Soft and caring 

Historical or modern day dorama?

Historical

Revenge or investigation  plot

Investigation


warm male lead or cold male lead

Warm Male lead


Stuck in past OR Stuck in future

stuck in the past

FL watches a romantic drama or reads a romantic book series. She enters this fictional world which she knows well.  OR a character from the fictional world enters our world. (I hope this makes sense.)

Character from fictional world to real world 


Leads die happily OR Leads live sadly

Neither, really. I won't watch anything unless I'm assured of a happy-ish ending. If I must answer, then the happy death.

Lead character is believed to have a long-term serious illness but hasn't. Or lead character actually has a long-term serious illness.

Lead believed to have long term illness but hasn't 


Enemies to lovers OR Friends to lovers

enemies to lovers

leads meet in high school, or leads meet in an office setting

meet in high school

zombies or ghosts

ghosts

lead character has a phobia, or lead character can't see faces

thriller

main relationship is sismance or bromance

bromance, but it's close

In a police investigation drama, the two main detectives are both male, both female, or one of each (yes, I know that's three choices)

Both Female - have not seen many like that


Main protagonist  has a  fallen hero arc or a villain redemption arc(ie character develops from good to bad or bad to good)