History Sandbox / Snowsky

* FluffyDryCat: When a wet animal is dried, its fur will poof outwards hugely.

* FluffyDryCat:

'''Hates Being Photographed'''

''Laconic'': Somebody hates having their picture taken.

This person hates having their picture taken, for whatever reason. They might be shy, reclusive, insecure about their appearance, or hate having to get dressed up in formal clothes. This frequently puts them at odds with someone who wants to take a picture of them, often their parents. HilarityEnsues when they will do ''anything'' to avoid having their picture taken: running away, covering their face, making a bizarre or ugly facial expression to ruin the picture, or anything else they can think of.

* FilmTheHand: Sticking a hand in front of or over a camera lens to prevent being filmed.
* LastSecondPhotoFailure: The shooting of a posed photo is ruined just before the camera shoots the image.

Contrast:
* AttentionWhore: Someone who adores the limelight and would probably love having their picture taken.

'''Indices''': PhotographyAndIllustration, ComedyTropes.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin hates getting his picture taken, especially if it's for a formal photo and he's being forced to wear "dorky clothes" like a suit and tie. Whenever his parents try to take a photo of him, he always makes an ugly face at the last second to mess it up.

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/feather-chan/art/One-Shot-to-Keep-344841448 One Shot to Keep]]'': As Twilight is setting up the camera to take a photo of her friends, Rainbow Dash is dragging Fluttershy into frame while the yellow pegasus is protesting, "N-n-no, I don't want my picture taken!" and covering her face with her hooves.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Students with the Loner personality type will cover their faces if the player tries to take a picture of them.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Alastor is a 1930s radio host who hates all forms of modern technology, and believes that radio is "the proper medium to express oneself." He uses his powers to prevent his face from showing up properly on any kind of recording device like a camera or smartphone. [[spoiler:Vox, currently his ArchEnemy, owns half of a torn photo of himself and Alastor where the radio demon's face is unobscured, suggesting that they once had a good relationship.]]

This person hates having their picture taken, for whatever reason. They might be shy, insecure about their appearance, or hate having to get dressed up in formal clothes. This frequently puts them at odds with someone who wants to take a picture of them, often their parents.

'''Perfection Is Static / Perfection Is Boring'''

''Laconic'': Perfection that never changes, or cannot change, is presented in a negative light.

->''Everything beautiful should stay that way forever. I would make this world unchanging and eternal so all beauty will last forever. I can't stand the thought of the world becoming uglier.''
-->-- '''Lysandre''', ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it, or it might be flat-out impossible to change, leading to some ExistentialHorror. This often leads to AnAesop about change being necessary.

Common examples:
* Living in a paradise with everything you could ever want? It gets really boring after a while, especially if you can't leave.
* Someone who is perfect at a certain skill hits a brick wall when they have nothing new to accomplish and no new achievements to strive for, because they're already the best of the best.
* A villain wants to impose their vision of "perfection" on the world and leave it that way unchanging for eternity.

Related:
* HellOfAHeaven: Heaven isn't happy.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: Deviation from a perfect template is an aberration!
* OrderVersusChaos: Impose the perfection of order upon a messy, chaotic world!
* VictoryIsBoring: When you achieve flawless victory, what left is there to do?
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': When the mortal world was being created, Morning Star, the Alicorn of Perfection and Beauty, was so obsessed with making it beautiful and perfect, he grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his vision. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas for creation clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful works of art. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': The real Good Place is a place where you have everything you could ever want, but [[spoiler:since it lasts for an eternity, the few people who have gotten in have all lost their minds from torturous boredom because there's nothing new to do. Eleanor and the gang fix this problem by introducing a door through which people can pass and go through CessationOfExistence, once they've enjoyed the Good Place enough and decide it's time to end things.]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': Lysandre wants to create a beautiful world by annihilating all people and Pokémon outside of Team Flare, who will become rich, beautiful immortals and inherit the world left behind. He has a conversation with Diantha, a movie star, where he asks if she's afraid of growing older and losing her looks, and would prefer to stay young and beautiful forever. He is surprised when she says that she looks forward to aging because it means she can play new roles.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7179 SCP-7179]] is an afterlife consisting of an island paradise with a beach house, three willing and non-sentient sex partners, and all the food, drink, and drugs you could ever want. But there's no way to leave and you're stuck there for eternity, so you will enjoy yourself for a few years at most before you start going insane from boredom and loneliness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** The Gems are alien [[UltimateLifeform Ultimate Lifeforms]] who are immortal, born with all the knowledge they need, have a variety of superpowers including shapeshifting and holographic projections, and never need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe. Rose Quartz had an unusual mindset for a Gem; while most of Gemkind saw organic life as little more than insects, she was fascinated by its capacity to change, grow, and adapt. She lamented the fact that Gems were tailor-made from birth for their roles in Homeworld's FantasticCasteSystem and were expected to always remain the same.
--->'''Rose Quartz''': When a Gem is made, it's for a reason. They burst out of the ground already knowing what they're supposed to be, and then...that's what they are, forever. But you [humans], you're ''supposed'' to change. You're never the same, even moment to moment! You're allowed and expected to invent who you are.
** [[spoiler:White Diamond's idea of perfection is removing the "impurities" from other Gems, stripping them of all individual personality and turning their color schemes to black and white, leaving them eternally smiling, monochrome, blank-faced puppets.]]

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it, or it might be flat-out impossible to change, leading to some ExistentialHorror. This often leads to AnAesop about change being necessary.

** The Gems are [[UltimateLifeform Ultimate Lifeforms]] who are immortal, born with all the knowledge they need, have a variety of superpowers including shapeshifting and holographic projections, and never need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe. Rose Quartz had an unusual mindset for a Gem; while most of Gemkind saw organic life as little more than insects, she was fascinated by its capacity to change, grow, and adapt. She lamented the fact that Gems were tailor-made from birth for their roles in Homeworld's FantasticCasteSystem and were expected to always remain the same.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it, or it might be flat-out impossible to change. This often leads to AnAesop about change being necessary.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it. This often leads to AnAesop about change being necessary.

''Laconic'': Perfection that never changes, or cannot change, is portrayed in a negative light.

''Laconic'': Perfection that never changes is portrayed in a negative light.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, or by definition, it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, or a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, by definition, or it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection on a big scale? A perfect world, a perfect victory? It has to stay that way forever, by definition, or it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it.

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve. But what happens when you finally do achieve perfection? A perfect world, a perfect goal? It has to stay that way forever, by definition, or it won't be perfect anymore. So it never changes, and this is presented as a bad thing. It might be mind-numbingly boring, or someone might refuse to accept any change imposed upon it.

Therefore, something that is perfect by definition can never change without no longer being perfect. So it doesn't, and this is presented as a bad thing.

Therefore, something that is perfect by definition can never change without no longer being perfect. So it doesn't. And this turns out to be mind-numbingly boring.

* by definition if something is perfect it cannot change or it will no longer be perfect
* humans need change
* a message about change being necessary

* A perfect paradise with everything you could ever want? It gets really boring after a while, especially if you can't leave.

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': When the mortal world was being created, Morning Star, the Alicorn of Perfection and Beauty, was so obsessed with making it beautiful and perfect, he grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his vision. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas for creation clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by a race of gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful works of art. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7179 SCP-7179]] is an afterlife consisting of an island paradise with a beach house, three willing and non-sentient sex partners, and all the food, drink and drugs you could ever want. But there's no way to leave and you're stuck there for eternity, so you will enjoy yourself for a few years at most before you start going insane from boredom and loneliness.

* Bad guy wants to impose their vision of "perfection" on the world and leave it that way unchanging for eternity.

* HellOfAHeaven
* IndividualityIsIllegal
* OrderVersusChaos
* VictoryIsBoring

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Morning Star, the Alicorn of Perfection and Beauty, grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his view of a beautiful, perfect world. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas for creation clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by a race of gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful works of art. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

- by definition if something is perfect it cannot change or it will no longer be perfect
- humans need change

'''Perfection Is Static'''

* A perfect paradise where you have everything you could ever want? It gets really boring after a while, especially if you can't leave.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-7179 is an afterlife consisting of an island paradise with a beach house, three willing and non-sentient sex partners, and all the food, drink and drugs you could ever want. But there's no way to leave and you're stuck there for eternity, so you will enjoy yourself for a few years at most before you start losing your mind from boredom and loneliness.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-7179 is an afterlife consisting of an island paradise with a beach house, three willing and non-sentient sex partners, and all the food, drink and drugs you could want. But there's no way to leave and you're stuck there for eternity, so you will enjoy yourself for a few years at most but eventually go insane from boredom and loneliness.

'''Perfection Is Static''' / '''Perfection is Boring'''

'''Perfection is Static''' / '''Perfection is Boring'''

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Morning Star, the Alicorn of Perfection and Beauty, grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his view of a beautiful, perfect world. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by a race of gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful works of art. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Morning Star, the Alicorn of Perfection and Beauty, grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his view of a beautiful, perfect world. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by a race of gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful artworks. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

''Laconic'': Perfection is portrayed as a negative thing because it never changes.

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Morning Star, the Concept of Perfection and Beauty, grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his view of a beautiful, perfect world. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, populated by a race of gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but the most beautiful artworks. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he started hating them more and more, and eventually turned his back on them and fell to evil.

* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Morning Star, the Concept of Perfection and Beauty, grew to hate everything that didn't fit into his view of a beautiful, perfect world. He hated the Draconequi for being personifications of chaos, mortals for being flawed and making mistakes, and his own siblings because their ideas clashed with his. His idea of a perfect world had no conflict, violence, or natural disasters, inhabited by gold and silver ponies who never changed from birth to death and made nothing but beautiful artwork. But because his siblings and parents did not agree that the world should be that way, he got more and more mad, and eventually fell to evil.