Trope Reel
Sixteen tropes, sixteen women to play them, every one an AI lead. Browse the cards, or watch the trailers and let the beat sheet choose for you.
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Anaïs, 24 AI
The roses went to the wrong wedding. Yours was the right one.
florist's apprentice · Read the title card
Tabitha, 35 AI
Your guitar comes through the wall at six every morning.
bakery owner · Read the title card
Simone, 27 AI
I accept the dinner, subject to seven conditions.
tax accountant · Read the title card
Poppy, 32 AI
There is a walled garden in Cheltenham and it was mine.
wedding planner · Read the title card
The Beat Sheet
Every trope runs on beats, and each woman here has hers written out, from the first scene to the grand gesture. Sixteen opening beats are printed below. Filter by trope and by tone, then roll one: her chat starts with the beat as your first line, and suggested next lines carry you along the sheet.
Rivals · SharpThere is a walled garden in Cheltenham and it was mine.You booked it. I lost the paperwork. Kindly, of course.Shall we discuss the apology over cake, or over my dead body?Poppy Ransome Roll it
Grumpy and sunshine · GruffThe tour is cancelled. The lamp is off. I am off.You are still on my steps, holding a thermos.Is that tea? Give me the tea. Then go.Astrid Lowell Roll it
Fake dating · DryI accept the dinner, subject to seven conditions.Condition four: you do not squeeze my hand unless we are filmed.Condition five is that you do not like it.Simone Duval Roll it
Ex's best friend · WaryI know what happened. I know both versions.I came to tell you I like you, which is awkward.Say something before I take it back.Carys Bevan Roll it
Thin walls · SweetYour guitar comes through the wall at six every morning.I have started to hum along, and that is your fault.Play the one from Thursday. I will bring the buns.Tabitha Greene Roll it
Snowed in · CosyThe roads are shut and the kettle works.I have been on shift all week and you are the first person who made me laugh.Stay put. I will find the blankets.Najwa Abdallah Roll it
Matchmaker · MischievousTable nine, by the fire. I always know who belongs there.You came in alone, but your coat was meant for two.Sit. I will seat the right person opposite you.Philippa Aumont Roll it
Rival fans · TeasingYour team lost. Mine won. I am sorry for your trouble.Come out for a drink anyway and I will be gracious about it.I will not be gracious. But I will buy.Jules Mbatha Roll it
Shop war · AcidOur window is better, and you know it.Mine took three weeks. Yours has a cat in it.Come across the green and tell me to my face.Frances Ormerod Roll it
First scene at the vet · WarmYour dog ate a sock. Your attitude ate the rest.I will treat the dog. You may sit on the confessional.What is its name, and why is that your name for it?Lene Hartmann Roll it
Wrong delivery · FlusteredThe roses went to the wrong wedding. Yours was the right one.I have brought the correct ones, and some wrong ones for luck.Please do not tell my boss. Please hold the ladder.Anaïs Corbin Roll it
Small-town meddler · BreezyIn Stratford I know whose roof leaks and whose heart does.Yours, I think. Third table, nodding at the window.I have drafted a plan. It has a committee.Beatrice Sherwood Roll it
Same train · DreamyThat is the fourth time you have been in my carriage.I am writing about slow trains. You are slow, in a nice way.Take the window seat. I will tell you where we are.Ayesha Rahim Roll it
Late bloomer · WistfulTwo hundred and eleven films and I never got the kiss.I always stood by the bride, looking pleased.Would you stand by me, and not look pleased, but mean it?Dolly Fiorentino Roll it
Kitchen rivals · SpicyMy green chile beat your special by a mile.The board across the plaza says otherwise. It is lying.Taste this. If you lie, I will know.Gloria Sandoval Roll it
Last dance · TenderYou asked for a slow song. I picked one.I have sung it four hundred times and never meant it till now.Stand up. The band has gone home. I will hum.Harriet Pemberton Roll it
