270 The Most Famous Tropes (1/2)
Nie Chang took the phone with a sigh and opened the main task for his little darling. Naturally, the task of reading the ABO-story was already checked so he clicked on the [next] button to read the confirmation message to Su Yan.
”Alright, the system writes —”
”Ah!” Su Yan waved with his mouth still stuffed with noodles. He hurriedly gulped them down and shook his head. ”I don't need to know that. It's just some message summarizing that part of the task. It's not that important. Just go to the next story.”
Nie Chang raised his brows and read the message silently just in case his little darling would change his mind later on. Well, Su Yan wasn't that wrong. The system had indeed just summarized this part of the story:
[Just like contemporary stories will follow the rules of our world and stories set in a world resembling past ages will often borrow from actual history, futuristic stories have their own set of rules.
One of the best-known bl variations of timeframes comprises of stories set in so-called ABOverses where some kind of genetic mutation or the result of experiments led to an evolution of humanity that will allow new types of relationship. If you want to explore new worlds and different correlations between your characters, then having a protagonist that is an Omega might be the right thing for you.]
Nie Chang nodded to himself. This wasn't anything new to him so in case Su Yan might ask later he could still explain it to him. Thus he clicked for the next part of the task line.
”Do you want to know what the next part is about?”
Su Yan shook his head again. ”No, no, just —” He stopped and waved in front of his mouth again, gulping down the noodles he had just wanted to eat. His face grew red and Nie Chang lowered the phone, leaning over to see if he was alright.
”Do you want some water? How about —”
”Ah! Hot!” Su Yan turned to him, looking aggrieved as if this had been his fault.
Nie Chang smiled wryly. He certainly hadn't wanted this happen. Well, he probably shouldn't have asked him while he was eating. ”Better? Or do you want some water? I can go and get some.”
Su Yan shook his head like a rattle drum. ”No need, no need. Is the next text important? It should be about what the next story is, right?”
Nie Chang took a look. ”Seems like it. Do you want to hear it?”
This time Su Yan nodded before going back to eat. Nie Chang watched him for a moment before lowering his gaze to the phone again and reading the task for him.
[While the effect of a setting on a story is obvious at first glance, the roles the characters take up will also influence the plot strongly. Thus different types of characters can also be used to create variation in the genre.