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Which of the Seven Basic Plots is your favorite?

Poll runs till October 4th, 2054, 11:10 pm

Overcoming the Monster
5
25%
Rags to Riches
1
5%
The Quest
5
25%
Voyage and Return
1
5%
Comedy
2
10%
Tragedy
4
20%
Rebirth
2
10%
 
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Detailed explanations here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... BasicPlots

For those who don't want to enter TV Tropes again, here's the simple outline of each plot:
Overcoming the Monster

Hero learns of a great evil threatening the land, and sets out to destroy it.

Rags to Riches

Surrounded by dark forces who suppress and ridicule him, the Hero slowly blossoms into a mature figure who ultimately gets riches, a kingdom, and the perfect mate.

The Quest

Hero learns of a great MacGuffin that he desperately wants to find, and sets out to find it, often with companions.

Voyage and Return

Hero heads off into a magic land with crazy rules, ultimately triumphs over the madness and returns home far more mature than when he set out.

Comedy

Hero and Heroine are destined to get together, but a dark force is preventing them from doing so; the story conspires to make the dark force repent, and suddenly the Hero and Heroine are free to get together. This is part of a cascade of effects that shows everyone for who they really are, and allows two or more other relationships to correctly form.

Tragedy

The flip side of the Overcoming the Monster plot. Our protagonist character is the Villain, but we get to watch him slowly spiral down into darkness before he's finally defeated, freeing the land from his evil influence.

Rebirth

As with the Tragedy plot, but our protagonist manages to realize his error before it's too late, and does a Heel Face Turn to avoid inevitable defeat.
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I'll go with the first, it tends to be the most widespread in the things I watch/games I play.
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I don't like any of them.  I like when they start off as either random adventuring or a quest, and turns into Overcoming the Monster.  See: Tales Of games, Slayers novels (and the anime to some extent), etc.
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Those plots sound all boring and unoriginal ('cause they are :-X), but I'll go for tragedy which if pulled off well, I think can be amazing and far better than any of the others (yeah, I'm thinking of a specific thing here...)
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Akonyl wrote: I'll go with the first, it tends to be the most widespread in the things I watch/games I play.
^This. Though I prefer it if they are all present, one after the other.
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Quests.
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Tragedy if it's mixed with romance
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My favourite characters tend to be the ones who go through the Rebirth plot, so yeah :-X
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I love a good tragedy too, which is why I like Rebirth so much; a good tragedy with a happy ending!
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mangaluva wrote: I love a good tragedy too, which is why I like Rebirth so much; a good tragedy with a happy ending!
I like it when the Rebirth is done well as the plot of a fanfic of a series which had a tragedy plot *murdered by Parkur and co. for mentioning fics*
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