For a list of bad laconics, see Sandbox.Pages Needing Better Laconics.
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Today I found out an interesting fact from troper Ironeye:
Don't ever make the mistake of using the Laconic version as the canonical trope meaning—the laconics are often written by people who don't actually understand the drop. In this case, the laconic only corresponds to one possible cause of Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy.
The Laconic Description for DIAA states as follows:
The thing is, these descriptions are supposed to make it easier to understand what the page is about. If they can't be accurate as well as short and sweet, then there's a problem.
So for starters, what would be a better description for DIAA?
Edited by MacronNotes on Jan 29th 2023 at 6:23:45 AM
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I don't know about Fan Myopia, but it's certainly gushing. Easy to simplify it to "A Spiritual Successor to the JRPG series Suikoden by the original creators."
Anime Guy
Well that doesn’t really explain the plot of the game. If you don’t know what Suikoden is, then that isn’t going to explain what it’s about.
It explains that it's a JRPG.
If somebody else wants to make a different one, fine, but unless we get something better we might as well improve what's already there.
I think any laconic that relies on the reader to be familiar with a different work than the one it's being described is a bad laconic.
Which is a lot of laconics out there, but still.
Konstruktor
A Mother's Touch has two laconics, and I'm not sure which one to cut. I know X Meets Y and Recycled In Space-style laconics are forbidden, but I don't know about What If? ones, particularly since this is a fanfic.
or
"What if Yoko Sakaki became more involved in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V starting with the Reiji Akaba's attempted buy-out of her husband's school?"
Keep the first. "What If other work but different" is just another way of saying Recycled In Space.
EDIT: I didn't realise this was a fanfic at first. Maybe the second is more descriptive in that case.
Edited by MurlocAggroB on May 2nd 2024 at 2:07:49 AM
Faux Action Girl is currently:
- She can't really kick your ass, but the show pretends she can.
How about: The Action Girl's skill and capability is told to the audience, but rarely shown or displayed.
I don't mind the current one, but your suggestion is better.
Anime Guy
Yeah, I think either description works fine. It’s just the former is more goofy, is all.
Changed, moved the original to the "back to the unabridged version"
She / Her
(x6) I prefer the first one.
Laconic.He Who Fights Monsters mentions the character being out for vengeance when I didn't see anything on the main page stating it has to involve that. Can I remove that detail?
Laconic.Vorkosigan Saga has got to be the least informative laconic page I've seen in a while, and even as a person who never read it, I am convinced it should be rewritten.
You keep using the term "POV". I do not think it means what you think it means.
OK, how the hell did anyone think that was ever a good Laconic?
Haven't read it either, so I can't help.
Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash on May 15th 2024 at 5:33:32 AM
From the work page:
So, it's a history of a guy?
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Anime Guy
Having looked into it, how about:
Yeah, that sounds right, from what examples come from it.
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Here the description for Laconic.Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes, which screams Fan Myopia
Edited by Ayumi-chan on Apr 30th 2024 at 6:12:28 PM
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