Line #240 Tropers/Uriel-238


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3	At some point this will be a more expanded profile of my silly self, but for now, it's a place where I catalogue my ''[[HomePage TV Tropes]]'' contributions.
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5	I'm currently designing a cooperative card game ''Trek!'' [[note]]working title. Yes, it's really based on StarTrek, albeit a parody. I really want a better name that isn't litigation bait for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures Paramount]].[[/note]] for which I have just added a page [[{{Darthwiki/Trek}} temporarily here]] rather than [[{{TroperWorks/Trek}} here]] [[note]]TV-Tropes is suffering from technical difficulties. please stand by...[[/note]] in TroperWorks. It will, like this page, start as a reference index for tropes I've used, or want to use in the game, to aid in further development.
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8	!!Contributions By Related Interest
9	In ''[[{{Ptitlehjs85wn4}} 1984]]'' Orwell's ''NewSpeak'' lexicon was continuously reduced to help control thought of the masses. ''[=TV Tropes=]'' does for us the opposite, giving us a place to identify and name phenomena that we perceive, or even merely imagine, thus empowering us to think more freely. That, I believe, is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomeness in perpetuity]].
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11	'''Note:''' This is not a comprehensive list. I've long since forgotten much of my more haphazard contributions. Part of my impetus to create an organized list has been the... ''decay'' of some of these segments[[note]]not just modification but deterioration, possibly due to incompatibilities between [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding standard character sets]].[[/note]] , hence it's a means by which I can continue to track them.
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13	[[folder:Angels & Demons (2009 film)]]
14	Though [[JustBugsMe/AngelsAndDemons expressed by someone else]], I too was bothered by the less-than-severe effects of [[spoiler:the aerial detonation of the antimatter]], and hence needed to work out (compute) and express what ''should'' have happened.
15	* ''[[AngelsAndDemons Angels & Demons]]''[[AngelsAndDemons , Main]]
16	* DisneyVillainDeath
17	* SlapOnTheWristNuke
18	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
19	!!!Relevant topics
20	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons_(film) Angels & Demons]]'', 2009 film (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]]
21	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons Angels & Demons]]'', original novel by Dan Brown (TOW)
22	* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808151/ Angels & Demons]]'' (IMDB)
23	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)#1012 Energy orders of magnitude ~10]][[superscript:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)#1012 12]]]] (TOW)
24	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions#Thermal_radiation Light Radiation from Nuclear Explosions (TOW)]]
25	[[/folder]]
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27	[[folder:Reviving the Classics]]
28	One of my backwater projects on ''TV Tropes'' is returning classical material to the collective conscience, ergo assuring they appear in any trope used in a given work, especially when tropes loaded with recent examples is OlderThanTheyThink.
29	* FemmeFatale — how, for example, was [[TheThreeMusketeers Milady de Winter]] missed?
30	[[/folder]]
31
32	[[folder:From Paris With Love]]
33	* ''FromParisWithLove'' Main
34	* GunPorn
35	* SurpriseCheckMate
36	!!!Relevant topics
37	* EstablishingCharacterMoment
38	* PastimesProvePersonality
39	[[/folder]]
40
41	[[folder:Gaming]]
42	%% most recent edit: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:58:47 PM
43	* DamnYouMuscleMemory -- [[StockControlSettings standard controls]] never work for me, as a [[ASinisterClue lefty]], hence I tend to remap the controls for every game I play, which means this is not ''usually'' a problem.
44	* HarderThanHard -- After {{Doom}} released patches with its ''Nightmare!'' setting, it became a convention to include ''harder than hardest'' difficulty settings into games that were not fully playtested and not assured to be winnable. Indeed the ''Nightmare!'' setting on Doom was meant to be impossible, or nearly so, yet plenty of enthusiasts have beaten it.
45	* {{Unwinnable}} -- Might include a middle category between ''by design'' and ''by mistake'' for incidents like {{Doom}}'s ''Nightmare!'' difficulty, above, where the programmers were ''aiming'' for impossible (or near impossible) but have not playtested the game to be sure, nor is there a clear element that outright blocks success.
46	* RageQuit
47	* ReviewsAreTheGospel -- Not ''for whatever reason'', but the specific one of bulk entertainment rates: lots of hours are pre-purchased, making a high starting price for a product sight unseen, and a no-return policy. It's really a no-brainer why reviews are so important.
48	!!!First and Third-Person Games
49	Mostly shooters, but I'm also a fan of less-shooty games such as the sneaker, ''[[{{Thief}} Thief: The Dark Project]]''
50	* ''HalfLife''
51	** DeathRay — The sweet, sweet [[strike:[[{{Ghostbusters}} Egon]]]] Gluon Gun.
52	** TechnicolorScience — [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence no-go zones]] are green and glowy in the first, dark green and sludgy in the second. Also, {{Borderlands}}
53	* ''{{Left4Dead}}''
54	** BlackDudeDiesFirst — Poor Louis, so optimistic in a bad situation.
55	** TheChick — Again, Louis. Yes, a male example. Rochelle, ''the chick'' in ''[=L4D2=]'' is a typical female example, largely due to the developers' difficulty getting a grasp on the character. Notably, both are the ''everyman'' character, the one who is closet to being a normal person.
56	* ''{{Borderlands}}''
57	** SpaghettiWestern — ''Borderlands'' features all the hallmarks.
58	!!!Flight and Starfighter Sims
59	* AirstrikeImpossible — I should add Dr. Strangelove.
60	!!!Real Time Strategy
61	* ''Command & Conquer: [[CommandAndConquer Generals]]'' — This blessed game kept me sane during ''Operation Iraqi Freedom'' while [[{{Eagleland}} my nation's]] [[GeorgeWBush administration]] was... well... [[KickTheDog behaving]] [[TheEmpire poorly]] in the international arena. [[note]]See the movie ''Rendition'' (below) for a story [[RippedFromTheHeadlines that's probably gut-wrenchingly true.]][[/note]]
62	** TheComputerIsACheatingBastard — ''Generals'' cheated ''like fire'' in all the standard RTS ways [[labelnote:such as...]]bonus units during production, gaining extra resources, sneaking peeks into the FogOfWar.[[/labelnote]], but went through great efforts to hide cheating efforts so that things looked normal.
63	** FogOfWar
64	** MyRulesAreNotYourRules
65	* ''Lord of the Rings: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Middle_Earth Battle for Middle Earth]]'' — a very sleek, tightly designed and crazy-fun game. The sequel made for a less meticulous, more complex but still passable (and plenty-featuriffic) experience.
66	** ArrowsOnFire
67	!!!Relevant topics
68	* [[{{X-Wing}} X-Wing Series]] of Starfighter Games
69	* ''[[TIEFighter TIE Fighter]]'' (Technically one of the X-Wing series) — High-up on any ''best games evar'' list
70	* ''SecretWeaponsOfTheLuftwaffe''
71	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Weapons_Over_Normandy Secret Weapons Over Normandy]]'' (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]]
72	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Alley Mig Alley]], the place, not the game. (TOW)
73	* VideoGameCulture
74	[[/folder]]
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76	[[folder:History Channel Education]]
77	I just have a thing for gun lore, spy lore, [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow forbidden lore]], war theory and things that go [[strike:Ka-boom]] [[WrittenSoundEffect Chak-]]'''[++[[EarthShatteringKaboom THOOM!]]++]'''. And I study like [[MadScientist mad]]. I can't help it.
78	!!!The Art of the Possible
79	* [[{{ptitlekz83hawz}} Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]] — The RealLife section needs some cleanup. What was discussion got truncated to segments that [[CompletelyMissingThePoint miss the point]]. Also the section on the game ''Chrononauts'' needs polish.
80	!!!Full Frontal Nerdity
81	My Dad really is a [[ReluctantMadScientist Rocket Scientist]] for [[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA]]. I really did hang out with the guys at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology CalTech]]. No, I [[OldShame didn't make the grade to get in, myself]].
82	* AgonyBeam
83	* ChainsawGood
84	* DisintegratorRay — Goodness I have become such a trekkie.
85	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards
86	* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
87	* LaserBlade — I'm amongst the many who have thought too long and too hard about how such devices could actually work.
88	* StunGuns — I have a particular interest in non-lethal warfare, which [[strike:will change]] ''is'' changing how we wage war, for both [[DefeatMeansFriendship good]] and [[PoliceBrutality ill]].
89	* RareGuns — Guns that appear in cinema and games more often than they do in reality, or guns that behave differently in same than in RealLife.
90	**
91	!!!Relevant topics
92	* EnergyWeapon
93	* RayGun
94	* The (original) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_Gun Gatling Gun]] (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]]
95	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger The GAU-8 Avenger]] The [[{{BFG}} big honkin']] tank-slicing gun on the A-10 Thunderbolt
96	* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschinengewehr_08 MG 08]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun Vickers]] are sometimes confused for Gatlings (TOW).
97	* As is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_M1917 Browning M1917]] (TOW).
98	[[/folder]]
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100	[[folder:Literary Pedantry]]
101	* TheBigListOfBooboosAndBlunders
102	* HaveAGayOldTime
103	* YouKeepUsingThatWord
104	* YouMakeMeSic
105	!!!Relevant topics
106	* YouFailLogicForever
107	[[/folder]]
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109	[[folder:Medieval Fantasy]]
110	!!!KingArthur
111	* [[TropeCo/HolyHandGrenade Holy Hand Grenade, TropeCo catalogue entry]]
112	* ExcaliburInTheStone, previously {{Excaliburn}} — Confusion between Arthur's two swords (The one in the stone, and the reforged weapon presented by Nimue, the Lady of the Lake.) Audience-unfriendly similarities in names seems to be a common problem in mythology (e.g. Sauron and Sarumon). I grew up thinking the Sword in the Stone was named ''Galentine'', since that's what [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games Steve Jackson Games]] called it. Turns out they just wanted a less confusing name. In the meantime, I'm fond of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsil Narsil-Andúril]] solution offered in the 1981 movie ''[[{{Film/Excalibur}} Excalibur]]''.
113	!!!''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]]''
114	This one (lifelong) work of J. R. R. Tolkien is the basis for most modern-to-new-millenium fantasy fiction, even more so than King Arthur (above) or Robin Hood (below).
115	* CollapsingLair — Barad-dûr. Can use a bit of cleanup.
116	* DugTooDeep
117	* ILied
118	* LoadBearingBoss — Again, Barad-dûr. Also needs cleanup. Some edit effects don't like the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Û Circumflex]]
119	* NoOntologicalInertia — Again, with Barad-dûr. Again with needing cleanup.
120	!!!RobinHood
121	!!!Relevant topics
122	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barad_Dur Barad-dûr]] (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]]
123	[[/folder]]
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125	[[folder:Rendition (2007 film)]]
126	* ColdBloodedTorture
127	* InterrogatedForNothing
128	* TortureAlwaysWorks
129	** 2010.09.24 This one is lousy with grammar and spelling problems, let alone a bit too much [[AuthorTract focus on the morality of the issue]][[note]]never mind that the [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped points are valid]], we're talking fucking ''torture'', here.[[/note]] The article needs to focus more on juxtaposition of fiction to reality, and not so much why.
130	!!!Relevant topics
131	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendition_(film) Rendition]]'' (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]].
132	* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804522/ Rendition]]'' (IMDB)
133	* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques
134	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation Enhanced Interrogation (TOW)]]
135	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticking_time_bomb_scenario Ticking Bomb Scenario]], link added to ''TortureAlwaysWorks'' above.
136	** The hold-out aspect of this scenario[[note]]I'm free and clear if I hold out until the timer runs out[[/note]] emerges from the Pacific Theater of WWII, in which captured American sailors would be tortured by the Imperial Navy. The common belief was all known data would be obsolete after a day's time, so they only had to hold out that long. Notably, most folks cannot endure waterboarding for ''minutes'', let alone hours.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Sex Positivism]]
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141	The result of getting socialized in a pansexual community is that I can discuss these things frankly without the usual awkwardness anticipated in US society.[[note]][[/note]]
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143	As a '''warning and disclaimer''', this section discusses exactly what one would expect for a section titled ''Sex Positivism''[[note]]as do the linking tropes[[/note]]. If you don't want to deal with topics of human sexuality, or risk being two-to-three links away from NSFW imagery, you might want to close this section. Only you can be responsible for your own awareness of these issues, or lack thereof.
144	* BiggusDickus[[note]]Now, sadly, genericized to BiggerIsBetterInBed[[/note]] — Most of my additions here are the specifics of RealLife proportions and abilities to accommodate. I also contributed from my strangely fruitful lore of the inner workings of the porn industry. I'm also tempted to add elements of a recent rant,[[labelnote:which is...]] that [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale porn viewers have no sense of scale]]. To a roughly six-foot-tall fellow with average endowment, ~6" of erection extends to not quite the navel. So when someone is [[CoversAlwaysLie advertised]] as more, yet whose proportions don't show it, either someone's using short inches, or we're talking giants with normal human proportions. Think of it when you get a look at the talent's full frame.[[/labelnote]]
145	* BrotherSisterIncest — ''Westermarck Imprinting'' (see below) is why this is so [[{{Squick}} squicky]] for some, [[labelnote:though (TMI)...]] My own fetishes with this particular kink have to do with growing up an only child and a [[{{Ptitle2w5ss59f}} latchkey kid]]. Who ''wouldn't'', in such circumstances, wish for a hot sister / brother to take care of them?[[/labelnote]]. It's also why this is so rare, and probably would not need policing were marriage laws relaxed to be more inclusive.
146	* BuxomIsBetter — Even when it's not (e.g. during the Victorian era.) Generally, it's guys in the US and Japan[[note]]rumors also suggest Australia[[/note]] that obsess over the boobage. I hypothesize it's because we wean our babies too early and otherwise freak out about being mammals.
147	* CompensatingForSomething — My additions to this actually belong in a section above; I was adding info about railguns and supersized artillery.
148	* EthicalSlut[[note]][[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EthicalSlut?action=diff History]].[[/note]]
149	* FreeLoveFuture[[note]][[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreeLoveFuture?action=diff History]].[[/note]] Needs some certain revision. The alleged ''fridge-logic'' issues are only so from the perspective of the presently uptight US culture. I need to go in and revise this entry to a more anthropological tone.
150	* GagPenis — Whatever I contributed to this trope has since been edited out. I could contribute to the legend of ''Priapus'' who was cursed by Hera with an oversized member. Priapus was a scholar and a tutor of many of the other gods, but true to the curse is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapism known only for his massive manhood]].
151	* GoodBadGirl — This trope is beginning to look like what happens when a woman with post-modern values (i.e. a non virgin-idealized woman) appears in a place where she isn't expected. This sort of thing happens in contemporary settings as much as it does period pieces, largely because we haven't gotten beyond our [[DoubleStandard double standards]].
152	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion[[note]][[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion?action=diff History]].[[/note]] — Apparently not so in '80s high-school flicks in which this happened more than once without incident. I blame the [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]] (which is far more conservative now, than it was then) for Hollywood's greater emphasis of this trope in later films. Abortion and Women's Reproductive Rights are among the most controversial issues of our era. For useful notes on medical procedures that are used to terminate pregnancies, go [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion here]] for a comprehensive look at the controversy, go [[http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm here]]. For my less than common opinions, [[labelnote:click here]]Firstly, I wonder why neither side is interested in developing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_uterus ectogenesis tanks]] which, alongside a cheap transfer system, might easily end the controversy (in exchange for a nearly certain, but temporary, population boom). Secondly, it is a common misunderstanding that pregnancy equates to forced responsibility, considering [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law safe haven policies]] thoughout the US and Europe, considered a better option than abandonment. Thirdly, the abortion-obstructionist side has yet to accept the issue of ''personal sovereignty'' which remains critical to the pro-access side (and cannot be conceded any more than a one could allow for ''slavery'' or suspension of ''habeus corpus''). Assuming we are all equal under law, forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy to term against her will is just as heinous as forcing sterilization upon an individual, or forcing someone living to donate an organ against his or her will.[[/labelnote]]
153	* LovableSexManiac — I added (and am quite fond of) the quote by Phil from ''Choke''[[note]]The movie. I don't remember Phil appearing in Palahniuk's novel.[[/note]] Guys like Phil are great for support groups that cover embarrassing issues by setting the bar. Anyone else who joins will realize ''well, at least I'm not as perverse as '''that''' guy.'' All such support groups need a guy like this as a leader.
154	* {{Polyamory}}[[note]][[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Polyamory?action=diff History]].[[/note]] — Been here and done this, and it's amazing how few people get that this is more than swinging. Someone wrote a [[UsefulNotes/ForTheLoveOfMany swell useful notes page]] which needs some modification and revision the doing of which I've been really lazy / busy / distracted.
155	* [[{{Ptitler48hvy75}} You're Drinking Breast Milk]] — It's sweeter than cow or goat's milk.
156	!!!Relevant topics
157	* ''BraveNewWorld'' by Aldous Huxley, 1931 a [[FreeLoveFuture Free Love]] {{Dystopia}}, where participation in the public [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Orgy Porgy]] is ''mandatory.''
158	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World Brave New World]]'' (TOW)[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Other Wiki]], of course[[/note]]
159	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_All_Worlds Church of All Worlds (CAW)]] (TOW) a good model for polygamous or polyfidelous relationships.
160	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectogenesis Ectogenesis]] (TOW)
161	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_slut The Ethical Slut]]'' by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton (TOW)
162	* FriendsWithBenefits is a trope with a euphemistic name cooler than it deserves, usually reserved for sexually active partners who are otherwise only casual friends (with the subtext that both participants are ultimately looking for a more solid, and exclusionary, love relationship). The term would be better if it also included ''good friends'' who are also sexually active with each other, though this seems to be a less common phenomenon in contemporary western culture.
163	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendzone Friendzone]] (TOW) is a trope awaiting its own entry, but for a matter of time. A concept within mainstream culture that ''friend'' relationships are intrinsically different than ''lover'' relationships (exempli gratia, a ''confidant'' is unlikely the same person as a ''paramour''). [[labelnote:since...]] intimacy can be scary, as it risks disapproval. Also, love relationships in contemporary western culture tend to involve more issues of possessiveness, hence the desire to control and contain a partner.[[/labelnote]] This is typically less of an issue within the sex-positive community. [[labelnote:given...]] in [[{{Polyamory}} open]] relationships one doesn't have to shield a primary partner from awareness of secondaries. Or, if your partner already knows your [[FurryFandom furversion]] and [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards still loves and adores you]] it might be easier to be more relaxed about [[GuiltyPleasures outing your other predilections]].[[/labelnote]]
164	* GattacaBabies, produced by ectogenesis (see above)
165	* ''[[TheHandmaidsTale The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by Margaret Atwood, 1985, A dystopia on the other side of the spectrum to ''Brave New World'' where sex is allowed [[NoSexAllowed only for reproduction]], as per the world variants of [[TheFundamentalist Christian Fundamentalism]].
166	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaids_Tale The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (TOW)
167	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny Polygyny]] (TOW), the most common form of ''polygamy'' practiced in the [[RealLife real world]], given it is advocated by some sects of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Islam Islam]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy Mormonism]].
168	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_scarcity Post Scarcity Economy]] (TOW)
169	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect#Westermarck_effect The Westermarck Effect]] (TOW), why super-hot siblings tend not to have sexual interest in each other.[[note]]...and why [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage state-recognized gay marriage]] will not lead to an epidemic of incestuous weddings in the US, even if it does [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope serve as a gateway law]] to open the community to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/complex_family alternative]] (non-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_family traditional]]) family models.[[/note]]
170	[[/folder]]
171	[[folder:They Called Me Mad]]
172	They [[TheyCalledMeMad still do]], too. [[CardCarryingVillain Diagnosed]]. Seen the inside of a [[BedlamHouse wacky ward]].
173	!!!Relevant topics
174	* ''{{Hoarders}}'' — The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_Network A&E]] reality show on real folk who compulsively hoard and clutter. This fine [[RealityTV reality show]] (and its subsequent [[FollowTheLeader knockoffs]]) does a fine job of portraying us for [[AxeCrazy truly gone fishing]], [[RoomFullOfCrazy habitat-destroying]], [[TakeOverTheWorld world-cluttering]] psychos we are. That is to say [[SarcasmMode depicting us whack jobs in a fair and unbiased manner.]]
175	* [[SingleIssueWonk I have issues]] and can't help myself when '''someone is wrong on the internet.'''
176	* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Oh, and I'm one of the quiet ones.]]
177	* TrashOfTheTitans — I'm a clutterer in recovery, though these days, my obsessive hoarding spells are confined to collecting online things. For example, I have a strange[[note]] (that is, strange ''even to me'')[[/note]] affinity for desktop wallpaper art. Fortunately, dightal storage is rather cheap nowadays.
178	[[/folder]]
179
180	[[folder:Star Trek]]
181	This deserves its own special folder, since my research on Star Trek lore (mostly [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]) qualifies me for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekkie Trekkie]] status. Still, I'm less interested in InternalConsistency than I am in the process by which this diegesis grew.
182	* HandsomeLech — Captain Kirk qualifies ''from the perspective of [[ValuesDissonance our era and values]]'', but notably [[FreeLoveFuture not from his.]]
183	!!!Relevant topics
184	* TheFederation — aka The United Federation of Planets
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Tricks of the Trades]]
188	Devices of storytelling as they vary from medium to medium. As one in the biz, I like to keep an eye on this stuff.
189	* RuleOfPerception
190	* SpaceIsNoisy — [[RonHoward Ron Howard]]'s Apollo13 demonstrated well the [[RuleOfPerception necessity]] of [[QuieterThanSilence sound to indicate silence]], even though his use of quiet wind to indicate the vast emptiness of space was criticized by many [[{{NASA}} in the field]], it served as a better emotional marker than, say ''[[{{ptitleh3elkyxdypyw}} The Blue Danube]]''.
191	!!!Relevant topics
192	* RuleOfPerception
193	* RealityIsUnrealistic
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Troper Resources]]
197	%% most recent edit: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:22:21 PM
198	* TextFormattingRules
199	* My [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/el.php?findfor=Uriel-238 most recent edits]]
200	* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/knowerForm.php Sign in]] to TVTropes.Org
201	!!!Troper Tales
202	* [[TroperTales/KissingCousins My grandparents were cousins in an]] ''[[TroperTales/KissingCousins arranged]]'' [[TroperTales/KissingCousins marriage.]] More importantly, this was [[AluminumChristmasTrees commonplace for the era]].
203	* Yes, [[{{TroperTales/Ptitler48hvy75}} I've drunken [human] breastmilk [as an adult].]] It's very sweet (literally; less-so figuratively).
204	!!!Comments Pages
205	* ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.AngelsAndDemons Angels & Demons]]''
206	* "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.RealGenius#2528 Real Genius]]'' (1985 Film)
207	!!!Indices
208	* ThisTropeIsX
209	* WeirdnessIsolationTropes
210	* WikiTropes
211	[[/folder]]
212
213	[[folder:Trope Development]]
214	%% most recent edit: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:22:21 PM
215	!!!New Tropes In Development
216	* FirstWordShooter — Early [[FirstPersonShooter FPSes]] were often given a brief one-, maybe two-sylable name to identify them as this kind of game. One-syllable examples include ''{{Doom}}'', ''{{Blood}}'', ''{{Quake}}'' and ''{{Strife}}'' (Recent ones include ''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' and the upcoming ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game) RAGE]]''). Two-syllable examples include ''{{Half-Life}}'', ''{{Hexen}}'', ''{{Unreal}}'', ''{{Halo}}'' and ''{{Far Cry}}''. This is a sometimes-used naming convention akin to the MagicAmpersand and TheNounAndTheNoun.
217	* ApocalypticMontage turns out to be what I was calling a ''Nuke Moment'' or NukeMomentMontage, (though it's not always a montage.) A dramatic device in visual media to denote the severity, and the casualty count, of a cataclysmic event, usually a nuclear air-burst over a populated area. A montage of everyday living events (adults and kids, working and playing) rolls, depicting all that was going on the exact moment of before the cataclysm (implying that those activities, and the people doing them, ceased an instant later). Notable examples appear in the 1964 film, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-Safe_(1964_film) Fail Safe]]'' and ''TheDayAfter'' and is parodied in the {{Simpsons}} episode [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow_Bobs_Last_Gleaming Sideshow Bobs Last Gleaming]]. This is a case of YesWeDOHaveThisOne.
218	!!!How In Hell are these not already tropes
219	* ToTakeTheThrone — Classic ambition of TheEvilPrince, the EvilChancellor, any [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] duke and [[EvilOverlord any other noble with a mean streak]], precursor ambition to [[TakeOverTheWorld World Domination]].
220	* MonsterClassic — It's alive (or sentient, or both). It lurks in the shadows. It eats people (or kills them gruesomely), but for most of the story, it singles out its victims when alone. Most monsters are literal, whether creatures of folklore (Vampires, Werewolves, Sasquaches), creatures of dreams (Eldrich Horrors, Chest-bursting Facehuggers, Killer Robots), or creatures of the real world (Lions, Tigers, Bears). Monsters plague our nightmares when not infesting our organs and cause attrition problems in our community. These are ''not'' (yet) the [[{{Kaiju}} creatures who rampage through Tokyo]], but the authorities are unresponsive if not ineffectual. It comes to our protagonist to save the day. This is the Monster story, and it is told time and time again.
221	!!!Unadded Edits
222	* CrazyCatLady: Add a hottip disclaiming that not all RealLife crazy cat ladies are animal hoarders, the difference being the latter are unable to take proper care of their animals. Not all fictional [=CCLs=] are either. Some are, rather, [[WickedWitch Witches]] with a lot of familiars.
223	* DeadlyDisc — Fix the BackToTheFuture entry (The Frisbie pie plate ''actually was'' the origin of the Frisbee Flying Disc). Also add a RealLife section featuring the Chakram and the (non-flying) Wind And Fire Wheel. Add, also, Xena's Chakram. Noted that a lot of this parallels RingsOfDeath.
224	* EnhanceButton — Add enhancements than ''can'' be done on high-resolution images. Distorted images reflected in shiny surfaces is small time CIA stuff, but common sharpening algorithms (that remove noise and specific kinds of blur) can, at very least, detect [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Photoshopping 'shopping]], and sometimes even detect fingerprints or residual writing. Of course the key element here is ''high'' resolution.
225	-->'''Sherlock Holmes:''' ''Data data data, I cannot make bricks without clay!''
226	--->— ''The Adventure of the Copper Beeches''
227	--->— ''Sherlock Holmes (2010)''
228	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards — Fix the [=PvP=], [=PvE=] wikiwords. Add the Lightsaber Kid and the [[strike:annual]] frequently recurring Lightsaber Choreography Competition acknowledging [[GeekPhysiques fat jedi]] ''can'' be badass.
229	* ScaryShinyGlasses — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the early seasons of TheWestWing had this ability when commanding direct action from the situation room.
230	* Masquerade — I'll need to decide [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_sites which]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(emblem) masquerades]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt historical]] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_closet contemporary]] are worth mention and exposition.
231	* MailerDaemon — The trope is about monsters ([[EldritchAbomination literal]] or [[CompleteMonster figurative]]) stalking folks online. An actual Mailer Daemon should be better explained, and some disambiguation should be created between this, those and [[{{Ptitlefewnaawi2pdm}} seductive chatbots]].
232	* GoneHorriblyRight — The Manhattan Project and Castle Bravo should be joined in the RealLife section. The Manhattan Project did ''what we expected it to do'' with the Trinity test. It just happened to be a really big history-shaking kaboom. The Bikini Island detonation of the first hydrogen bomb ''exceeded our expectations'' to a gross degree, requiring the evacuation of nearby islands of their native populations, and served as the true dawn of the nuclear age.
233	!!!Uncategorized Edits
234	* AtTheCrossroads
235	* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex
236	* EvilLaugh -- I'm determined to keep the ''[[TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob Roberts]]'' quote as the trope header.
237	* HornyDevils
238	* RootingForTheEmpire
239	* SheatheYourSword
240	* SpiderSense -- added ''Blue Sense'', ''Red Sense''[[note]]which I derived from ''blue sense''. If there's a traditional fire-department term for it, please change it.[[/note]] and intuition in ''Combat Situational Awareness'', all under RealLife.
241	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
242	* TronLines
243	* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption
244	* ExtraStrengthMasquerade -- Added RealLife
245	* MugglesDoItBetter -- Nattered in the Harry Potter section regarding some niggling issues about the interactions between technology and magic, which raises an issue for me (which I'll address later).

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