Named after character, rename for better clarity, possible splits. New crowner Dec 25: Mega Manning

Redirects Are Free, and Now I Have Your Power would be a good one.

No, it wouldn't. We're trying to avoid things like that even as redirects.

I guess redirects aren't so free anymore. Just as well, because I sometimes suspect that they're not as useful as they first look.

Regarding the idea of a rename... I know the obvious argument for a rename - it's a character-named trope, which we are in general moving away from.

But on the flip side, the usage stats previously mentioned look healthy in terms of wicks/inbounds, and I don't think we're dealing with misuse. I can see an argument for a redirect, but I don't think we should do a name change.

So.... Lock the thread then, so that the TRS tag is removed?

Redirects Are Free has always been that you can add redirects, as long as they otherwise follow site rules. For example, you couldn't add a redirect to Silent Credits called I Like Blue Bunnies, or one that said Fuck Fuck Fuck. They're as free as they've always been, which is to say, within the rules of the site, and not misleading.

The name could definatively need a change. While Mega Man is relatively well known, those who haven't played the games and only heard of him has no connection between the name of the trope and what it is about.

the only reason i expected anything about copying powers was because i came here from a character sheet for Kirby.

Something more descriptive like Power Copying Power or similar would be better.

Power Xerox. Skill Cloning. I think Power Thief is a different trope.

I think the Xerox Corporation has successfully fought to hold their copyright on the word, so I have to vote against any trope name that uses said word.

Yeah, "thief" implies that the original loses what was taken from them. Very much like the cut/copy difference in PC software.

Power Copier?

Shouldn't the name be about the power itself rather than its user? I.e. Power Copying. I also suggest Power Mimicry.

And I say we should get a mod to change the thread title to reflect the change in the thread's focus.

By "power" you mean the power to copy other powers, and not the power(s) that get copied, right?

Since Mega Man primarily takes the powers of Robot Masters that he defeats, how about Your Power Is Mine?

Changed the thread title.

I like Power Copier.

No, I meant the latter.

Power Mimic I think is similar.

...except that the word "mimic" carries Ditto Fighter connotations...

Dammit. I hate this group, so many connotations that get in the way.

Oh, right. Then I stand by Power Copying.

Wait, when you said "power", were you referring to the first half of my post's first line, or the second half?

Which one were you referring to?

Power Copying: The ability to copy the powers of another.

edited 19th Jul '11 9:36:53 AM by Stratadrake

First half of this post's first line: "Shouldn't the name be about the power itself rather than its user?"

Second half: "I.e. Power Copying. I also suggest Power Mimicry."

Which "power" were you referring to?

edited 19th Jul '11 9:44:29 AM by MarqFJA

Did you totally miss the Alt Text of my previous post? I should've enabled Joking Mode, sorry.

Oh. OH! Now I feel stupid for not catching the joke.

Okay, can someone explain the merits of names referring to the power's user, like Power Copier, over names referring to the power itself, like Power Copying?

Well, in most cases the ability to copy another's powers is tied to one character specifically as their special power....

Power Anything sounds like the force of the Ability or Skill is equal. I suggest not using the word Power at all. How about Ability Copier/mimicry/whatever or Skill Copier/mimicry/whatever instead? Since most of the time it is the Ability/skill that is being copied.