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Warlock Umm, crap. Since: Jan, 2001
Umm, crap.
#1: May 18th 2011 at 11:48:14 AM

Would it be possible to get this turned into a supertrope, with sub-tropes for common half-human/half-whatever types? (dragon, vampire, elf, demon, klingon, vulcan, etc?) I would love to see more specific listings without everything under the sun getting dropped or referenced to this one trope.

I'm working with this trope a lot in my writing, and seeing the more common examples for each kind would be really helpful.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#2: May 18th 2011 at 12:03:34 PM

My first instinct was that it's overkill, but this is a pretty common trope, and splitting it by type would work pretty well. I'm all for it.

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#3: May 18th 2011 at 12:14:32 PM

Well, first, figure out if any specific types have something unique about how they are used to distinguish them from The Same But More Specific.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#4: May 18th 2011 at 2:18:14 PM

It'd be particularly nice if we can show how a specific half-human hybrid type was consistently portrayed in a given fashion. Half-elves, at least in my experience, tend to be - distrusted by both parentages, more elegant than humans but less so than elves, tend towards marginalized jobs, etc. On the other hand, for half-vampire... given how often Our Vampires Are Different, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them similarly vary from story to story/culture to culture. About the only consistency I've seen, and not even always, is the half-vampire's tendency towards I Hate You, Vampire Dad

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