none of these are in any particular order.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝔦. — visual traits

• long hair
• androgyny
• sharp canine teeth
• strange / unusual eyes
• heterochromia
• messy hair
• piercings
• tattoos
• unconventional fashion
• pretty faces paired with intimidating features
• characters who look like they haven't slept in three days

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝔦𝔦. — character traits

• morally questionable little freaks
• characters who are difficult to understand
• emotionally repressed idiots
• people who don't quite fit the role they've been given
• characters with complicated motivations
• villains
• people who would rather die that communicate properly
• characters who are just a little bit insane

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝔦𝔦𝔦. — recurring phenomena

• giant robots
• vampires
• bats
• weird insects
• pretty pink things
• non human characteristics
• questionable gender presentation
• character with unnecessarily elaborate outfits (looking at u mayuri)
• things that are simultaneously cute and slightly unsettling
• things i absolutely do not need but suddenly need