MLM of color
Here's my shot at writing a Closer to Earth descrip:
Minority representation in media is a tricky thing. Usually, with most media the majority is represented pretty well with minorities fighting for airtime. And with historically-oppressed minorities, you want to have the portrayal be as positive as possible. So what is a writer to do?
Just simply make them more rational!
Closer to Earth is a specific form of Positive Discrimination in which the minority character is portrayed as more sensible and down to earth than The Hero, usually played by a member in the majority. This trope is more prevalent in Western media, particularly with works wit the White Male Lead. The minority will usually be the moral center of the work and dish out plenty of reasonable advice. They're level-headed and rational and will give the main lead a good talking to when they act out of line. They're always there with a shoulder to cry on. Flaws? They don't usually have any. They're only usually there just to help the main character.
The idea is noble, but in practice it can be annoying. Despite the good intentions, it can come with Unfortunate Implications. There's the implication that the White Male Lead can do anything right without the guidance of the humble minority there to help them. Also, the minority himself/herself is usually a Flat Character with no sort of drive or purpose in the story besides helping this clueless lead. So in an effort to not offend anyone, this trope can indeed harbor it's own offensiveness.
Closer to Earth is the Super-Trope of the following:
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Role Model
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Crowner called earlier. Now we need to create the supertrope.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
MLM of color
Bump. Should I get this started or does anyone have any input?
Role Model
On the supertrope? Yes, if you could do that, please.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
MLM of color
Dumb question: I'm trying to access the page but since it's not a redirect, I can't edit Closer To Earth. Halp.
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To edit a page that is currently redirecting to something else, go into the editor for any page, then go into your browser's address bar. replace the trope/work/whatever name there with the one you're trying to edit, without removing any other part. Load that address. It should put you in the right place.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
MLM of color
Okay, that was done. Closer to Earth is there now. If you wanna fix the description a bit, that's okay. But otherwise call this thread....closed.
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What do you guys think about The Native Rival being related? Also, Closer to Earth may work as an index.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
I don't see the relation at all. If anything, it's a "contrast" situation: The Native Rival tends to come off pretty badly in comparison to his non-minority nemesis.
Sidenote: this trope description needs a trim.
Discar's saying the rename is done in post 26. Better to say the page was moved.
Now we've got a holler from captainpat saying it's done.
Closer to Earth found in: 710 articles.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/CloserToEarth
(Plus some misused alt-names: alt-names are primarily for searching.)
I'm presuming that most of these will become Women Are Wiser, right? Rename will be done when those are sorted, and we get a note in Renamed Tropes and the thread.
Since Closer to Earth still exists as a supertrope, do the wicks still need changing?
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Working on it, but this is going to be a Sisyphosjob: a lot of wicks are from pages using Closer To Earth or Voice Of Reason simply as phrases, and writing them as wikiwords: "The team decides to storm Emperor Evulz's castle and Bob, who is Closer to Earth than the rest of them, has to act as the Voice of Reason." And apparently, there's a movie called "Down to Earth" as well.
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I'll try to help, but for soe of those, you could just break the wicks that don't fit.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Bump. Considering that the wick count has dropped from 710 to 406, am I correct to assume that the rename is almost done and only needs updating of Renamed Tropes and the FAQ thread followed by lockination?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Role Model
CORRRRRRRECTAMUNDO! Though there's probably still some instances that need a rename.
Sorry I haven't actually helped that rename yet.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
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Updated Renamed Tropes. What's the faq thread?
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Tsundere pet.
Role Model
Put into that faq.
Still needs a sweep of related threads, which I don't personally intend to do soon, if someone else could.
edited 17th May '12 1:42:10 PM by wanderlustwarrior
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Ravenous Sophovore
438 wicks left.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Ravenous Sophovore
335 wicks left.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Did the rename and fixed the indexes, now we just have to go through 690 wicks.
We should probably leave this thread open until that happens (and move the tag to Women Are Wiser).