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All about feature films. See also Directors, Film Genres. Tropes: Categories: Home Video Tropes Actionized Sequel: Putting in more action scenes since you don't need all the backstory. Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Characters angst more in the …
People in the world you are looking to for entertainment. It is, the beings that do the actions being narrated by the narrative. Basically one of the most super of tropes in all of fiction. Unless you're writing some sort of abstract poem, it's pretty much impossible to tell a story without characters. Compare Conflict and Plots.