MapHatter
Dreamer
It's a dangerous thing to think of things as 'tropes', or 'clichés', since it forces you to limit your imagination. There are elements that appear throughout fantasy, to the point that they maybe come across as contrived, or unoriginal. 'The orphan' comes to mind, or 'the chosen one', or 'the magical sword.' These are done to death, but there's no reason you can't employ the same things in your own work if you can only find a way to handle it deftly, gracefully and with some element that makes it unique to you.
I've not read ASoIaF, but I've watched Game of Thrones. Jon Snow is all of the above; he is an orphan, he would appear to be 'the chosen one', and he is wielding a sword that appears to be uniquely capable of slaughering the White Walkers, (which to my mind classifies it as 'a magical sword.') I don't know how true to the books this is, but I'm assuming these elements in particular, remain largely accurate. (If not, my example falls apart, but there are others out there, to be considered).
The point is, I suppose, don't limit yourself by thinking of anything as a trope or a cliché. If something works within the context of your story, and you can make it unique to your story, then full steam ahead...
I've not read ASoIaF, but I've watched Game of Thrones. Jon Snow is all of the above; he is an orphan, he would appear to be 'the chosen one', and he is wielding a sword that appears to be uniquely capable of slaughering the White Walkers, (which to my mind classifies it as 'a magical sword.') I don't know how true to the books this is, but I'm assuming these elements in particular, remain largely accurate. (If not, my example falls apart, but there are others out there, to be considered).
The point is, I suppose, don't limit yourself by thinking of anything as a trope or a cliché. If something works within the context of your story, and you can make it unique to your story, then full steam ahead...