Happy birthday! It’s good to see you around again. One of my favorite tropes rn is when a character just bites it during the most mundane part of their day. Like a character who regularly uses magic/fights etc. just keeling over sick while they’re just doing some gardening, or whatever hobby they enjoy. It’s ridiculous, but also darling lol
Thank you! I've become more of a lurker than a contributor nowadays. Ya know, real life, and being an adult, and all that other boring stuff lol.
I know it's not the same trope, but you mentioned magic and I am a big fan of magical exhaustion. Just, a character using their magic so much and/or so often that either 1) they just pass out for an extended period of time, 2) can't use anymore magic because they are just that drained, or 3) using magic has weakened their whole body to the point where it effects their immune system and maybe they catch something that's usually minor but this time it just hits so hard because of how weak they are.