LogLog's Clichés, Stats, and Rules: Do they matter?

I am in the middle of writing three different short stories that I am really excited about, and in each story, there is a "major"LogLog Clichés, Stats, and Rules violation. My purpose in this post is to establish which are worth getting to work on and which aren't.<br><br>1. Literally two sentences into the first story, I introduce a minor character with glasses. She is the protagonist teacher's daughter and everything about her is a reflection of her father, so hers are glasses like her father's. The story is going to be a twist on the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, with the introverted, violent, socially awkward character as a bright-eyed 18-year-old girl who is getting to know her father after years apart.<br><br>2. I have a story in which a man with long hair is an ancient magician. I know this is a super common trope, but I can't imagine the character any other way. He is flowing and his long silver curtains of hair are a manifestation of that. He is flowing and his long silver curtains of hair are a manifestation of that.<br><br>LogLog: Clichés, Facts, and Rules | LogLog