It's not. Most examples are not about sex. The first line I guess is a little misleading if you only read the first line to decide what a trope is about.
I see the Awesomeness.
People do that all the time, change the first line.
Fight smart, not fair.
Sure. I was just saying the trope itself had a clear definition. Rewrote the first line. Good?
Dragon Writer
Better, yes. The Sister Trope mentions should probably get a look, though,
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Does anyone think it might be worthwhile to create a Special Efforts thread for cleaning up this and related tropes? Until recently this was a lot more specific then it sounded like, and I know for a fact that both Boldly Coming and What Measure Is a Humanoid? have had confusion with this in the past.
On an unrelated note, is it just me, or is there a weird emphasis on animals in the description? Specifically, the passage here:
I don't really understand it.
Rabid Fujoshi
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Yeah, that is really weird.
Though I sort of possibly get what they mean with animals. People think of a tiger and a lion getting together as pretty cool, and not really weird because they are both big cats (yay, ligers!) But if a human and some other kind of extremely humanoid creature, to the point that they basically look human get together in fiction (like Space Elves) then people flip out.
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World's Toughest Milkman
I think "people flip out" may be a bit extreme. Nobody seems to mind Kirk's conquests, for one obvious example. But I agree that people are more likely to flip out if one member is human.
Overall, I have to say that I'm really impressed with how much this trope has been improved in just the last few months. Good job, everyone!
Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.
Is it all just about the sex?
If that's the case, then the title is euphemistically broad, and non-sexual romances are technically misuse.
If not, the description needs a tweak because that's precisely how it introduces us to the subject.
edited 27th Jul '11 1:27:32 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.