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openProposal for Addition to 'Films: Animated' entry of 'Walk Into Mordor' Film
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't 'Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse' fit in the 'Films: Animated' entry? I distinctly remember one scene where the spiderpeople were on the roof of the building where Kingpin's ball (and device) was, and then Noir says, "It can't be that easy," in regards to the others plan of sneaking in as is due to the Spiderman theme of the ball (Because of the original peter's death) and then there's a Gilligan Cut (?) to Noir saying 'It really is that easy.'
openEdit war on Fallout 2024's Trivia page.
On May 14th, troper Doctor Detective removed this entry Fallout (2024)'s trivia page with the edit reason "None of that requires that the creators lied, given the time between the games and the show, and how all of the games' endings are actually rather open-ended in terms of what happens next."
- Lying Creator: Part of the creators' insistence that the show would be a canon entry in the franchise in the leadup to release included assurance that the show would not engage in any Cutting Off the Branches for previous entries. Despite this, the show's very first episode featured an appearance by the Prydwen from Fallout 4 intact and still operational in the Brotherhood's service, with reference made to members of the organization still operating within the Commonwealth. Due to the Institute and Railroad endings requiring destroying the Prydwen, this leaves only the Brotherhood and Minutemen endings plausible and invalidating half of the game's potential endings. Additionally, The Stinger for the Season 1 finale indicates the show will showcase the now run-down city of New Vegas heavily in the second season, which by its nature will require either choosing a specific ending to Fallout: New Vegas as canon or rendering the player's choice of ending irrelevant somehow.
The edit reason made me raise an eyebrow, considering it appears cut and dry when it comes to the Prydwen being intact contradicting the Cutting Off the Branches claim, so I restored it on May 17th with the edit reason "Main page doesn't mention any requirements. If the creator lied about something, even if something is "open-ended", then it qualifies."
The next day, Doctor Detective removed the entry again with the edit reason "The requirement is that the creator lied about something. They didn't. Viewers are speculating about what must have happened, based on partial information. Retcons, added information, and nine years of additional story without direct reference to or confirmation of what happened in previous installations do not constitute lies. Everything about this entry belongs I the WMG page."
Regardless of his reasoning for it, it's an edit war now.
Edited by Super_WeegeeopenAnime or Films- Animation?
While Princess Mononoke is listed as an anime sometimes its examples are listed in the Films — Animation section of some pages? Should this be corrected and moved to the anime folder?
openDoes Mystique counts as DracoInLeatherPants Print Comic
Hey guys, a while ago I added X-Men’s Mystique to the Draco in Leather Pants Marvel page of villains who are beloved and forgiven by fans despite their heinous crimes.
Troper Cylon took issue with this as they don’t consider Mystique an abusive mother or sadistic villain even though she has had decades of written to be just that. They removed the example, I put it back, they removed it again. Que the ensuing arguments where even where I provided evidence Cylon would either ignore it or tried justify it or claim it’s bad writing that Mystique was written that way.
I believe same as Magneto, Mystique definitely counts for the trope. What do you guys think?
Edited by Yellow20openTons of appearances in an infobox question Print Comic
Characters.Green Arrow Speedy has a 'first appearance' list for the characters, which is fine, but then it goes into every comic they ever appeared in whether they have trope pages or not. Roy's portion is really long; should it and similar parts be trimmed, cut, or left alone?
openParameters of EvenTheGuysWantHim
There's an instance where Even the Guys Want Him is being used to describe just "bi guy has a male crush". I don't think that specific instance is a trope; I think it's a banal, chair-type event. I thought Even the Guys Want Him was when mostly-straight Al remarks on Bob's hotness and this is narratively used as a way to convey how unusually, remarkably hot Bob is. The person who added it is arguing no, the "bi guy has a normal crush" example is within the scope of Even the Guys Want Him as defined on the page.
So 2 questions:
- Does "bi guy has a normal crush" qualify as Even the Guys Want Him?
- If so, is Even the Guys Want Him even tropeworthy?
openUndo edit reverts for Anakin Skywalker page
Greetings. I've noticed that Tuvor reverted a good deal of my edits on Anakin Skywalker's page. Some of them were understandable, but others I don't feel were necessary, such as this one, this one, and this one, to name a few.
Any thoughts on this?
Edited by zakitaroopenQuestion about flexibility of Bloodstained Glass Windows
Since Tropes Are Flexible, does Bloodstained Glass Windows cover violence in non-Christian houses of worship? Would a gunfight in a synagogue or a mosque be as valid an example as one that happens in a church?
openIs It Ok To Add "The Smoke Room" Work On The Wiki Videogame
I was planing on adding an article for "The Smoke Room" (a visual novel) to the wiki in the near future, but the redlink said that it was cut do to it being added by a ban evader. Is it ok to add again? Im pretty sure it is due to it being an actual work and a prequel to another work with a page on this site, but im asking to be sure since the page said i should do that
openNot experienced with editing here, why is this like this? Literature
So I wanted to add a trope example to https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WarriorCatsTheOriginalSeries but when I opened the editor I found it was already there, but upon closing the editor again I didn't see it. Opening the page normally on one tab and in editor in another, I discovered that the example I wanted to add as well as a bunch of others, maybe a third of the page's total examples, had "
openAnime/anime adjacent trope - Blonde with fists as weapons Anime
Anime/anime adjacent trope - Blonde with fists as weapons
Got a list of examples for anyone important enough to create a page:
https://in-birth.fandom.com/wiki/Mika
https://rwby.fandom.com/wiki/Yang_Xiao_Long
https://symphogear.fandom.com/wiki/Hibiki_Tachibana
https://shangrila-frontier.fandom.com/wiki/Kei_Uomi (Shangri-La Frontier form), see ep12 5:03
https://mahoako.fandom.com/wiki/Tenkawa_Kaoruko (fist attack)
Edited by tempuser1283914openEdit war on "Deadpool and Wolverine"
On YMMV.Deadpool And Wolverine, bud0011 added this example on April 24, 2024:
- Crosses the Line Twice: Giant Man's Skull being used as a base on its own works as Body Horror, but if you combine it with Paul Rudd's memetic The Ageless-ness, it becomes Black Comedy that something eventually did him in.
I removed it a few days later, citing discussion here.
On May 12, bud0011 readded it, unchanged, with the edit reason being a link to a clip from the movie of Deadpool essentially making the same joke.
While I do believe the example could now stay if rewritten to be about Deadpool's quip and not a version of Fridge Brilliance, it's still an edit war, as it appears to have been readded without discussion.
Edited by MisterApes-a-lotopenIn-universe WAI/Darth, disallowed?
- What an Idiot!: In-Universe. In The Layover in the S8–S9 off-season, Adam did a poll of 1,200 Jet Lag fans, with one question being "What is the dumbest thing anyone has ever done on Jet Lag?" The answers were: 1. Adam taking off his wig in Tag EUR Itnote as it meant his elaborate disguise was completely wasted when Sam and Ben staked out the train station he was at; 2. Sam and Joseph gambling in Singapore in Circumnavigationnote a high-risk strategy that left them completely stranded halfway through the game; 3. Sam and Brian buying a tracker powerup in Battle 4 Americanote as it wouldn't have given them any way to actually stop Ben and Adam's plan and they ended not not having the coin to steal back the critical challenge; 4. trusting Deutsche Bahnnote which has led directly to at least one tag in each season.
While YMMV and Flame Bait allow in-universe examples, Darth Wiki I belive does not, correct? Also WAI requires the You'd Expect/Instead format so this isn't an example.
So should this be cut? Any possible replacements? (You Fool! seems the in-universe equivalent to WAI, but if it's limited to verbatim uses of Fool/synonyms is a question I asked but have yet to hear anything on.)
openToo many Silly Puns
The TropesThatWillNeverHappen.Silly Puns page has reached the point it shows the "too long" disclaimer; if we keep adding stuff to it, it's better if we split it first, but my question is how do we split it?
Alphabetically ordered pages, perhaps?
openTroper Linking to Character Sheets in Examples
~SpectacularTroper frequently links to character sheets on entries that have links to the media already, which makes for redundant links.
- This edit on Important Hair Accessory
- This one (and another) on Peer as Teacher, which I saw and sent a message letting them know this wasn't necessary.
- This one on Rough Overalls.
- This one on I Just Want to Have Friends
- This one on Cherry Blossom Girl
There's several others as well. Should I send another notifier?
Edited by NethiliaopenEdit War
- Tallmoon — Removes an image (despite the IP tag) citing "per thread", with no such thread existing.
- Clancy Gardener — Revert
- Tallmoon — Unilatellay removes it again with "copyright violation" as an edit reason, which it is not, and makes a long post about it here.
Tallmoon also unilaterally replaced an image at Bishonen (despite the IP tag), followed by a similarly nonsensical justification post.
Edited by AmonimusopenPossible violation of fic may be yours, but page is ours.
The creator of Peter & Company is currently on here and seems to be violating The Fic May Be Yours, but the Trope Page Is Ours, as they've made a number of edits on their comic's page, such as replacing the image without IP consensus, editing the work's description, deleting examples, and editing the work's YMMV page, which as far as I know, is forbidden to authors.
Edited by Tylerbear12openIs this reason legit?
A certain troper removed this entry reasoning that Darth Wiki doesn't go on main wiki.
Except the entry was on the YMMV tab, so... that's not really the main wiki, is it?
Is the reason (and removal) legit?
Edited by sohibil
A few hours ago Tropiarz added this Condemned by History entry to the YMMV page for Lost:
I'm not sure this counts because it doesn't make an argument that the show is now viewed negatively, it's just listing a number of things people disliked about it and is also complaining about other shows doing those things.
Edited by Javertshark13