feels like wasted time. I’m the type of person who will skip/stop watching a show/movie/etc if a fight/miscommunication goes on for too long lol. Just get back to the cute stuff already!! 😭

Darknightwish

I would be really up for more audios with dealing with trauma too. You are so right the writers did a great job with that in the past.

Tri.xie

tbh, the professor/student trope is so played out to me like i’m all for the cliches but that one just doesn’t do it for me anymore. like we get it teachers pet yadda ya like NEXT please

Violet

I would like to see Older Women Younger Man but like a Baby Girl type situation. Flip the script

Hilz

Tired of friends to lovers and virginal (caveat to that is really like experienced M and inexperienced F, which is different!). Can’t get enough of forbidden love, revese harem, and cocky/charismatic Mdoms

Red Moth

I'm not a big fan of the ones with established relationships, or married couple, I prefer the mystery and tension of a new encounter, or the friends- or brother's best friend to lovers tropes...

Kelsey Smart

No worries. Everyone's got their own preferences. I'm curious though which topes you're not a fan of?

Kelsey Smart

Fetish topes. I don't care if it makes me boring AF. I'm not into slapping, spanking, hitting, pulling hair, degradation...basically anything that I feel is abusive toward your partner. Not my jam. The exceptions are probably stalker audios because they are not accurately depicting the experience of being stalked, it's a fake romanticized version.

Dr. Tre

I mean no disrespect to any pregnant woman! But I work in IVF and couldn't have my own children, so its my least favorite as well.

nana. L

Or she's young they're all in they're 20's i rarely find female character over 30's its too excluding of other women

nana. L

family its just not acceptable to me..

nana. L

🤣🤣

nana. L

There was a book where its her uncle and her cousins i never finished it 🙄

nana. L

Especially when there cousins and her uncle 🤢🤮

nana. L

Its sick

Mikkie

💯 agree. More cuffs, more spreader bars... with aftercare, of course

scoreytorey

non-con & any sort of incest (roleplay included)… like sorry but i just can’t get behind the family banging or the “forced” shit 😭

Nanibell

You’re 100% right, this is supposed to be a safer space for people who have darker fantasies too 😅 I understand everyone had their preferences but I wish people could say it in a way that doesn’t make us feel like there’s something wrong with us for having certain preferences. It makes me want to disengage with the community here and only engage with the content.

GraceSkyyRomance

Ooohhhh nope that would be telling and considering I love most of the ones others hate i better just smile and wave boys, smile and wave 😆 BUT! Agree with the miscommunication when it comes to small things. If your gana do miscommunication or understanding it needs to be BIG, like cant explain it easy BIG. lol

Una 🐱

Pregnancy trope needs to go. Silly miscommunication trope between two grown people is also ugh. Overly rich mafia/ceo trope is too overplayed, it had its moments. But it now needs to rest for at least a decade.

Verosihoeeeex

Strangers to lovers. Like wdym we’re fucking 20 minutes after we js met. So predictable and mainstream pornhub vibe. And “stuck in the elevator”.

nc

violence and super degrading . The other extremes people are listing are not on BKS like that.

橘橘 程

Definitely love it 😍 More cuffs and spreader bars with aftercare sounds perfect!!

Lumera Light

Exactly! Research shows that women hit their sexual peak later in life. Mid 40's and older women report having more sex and more fulfilling sex than younger women. Males report sex with older women being more fulfilling due to less inhibitions and knowing what she wants. Honestly, be it male or female, the 20's to mid 30's is usually a time of sexual discovery. Many people don't discover the best sex of their life and true intimacy until mid 30's to early 40's.

Marie S

Thank you for clarifying the distinction. In my case, I’m not a fan of either but the ramblefap is the one that just doesn’t even seem to meet the criteria for a spicy audio story. Thank you BKS for veto-ing that BS.

hey_virginia

Brother's best friend can be awesome but it can also get pretty gross, if the only reason they're not together is "your brother would punch me in the face" like WHAT in the misogynistic world is that, avoiding an argument about ownership or something or maybe the brother assuming his best friend treats women like crap? Ugh, do better male side characters

Alaina Cheray

All of the fantasy book tok tropes

chowchow

Revenge plots. I can’t imagine obsessing in order to one-up another person, get a hobby!

morve

Bully romance, im not going to fall in love with someone that was plain evil to me 😭

refraining_order

Regular ass dudes trying to "growl" and be feral. 💀Unless its done right, it really comes across as cringe sometimes. Might as well just do a monster trope

Nerpi,

I don't like stalkers

Dana

The scream mask Im so over it ...

Oria

I am thank you! Had a transplant that changed my life 🫶🏾 omg hoping for a speedy recovery for you!!

Oria

Everyone talking about miscommunication but irl so many adults in every type of relationship do it; I honesty think it’s like the most realistic trope, yes, maybe with more drama. But adults be miscommunicating every damn day 😂

Oria

lol same I’ve set never listened to one; but I love it for the girlies that like them

Me

Yup

Rebecca Lelli

When girls tease were all of a sudden brats and need to be punished, can't stand all the times I hear "good girl" she's not a dog, same goes with "daddy", thats just creepy

Rebecca Lelli

I don't get it! Ever since I started down the asmr rabbit hole I see So much mafia stuff, why??

Kate Koz

You need to read Pucking Wild by Emily Rath. The FMC is not small but it’s not her entire personality! 🙌🏻 plus anything Emily Rath writes is fan-yourself hotttttt 🥵🔥👌🏻💪🏻🤩🥰

April

Istg ive read all of theseand i think its clear to say not everyone likes the same cup of tea. I like a majority of the things ppl hate but thats okay. That one thing i love abt bks they mak such a variety of content

Nerpi,

Totally agree, actually I followed BKS before I literally lived in an English-speaking country, so imagine how confused I was when my neighbor called her dog as a “good girl" for the first time, and I was like isn't that a sexual word??????🤯And yeah we are not dogs, please don’t use these lines without a DDLG tag

Marie S

But like please don’t just show up with a token dark haired plus size girl to meet the quota. Maybe just a selection of normal people? I don’t particularly love that the dudes all look like college models. Do sexy pictures of a variety of bodies not exist for men and women? I bet your fans could give you some. Not me. But others

Nerpi,

Girl can't agree more🥱I mean we are using BKS for some reasons why are they assuming we don’t know how to please ourselves?? And love your words about hating patriarchy, men can NEVER know our bodies better than we do

Adru

I Prefer less reality such as a marriage couple, boyfriends, whatever and more of fantasy stories... those do not need to make sense... everything is possible!! So you can become wild and be much creative!

Iinsidiouz

Anything sibling related or school related. UGHH JUST EW

Clara Catlady

1. The third act breakup due to unnecessary manufactured conflict. I HATE it! I can get behind it if their “breakup” is circumstantial, like being physically separated or something but I can’t take the stupid misunderstanding/betrayal that then gets blown up to the point the break up but somehow resolved within 10 chapters, usually without them even really talking and then I’m supposed to believe they just get back together, forgive each other and everything is just peachy. NO! 2. That romance book male protagonists always have to be tall, dark and handsome and the c*ck blocked childhood friend is blonde. I’m sick of it, they all look the same, and I like my blonde baddies so please let’s switch it up. 3. “I only hurt you to protect you and I couldn’t tell you what was going on because you wouldn’t understand” Don’t insult my intelligence and just tell me what’s actually going on. 4. I don’t like love at first sight. I understand attraction at first sight but that’s it. Like you don’t know each other, be so fr right now.

smalltinypetite

Being ”a brainless puppy”, degradation, bullying, cnc, abuse, pain. Its impossible to feel pleasure if you feel unsafe and used in the wrong way, for me at least.

Suji

Girls who initiate or tease gets punished nd degraded like a f toy why?? Wdm?? Pls do better? Girls can be a tease too in a good romantic way. Also y u spank so hard how thats romantic, also spitting, spitting in mouth is a totat turn off, like wdh?? Ewwww

Suji

Heavy degradation/spitting/extreme BDSM untill she cries is inhuman, stop that pls. Professor/student ewww, any such misuse of power trope has to go.

TheLuckyCharm

Single Dad x Nanny romances, especially when there's an age gap. Like, she should be in the club!!

clémentine

It's not really a trope but whenever it's the end of an audio and the va says "I'll be right back" and the audio ends, it always breaks my heart 😖 Cause I'm already coming back to my senses and sometimes out of subspace and that always ends up making me cry 🥺

✨Elowen-Faye✨

Degradation, spitting, objectification, choking, gagging, use of the word 'slut', blowjobs, hair pulling, spanking. All of it's just 🤢🤢😖

Maks

Honestly? Cheating. Even if I like everything else in an audio, that will ruin it for me

rabbitgreen

Mafia, doms (the switch and msub audios are my favorite), degradation, teachers, incest, age gap (done wrong), strangers to lovers that is too quick, vampires and fae specifically, ddlg (all for praise but not like this), bullies, anal (I just cannot), boring business VA (get some variety--and not just lawyers and doctors either)

Daisy

Agreed on the pregnancy trope. Hate those.

Daisy

I really don't like the pregnancy tropes.🥴 Retelling of fairytales, just... no! Not really into fantasy, but did like hour of the wolves though. And of course no incest or underaged.. but, wel... duh! I see a lot of no fetisj, degradation, spanking, hair pullingm etc. 😳And I'm so into those.🫦 So i do hope BKS keeps making those. Love me a good chase through the woods or an abandoned building, love me a stalker. 😃😋What can I say... I'm a dark romance girl. Luckily BKS has something for everyone. 😊

ellie3

Toxic. Being "hot mean" (consensual is key) is fine, but being just horrible/gasslighting is not attractive.

PhoenixBleu

Honestly? My least favorite trope is the curvy girl who needs to be always reassured how attractive she is. She can just be a bad ass who knows how desirable she is. Not a huge fan of spitting at all. But to each their own. Best thing about BKS is there is something for everybody.

Robsslut

This has nothing to do with the discussion question and no hate on Gallo whatsoever (glad your getting your main character moment king mwah 💋) also not to ick anybody’s yum but I’m making this comment 6 days after this post was made. But I have seen three posts that are all gallo, and I’m not a hugeee gallo fan, again no hate, wonderful voice actor, I love a lot of his audios mainly for the topics they cover. But I miss Robinson, I need more Robinson, I’m respectfully a Robinson slut, and I need one asap or I will go crazy(respectfully). Love his voice and how talented he is and I’m a little hallow with out a new audio, I’m way to caught up on his audios and I’m running short on new ones to listen to😭 all love to gallo

Anne Hotkins

The trope: I love you, so it is okay to manipulates, hit you and humiliate you. Or the, I have figures out I love you, so you have to forgive me that I manipulated, hit and humiliated you. And they lived happyily ever after.

kt

a few? try most of them. it's so strange to see such hostile attitudes toward fairly common kinks when they regularly listen to audio porn. like...... what are we doing hereeeee

Nykohl Phoenyx

You’d think so. But anything that’s outside vanilla circles, even if they are fairly common, are still met with hostility because God forbid someone actively enjoy something other than closed door fade to black sexual encounters. Also this whole post is supposed to be about TROPES, not specific kinks. However, whenever possible, you’ll get plenty of the “omg how anyone can like *insert non vanilla kink here*. It’s so gross/nasty/etc” It’s way more acceptable to shit on someone who likes to be choked and called a nasty slut than someone who prefers hallmark romance scenes. I think it makes them feel like they have a sexual superiority complex.

Nykohl Phoenyx

Jesus CHRIST, you guys’ reading comprehension is in HELL. Do some of you not know the difference between a “trope” and a “kink”? A trope is a common theme or device used in storytelling, which what this post is asking about. A kink refers to a specific sexual interest or practice, which is NOT what this post is asking. Too many of you are kink shaming under the guise of calling it a trope that you want to see eradicated because it’s not something you’re into. Let someone say that vanilla sex is “eww gross” and you’d be in your feelings about it. I’m glad this shit doesn’t fly in the Discord. Y’all are out of pocket.

Kat

100% this. Virgin tropes, pregnancies and people who just can't talk are very overdone. I'm not saying never. But I am saying less. Also agreeing on the "tone it down with the kink shaming" bit. It's always like this though. The entitled kink shaming vanilla squad is the first one out. I have started to avoid comment sections because of them. But I'm glad to see others take note.

Eden of the Garden

I find that in a lot of popular books, the two main characters just kind of get shoved together with no real chemistry? I know it's not a trope, but it pisses me off.

foreversurfergirl

And some of us would rather not be constantly reminded of the worst thing that's happened to us when we are trying to relax

SubSpaceKadet

PREGNANCY! Ya'll been raw for 50 chapters it's not a surprise and not everybody's fantasy/ goal

foreversurfergirl

This, like "bitch act like you've been here before"

🌺 Lovely Lex 🌺

Saying this as gently as I can in hopes to not step on anyone's toes: The "hot jock that bullies the nerd" seems a bit overused. Don't get me wrong, I love hearing the BKS versions, especially when the jock turns to mush with L. 🥰 Also some of the "boss & employee" tropes feel a little weird to me. Maybe all of the workplace safety harassment training videos have something to do with that 😅 It's just not my thing. If it is for other people, I'm happy for y'all! 💕 Happy Listening!

Lilith

Ok, french speaking here so not 100% sure what trope is so don’t hate me... Lovy dovy couples with children stuff. I come here to go into hot, erotic fantasy mode so, every day normal family issues doesn’t do it for me. 😉

maddie ♡

incest/step sibling 😥😥

Aurora

For me personally it would be second chance tropes. Like dude it didn’t work out the first time and are Ex’s for a reason

fataleeyores

It annoys me how often the female is a virgin.

Hush

The inexperienced/no experience virgin trope. In a historical/regency story or certain fantasy contexts it works because the story supports it but even then it's somewhat overdone. And in contemporary stuff, no. Also the pregnancy ones. Just no.

Alana Camden

Yeah you know, there’s different kinds of bullying, the utterly disgusting mean soul crashing that suffocates the self esteem of the bullied, some are even violent and there’s the bullying that is actually poking around, teasing, moreover to make contact with someone the bully likes but never thinks they can actually get them. That’s why when a opportunity comes to help or save they don’t hesitate like a real bully would just stand and laugh. And because they always kept the teasing to a certain level and was never abusive, but sometimes even clever or funny, the bullied gets to see the other side of the bully and that’s when the confession of feelings happens..

Alana Camden

Haters will hate probably but I don’t like anything with animals, wolfs, vampires and other creatures.. I’d rather listen to stepdad and stepdaughter (not step siblings) than any fantasy animal.. maybe my overly rational brain can’t grasp the concept of a wolf as human, or a human is a puppy.. the logistics of the whole thing just doesn’t make sense to me.. sorry

Lydia

anything where the MMC is actively attempting to harm the MFC and she somehow finds this hot.... just no.

Ariel

Teacher student!! It’s so tired, but just because I’m not that age anymore haha. I loved it when I was a student 😂😂😂

Ariel

😂😂😂😂 this right here bahahha. The virgin obsession in general is a bit beyond me

Millie

Controversially young partners gives me the ick BIG TIME

Lise H.

CHEATING❌🙅‍♀️ THERE'S NEVER A REASON OR EXPLANATION FOR CHEATING

izzy

Reading the MMCs POV and it’s pure lust and every time he sees/thinks about the FMC, he imagines bending her over and fucking her “brains out” 🫩 Oh and the violence, because yes rough is sexy, but violent just isn’t.

Birdybell

Tsunderes are my own personal plague. They say they don't want something and then get upset when it goes away. Like, dude, no one is psychic, and if you lie like that all the time, no one is going to understand you and you'll just be stuck as this miserably unbearable person cursed to wear two faces.

BellaBee

1. Miscommunication 2. Cheating 3. The guy was her bully, but it's because he actually liked her the whole time. Please fuck off 4. The woman never, ever expressing an interest in having children, suddenly remembers, 'whoops, we haven't been using protection!" Finds out she's pregnant and now she's cracking her flat ass belly and talks about this pregnancy like it's all she ever wanted. Since when!?

UrSoPrettyDarling

Virgins being completely clueless and overly shy/ scared. For fuck sake we're ADULTS. Give me a dom virgin. Male or female that knows what they want, have stuff they've always wanted to try with their partner in an overly excited way. Give me a soft dom male who's inexperienced but opened to being bossed around with a hint of "nuh nuh nuh no, baby. I heard you, let me just put my own flare to it." Give me a dom female surprising her partner at how skilled she is and how good/ fast she can take it and gives HIM orders damn it.

Opal

Constantly bringing up their ex, even in a revengey kinda way. At a point it's like, stop talking about this person focus on the guy in front of you

Rose M

Needless miscommunication and cheating. I can give a certain amount of grace when toxic or abusive situations are involved but only if the there's an active escape/extraction plan in place. I have stopped reading books for scenes that include the main characters hooking up while still committed to making things work with another person and I will not read or listen to something if the main characters are cheaters. As for the needless miscommunication, there are so many more interesting plot devices.

Allison

It’s not a trope per se, but I always flinch at the Slut and Whore name-calling in porn/audios today. I get that for degradation kinks it absolutely has its place, but idk when it started becoming common sexy talk. It pulls me out every time and makes me feel cheap 😔

Jazmin Robbins

When they fuck for the first time at the start of the third act, then fuck every single chapter after. Like not touching the whole first 2 act, then BAM sex every 5 second. Like calm tf down please

Lumera Light

I'm not even fat and I get tried of that story line. None of my plus sized friends have low self esteem.