I don't think it's a bad name at all. I guessed the meaning right away.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
We frown on using "trope" as a placeholder these days.
Diagonalizing The Matrix
Sternly.
Feel it, placeholder. Feeeeel iiit. You are not weeelcomeee heeereee.
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Cure Candy
So this would be "The Setup Then Payoff Denied"?
This thing needs a lot of work, and formatting.
edited 6th Sep '11 5:25:32 AM by Raso
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The Other Troper
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I like that one. Nice and clear.
Another version might be Well This Is Not That X.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
Well This Is Not That Thing is a good title.
One Winged Egret
I like "thing". No need to get fancy when the natural language choice presents itself.
Dragon Writer
"X" is every bit as much a placeholder as "trope" is, just without the anti-"trope" connotations of using placeholders.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
The Other Troper
Placeholders aren't the problem. It's just using "trope". But here, I say "thing" is better than "X", since it flows better with the phrase.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
Dragon Writer
Yes, "thing" is much better than "X" because it's an accepted generic noun rather than an obvious fill-in-the-blank.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Yes, and I guess "thing" has the advantage of being a noun, whereas X could be an adjective, which would change the sentence completely (e.g. "Well, this is not that bad"). I still like the trope titles with X (A Boy and His X, etc.) but an actual word is probably preferable.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
I don't see why a placeholder would be needed. Well This Is Not That would work just as well without one.
Arguably "trope" is not being used as a placeholder, but as an actual part of the title which uses the meaning given to it by TV Tropes. In other words, the trope is about building up certain expectations based on well recognized story telling conventions (tropes), and then saying you aren't going to use that trope.
Still, before we decide what to call this, it Needs A Better Description.
Guess That Trope. I assumed this was a redirect for I Thought It Meant, which concerns mistaken trope names.
Well, this is not that trope.
"Trope" is just a placeholder in the title. The article describes the trope by which a narrator or character describes something and then says, "Well, this isn't that." As the article description states, it's "subversion distilled to its purest essence."
25 wicks and 16 inbounds since Feb of '09. "Bait And Switch Exposition" is a redirect but doesn't seem to be doing the job.
Also, I've been banned from editing without explanation. Could someone fix that for me? I can't post in the "I've been banned" thread.
edited 4th Sep '11 1:59:55 PM by Routerie