So what if it's a cliché?
┑(￣Д ￣)┍ to be able to be a cliché means that people likes this sort of thing before so others adeppted it that's why it's a cliché. Bc a lot of people like this kind of story(〜￣△￣)〜
Cliche is not equivalent to being “liked”. Cliche means overdone, overused, predictable because it’s been recycled so many times. The Manic Pixie Boy/Girl is a trope used in really bad writing, usually an indicator that the writer is self-inserting themselves as the jaded character, using it to fuel a perfect, 2D fantasy where their needs are met, without a damn given to the love interest. The Manic Pixie Boy/Girl exists as a tool, it’s almost sad.
Lack of self-preservation skills like the uke’s is why natural selection is a thing. The kid felt very 2D. He existed only to improve the seme’s character, because he really ticks some of the boxes of a manic pixie boy trope:
- no self-development, you have to be completely patient and understating of their flaws and wrongdoing NO MATTER WHAT.
- the seme had a rough childhood in addition to his conman job. he’s jaded, whereas the manic pixie boy is all soft flowers and sunshine. the healer to his heart.
We know this recipe already: dark past, hidden secrets, someone will come up and spill the beans to the uke, seme leaves became oh no he is SHAMED, but the uke will be relentless on insisting that it’s okay.