One evening last year, Laura Wellington opened her phone, created a TikTok account called “Doormat Mom” and filmed her first post from her porch in Connecticut. “Were you a really good parent who did ...

Pluribus establishes early on that Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) is angry and frustrated with her life, even before almost everyone else on Earth gets merged into one big hivemind. Despite the fame and ...

The creator shares a few anime character tropes he cannot stand, including criers, yellers, and scared people. What are your favorite character tropes? Government set to reopen after razor-thin House ...

A version of this story will appear in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Growing up in Missouri, the home state of Rush Limbaugh, I often heard the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

In any entertainment medium, there will be commonly shared traits such as genre, plot progression, character type, and setting. When these traits are repeated within a community to the point of ...

Character types that have been done on repeat since Boomers were kids, tropes that have been done to death, and plotlines that offer up the same ol’ same ol’. It’s time to bring some originality to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. James Gunn has revealed his distaste for the stereotypical "perfect" female badass character ...

Main character syndrome and main character energy originated on social media to refer to a person who behaves as though the protagonist in the story of their life. Main character energy and main ...

Two childhood best friends realize they're in love and break up with their significant others to be together – that's a classic romantic-comedy storyline. But in her book, Funny Story, author Emily ...