🔥 BBBD MASTER ICON KEY 🔥
🖤 1. DARK ROMANCE & TONE
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🖤 | Dark romance themes |
| 💀 | Death, murder, body count |
| 🔪 | Violence, gore |
| 🩸 | Blood, rituals, blood play |
| 🕶️ | Villain / morally black MMC |
| 👁 | Stalking, obsession, surveillance |
| 🔗 | Control dynamics / captivity |
| 🎭 | Secret identities / secret societies |
| 🧠 | Mind games / psychological warfare |
| ♣️ | Secret societies / elite games |
| 🌀 | Toxic spiral / descent arc |
| 🩺 | Medical manipulation / hurt-care imbalance |
🔥 2. SPICE, KINK & INTENSITY
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🔥 | High spice |
| ♨️ | Extreme/taboo spice |
| 🥵 | Primal, feral, possessive energy |
| 🥃 | Toxic romance energy |
| ❤️🔥 | Destructive passion |
| 💋 | Seduction-heavy scenes |
| 👄 | Highly explicit detail |
| ⛓️ | BDSM |
| 🔥⛓️ | Heavy BDSM / edge play |
| 🧯 | “This scene needs a warning” spice |
| 🖇️ | Multiple kinks overlapping |
| 🕸️ | Degradation / darker kink dynamics |
👑 3. MMC ARCHETYPES
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 👑 | Alpha / heir / powerful MMC |
| 🕶️ | Villain MMC |
| 🦂 | Deadly, unpredictable MMC |
| 🐍 | Manipulator / charming deceiver |
| 🦇 | Vampire MMC |
| 🐺 | Shifter / feral MMC |
| 🪓 | Violent protector MMC |
| 😈🔥 | Demon MMC / supernatural darkness |
| 🛡️ | Protector MMC (healthy or obsessive) |
🌹 4. FMC ARCHETYPES
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🌹 | Soft but strong FMC |
| 🗡️ | Sharp, resilient FMC |
| 🎓 | College-age FMC |
| 👑🌹 | Hidden-power female lead |
| 🥀 | Wounded girl arc |
| 🐦⬛ | Dark descent / corruption arc |
| 🔥🌹 | Seductive FMC / femme fatale |
📚 5. POPULAR TROPES
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🔥🖤 | Enemies to lovers |
| ❤️🩹 | Hurt/comfort |
| 🚪➡️ | Forced proximity |
| 🔁 | Second chance romance |
| 💍 | Marriage of convenience / arranged marriage |
| 🕳️ | Descent arc (moral or emotional) |
| 🩸👑 | Sacrifice / ritual-binding romance |
| 🖤🤝🖤 | Morally gray x morally gray pairing |
| 🧬 | Fated mates |
| 🚬 | Problematic man + worse decisions trope |
| 🔥🥀 | Toxic romance |
⚠️ 6. TRIGGER & CONTENT WARNING ICONS
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ⚠️ | General trigger warning |
| 🚫 | Hard content / taboo |
| 🧨 | Sudden violence / explosion of conflict |
| 🧷 | Trauma triggers |
| 🩹 | Recovery themes |
| ⚰️ | Soul-crushing emotional devastation |
| 🫀 | Physical or psychological harm themes |
| 🥽 | Dubcon / blurred-consent themes |
🏛 7. SETTING & WORLD ICONS
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🎓 | College / university setting |
| 🏛 | Elite institutions / academia |
| 🌆 | Urban nightlife / underground world |
| 🌒 | Gothic / dark atmospheric setting |
| 🕰 | Historical |
| 🔥🏙 | Mafia / organized crime world |
| 🎰 | Casino / gambling underworld |
| 🩸🕍 | Ritualistic, cult, or religious themes |
| 🚨 | Police, investigative, or criminal world |
🪞 8. EMOTIONAL DAMAGE SCALE
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🥀 | Mild emotional damage |
| 💣 | Explosive emotional pain |
| 🧷 | Trauma-heavy emotional arc |
| ⚰️ | Devastating emotional wreckage |
| 💥🖤 | “You will not recover” level |
| 🝔 | Trauma requiring therapy energy |
| 🧨🖤 | Total emotional chaos |
📈 9. READING EXPERIENCE
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🧩 | Confusing / twist-heavy |
| ⏳ | Slow burn |
| 🔥⏳ | Slow burn but spicy |
| 🚀 | Fast-paced |
| 🎢 | Emotional rollercoaster |
| 🔮 | Magical / supernatural elements |
| 💭 | Unreliable narrator |
📖 10. WRITING STYLE & STRUCTURE
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🖋 | Lyrical writing |
| ✂️ | Choppy or fragmented style |
| 🎬 | Cinematic writing |
| 🩶 | Morally gray worldbuilding |
| 🧱 | Dense, complex world |
🔥 11. SPICE LEVEL SCALE (1–5 Flames)
| Icon | Level |
|---|---|
| 🔥 | Mild |
| 🔥🔥 | Moderate |
| 🔥🔥🔥 | High |
| 🔥🔥🔥🔥 | Explicit |
| 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | Extreme / taboo |
🔪 12. VIOLENCE LEVEL SCALE (1–5 Knives)
| Icon | Level |
|---|---|
| 🔪 | Mild |
| 🔪🔪 | Moderate |
| 🔪🔪🔪 | High |
| 🔪🔪🔪🔪 | Intense |
| 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 | Extreme / graphic |
⚰️ 13. EMOTIONAL DAMAGE SCALE (1–5 Coffins)
| Icon | Level |
|---|---|
| ⚰️ | Light sadness |
| ⚰️⚰️ | Moderate hurt |
| ⚰️⚰️⚰️ | Heavy emotional pain |
| ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️ | Devastating |
| ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️ | Soul-shattering |
😈 14. MMC TOXICITY SCALE
| Icon | Type |
|---|---|
| 🥺 | Soft boy (rare in BBBD but allowed for science) |
| 😈 | Playful toxic |
| 🩸😈 | Dark toxic |
| 💀😈 | Full villain energy |
🌸 15. FMC SOFTNESS / SHARPNESS SCALE
| Icon | Type |
|---|---|
| 🌸 | Soft, gentle FMC |
| 🌹 | Balanced softness + strength |
| 🗡️ | Sharp, fierce FMC |
| 🖤🗡️ | Dangerous woman energy |
Posts
0 Comments