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There's also the 104 links to consider, and the searchability of the words. There will be people searching for tropes related to a 9 movie series, with hundreds of novels, and at least one television series. I think it makes sense to grant The Force a disambiguation page, so that people can not just search for it, but find tropes related to it through that search. If such a page is not supported, my next suggestion would be to make it a redirect to Star Wars itself, and include a folder for the tropes there.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
I really think that disambig is our best bet here.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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So do I. Anyone willing to help me go through the wicks? If there's two of us, it's only 125 wicks each!
Problem with going through the Wicks is that some works I just don't know if they are an example.
Take this Abarat: The Force: The Skein.
Is the Skein sentient? Don't know. what am I supposed to do with the wick?
edited 1st Nov '11 11:47:52 AM by Ghilz
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Knowing what a skein is, I'd assume a background magical field, but not sentient.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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That's hardly helpful less you've read the books.
By that logic, I know what a force is, I'd not assume "The Force" to be sentient. Yet it is.
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I know, right? XD
I'm willing to help, but I can't give a realistic promise of when or how much - just that sometime this week I'll take a chunk and churn through them.
edited 1st Nov '11 2:26:37 PM by Elle
- For the 1994 thriller film, see The Force.
- If you're looking for the Applied Phlebotinum that's central to the Star Wars universe, we have several tropes that might fit:
- The general trope for stuff that allows funky stuff to happen is Applied Phlebotinum.
- An energy field that can be tapped into to do magic is a Background Magic Field.
- If the Background Magic Field also has a will of its own, that's a Sentient Cosmic Force.
- Moving things with your mind is Telekinesis.
- Manipulating the minds of the Weak-Willed is a Jedi Mind Trick.
- "Force Lightning", using The Force to shoot lightning out of your hands, is a form of Shock and Awe and a type of Agony Beam.
- The idea of having a Dark Side and a Light Side is mostly covered by Balance Between Good and Evil.
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Don't forget chi/ki.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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So shall we make that Disambig?
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Oh, wow. I forgot about this.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Happy New Year's bumb.
The YKTTW has been launched as Sentient Cosmic Force. I'll go ahead and make The Force into the disambiguation I suggested earlier. I've also gone ahead and cutlisted the laconic and quotes page, since none of the content there seemed relevant to the new trope.
As of this post, there are 238 wicks to change.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
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We need a descriptive name to replace The Force that actually gets across what the trope is about: "The Universe is intrinsically good".
Im okay with doing that if I get some help. Im not going through all these wicks alone though. F* that.