Heroes and villains, story arcs, love triangles, damsels in distress, amnesia, MacGuffins, quests, chosen ones — the list of tropes is nearly endless. Some may mistake tropes as inherently bad, but ...
From Rapunzel trapped up in her tower to legions of scream queens hitting high decibels, the damsel in distress trope is long rooted in sweet, helpless characters incapable of staying out of trouble.