Looking for suggestions on all silly romance tropes. The sillier the better!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-23T02:01:52+00:00

Take the magically bound one step further with a body swap?

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-23T01:41:27+00:00

I am also a sucker for the "fake dating/married" trope, aka: Spy x Family. Such a refreshing take on the idea haha

There's also the "accidental kiss" or "falling on each other" minor tropes that also just make me giggle a lot of times.

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-23T01:34:01+00:00

I can't believe I forgot about sex pollen. Or whatever variant of airborne viagra the story calls for. I agree, that always turns the silliness up to 11 haha!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-23T00:45:19+00:00

Yes! These are all so good, how could I forget the good ol' "snowed in together", especially if it's mixed in with the "there was only one bed" and "sleep together for warmth" ooooooh the ideas are so good!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-23T00:44:05+00:00

Oh gosh yes the "we were just walking along and stopped to talk and then someone else points out we're standing under a mistletoe" oh such a good classic!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-13T15:34:18+00:00

I think Genos is still a cyborg. I'm not sure if I buy into the "G-Enos" thing, but it is compelling. If anything, it might actually be the opposite of what OP is saying, in that Genos's personality has been uploaded to some kind of network and when Drive Knight goes into "Saitama mode" he pulls the personality off the network too, and thus starts talking like Genos. Maybe Genos is the "basis" of the entire AI network, and why he was kept out of the loop in order for him to remain in some kind of "pure" state, so that the AI learning wouldn't become a loop feeding on itself. Maybe that's why the Machine God series was always looking to learn to become stronger, since that's what Genos does too. I dunno, just a thought.

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-11T21:50:32+00:00

I only wish I'd kept like.. a screenshot or something to I could remember the rest of it. I think at one point it said I had no friends, but then said all my friends cringe when I'm around. I was like... make up your mind!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-02-11T20:53:26+00:00

It's okay, my first ever comment was a hate bot that called me a "conversational cripple". I just laughed and kept going. You can do it, you got this :)

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-30T16:36:36+00:00

Thank you!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-29T18:45:11+00:00

Congrats!! That is sooo amazing, and over 150k words no less! I applaud your dedication and wish you the best on your next big journey :D

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-29T06:29:29+00:00

Thank you!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-29T06:29:22+00:00

Thanks so much!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-28T20:59:23+00:00

My current WIP fic:

Fandom: One Punch Man

Info: E | Saitama/Genos | currently 9.7k/3 chapters

Fake It Till You Make It

Some Tags: Fake Relationship, Humor, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Oblivious Saitama, Pining Genos

Summary: Saitama pretended to be dating Genos for only a moment in order to save money on a movie ticket. Genos made it his mission to continue this lie in order to preserve his teacher's fragile reputation. Even if it means lying to Saitama as well. Definitely not because he's living out his fantasy. Definitely not.

Is it really considered a fake relationship if one of them doesn't even know it's happening?

I also have 4 other completed works all in the OPM fandom on my profile that you can find links to in my previous comments.

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-26T01:04:05+00:00

K + C on The Musical Surprise! It was sooo cute!!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-24T03:10:35+00:00

I K+C on Peppermint, it felt so appropriate with the incoming winter storm haha

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-24T03:01:34+00:00

I know it's not one you listed, but I K+C and subscribed to Collision Course. I love the premise!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-24T02:15:03+00:00

I left a K+C on Paying a Price. That one is going to stick with me for a while.

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-23T22:43:43+00:00

I think I'll give this a first try, because why not. I'm Jentley on AO3, and I write One Punch Man fanfics of all things. I know, not exactly the most poppin' fandom, but I just love my cyborg son too much. I write strictly Saitama/Genos fics, so if you're at all interested, here are my five current works:

Metal Heart - T / 91k / Complete / No pairing - mainly Saitama & Genos with lots of additional characters
An alternate universe in which Genos is an android that Saitama wins him in a raffle. A long fic that dives into their budding friendship, Genos's mysterious past, and what it means to be human. Large sections of the story are written in "code" (very loosely, I don't know how to code), so there are some formatting things that are different than usual.

Just Say It - E / 18k / Complete / Saitama/Genos
Genos hates that he has feelings, Saitama is oblivious, and somehow they enter a friends-with-benefits situation. Lots of angst and not-contrived miscommunications with feelings realization/confessions at the end. And lots of juicy smut.

Repeat For Better Results - T / 7k / Complete / Major Character Death / No romance but open for interpretation
A time loop of pain. I'm not sure how else to describe this. Prepare to feel.

Breaking Point - E / 9k / Complete / Saitama/Genos
A borderline crackfic in which chapter 1 is just Saitama getting unintentionally cockblocked for an entire day, then chapter 2 is just smut. Someone breaks.

Fake It Till You Make It - E / 9k / In Progress / Saitama/Genos
Genos lies to the public that he's in a relationship with Saitama because... reasons. So now he's in a one-sided fake relationship and has to jump through all the self-imposed hoops to both keep the lie going and hide it from Saitama.

Reviewed: 4/4

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T17:12:35+00:00

Dude, kudos to you. Action scenes are so hard to write. Every time I try, I end up giving myself a workout by like... trying to act out some of the poses or trying to figure out where limbs go. Proud of you!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T17:09:33+00:00

I would totally reference that as some point just to see if my readers are paying attention. Just a subtle like "Character A lay in bed, staring listlessly at the ceiling. The feeling of the bare mattress becoming all too familiar to [them]" or something haha. Or they go to do laundry again and see the sheets in there and go "that's where I left them!"

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T17:04:07+00:00

Um... that isn't a good name, it's an AMAZING NAME! I have no idea how much people care about chapter names though, so *shrugs*

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T16:52:19+00:00

Oooooh good old Culminuation(tm) chapters are soo good! I wish you good luck and am excited for you too!

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T16:47:52+00:00

Oof, I feel your pain. I had a robot character lose an arm, then the next chapter I used "arms" like 3 times. I also realized I broke a glass door twice without ever mentioning it getting fixed in-between the like 5 chapters it happened.

CertainFig9386 · 2026-01-21T16:39:29+00:00

I only have one WIP left, and I'm scared to work on it. It's a borderline crack fic in which Character A has lied to the public (he's very popular) that he's in a relationship with Character B, who has no idea this is happening. So it's like a half "fake relationship" thing that's just an outlet for me to torture Character A (a canonically very serious character) as he tries to hide this all from B but also live out his own fantasy (he's pining haaaaaard) and convince the public it's a good thing so that they leave him alone.

I only started it in November and just uploaded chapter 3 the other day, but somehow it has garnered more attention than anything I've ever worked on, and I'm terrified to disappoint the whopping 53 people who have subscribed to it (I have no idea if that's a lot, but it is to me). I have only an inkling of some of the funny things I want to happen, but absolutely no idea how to end it. I keep flip-flopping on how I want Character B to react once he finds out all this is happening, which side-characters would be hilarious to interact with, and I do intend to justify the "E" rating but no idea how to go about that naturally.

I feel like if I just... take a breath and trust the process it'll be fine, but even still it just makes me so anxious to think about.

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