Here Are 7 Wattpad Tropes That You Will Find In Lebanon

Every Wattpadian has experienced the following: one late night back in 2014, you stumbled upon the dark side of Wattpad and completely lost your innocence. You’ve read hundreds of pages of heavy and unrealistic smut with cliche AF tropes and a bunch of plot holes that don’t make sense. If you grew up in Lebanon reading Wattpad for fun, here are 7 tropes that you’ll realize are not so far from reality. 1. The good girl/bad boy trope This is the neighborhood’s bad boy. His personality traits include taking shirtless gym selfies, posting black and white pictures with a cigarette in his right hand, or flexing his BMW. He’s always out with his friends aka “Bros”, partying all night and somehow developed an entitlement to policing women’s bodies. He expresses a preference for “Mesh beyes tema ella ema” type of girls and somehow you got attracted to him. A serious question: are you okay? It’s not worth it, wallah. 2. Millionaire/arranged marriage trope The trope that leaves most Lebanese aunts weak. You just know this one’s coming: your Lebanese grandma set you up with the richest expat in town that you’ve only seen during summer vacations (preferably a distant relative). It’s only a matter of time before you two newlyweds actually fall in love (we don’t promise it will last, but at least the chalet in Faraya will). 3. Forbidden love trope The classic Lebanese scenario: the pro-zawej madani couple that had to get married in Cyprus. 4. The good girl/mafia boss trope An extended version of the good girl/bad boy trope, except that this guy’s playground is the black market. He’s definitely politically affiliated and owns management in the night scene. You probably have a severe savior complex to think you can fix him. One good thing though: he’s your wasta for everything. 5. The nerd/jock trope The dreaded and cringe nerd x Abu 3adal trope. You’re the class nerd while he plays basketball b nede el Riyadi and studies physical education at LU. Somehow, he makes everything about the gym, “Mberi7 re7et 3al gym, kenet 3am betmaran bel gym w kaza, ana w bel gym shefet rfe2e Bob bel gym, ya wayle kenna 3am nehmol 100kg bel gym. 3a fekra eltellek kent bel gym?” 6. The runaway bride/groom trope We obviously had it before Wattpad. You guys re7to khatife and married bel sera because your parents would’ve never approved. 7. Love potion trope The star-crossed lovers. Your partner is obsessed with you to the point that people say eno 3amlitlo/a seher bas it’s probably your teta that did it la2anno 3arfe gher hek mahada ha yelkshak/ik. More like this: 18 Things You’ve Heard From Lebanese Fuckboys 9 Lebanese Main Character Moments