I dunno. It gets to the point pretty quickly and it is a hard topic to get into without turning it into a Wikipedia facts-only snore-fest. The gimmick seems justified in this case.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
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How's Not So Similar now?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
A little murky, actually. I don't get a clear idea of what the trope is.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
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Axed too much, I fear. The description doesn't tell me anything I couldn't have guessed from the name.
Also, please use sandboxes for changes like that in the future, OK?
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
I added some more.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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I tweaked Not So Similar around some more. Better?
edited 5th Jul '14 6:56:32 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
The China Takes Over the World trope seems to have a bit too much historical stuff, or maybe it's just me?
"In distress", my ass.
I also think it's a bit too focused on the reality instead of the fictional portrayal of China. The last two paragraphs in particular seem to me like they could be outright cut or moved to Analysis.China Takes Over The World, for starters.
All your safe space are belong to Trump
I'll move some of the stuff to Analysis.
Chair Man
Sorry, but regarding Anti-Hero Substitute earlier, may I start apply changes?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13164954120A97000100&page=50#1245
bejjinks
I'd like to improve Inadvertent Entrance Cue for the following reasons:
"General lack of balance and order. Something is emphasized at the expense of the other aspects of the trope, even though it has no right to be. Consequences of the trope come first, then related tropes, then a mention of the Trope Codifier, then common scenarios where it comes into play...
Failure to answer the fundamental question up front: What is this trope? Not what it "might" be or what can "possibly" happen - what is it?
Not enough meat. Juicy stuff is missing, like: When is the trope likely to turn up? Why would an author use it? In what ways does the audience often react? Which tropes are related to it and how?"
I'm willing to edit it if someone gives me the technical details on how to access the editing of that trope.
edited 17th Jul '14 10:01:25 AM by bejjinks
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Does Neglectful Precursors have to be written as a Self-Demonstrating Article from its description to all of its example entries?
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Description is OK, but this makes the examples unreadable. I say revert.
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground
Officially intimidated
Agree with the example thing. As far as SD sutff goes, you can mess the description all you want as long as it can be understood, but examples should not be touched at any time.
135 - 169 - 273 - 191 - 188 - 230 - 300
Mummy Woomy
Cipher Scything has some issues with its description. The two biggest ones I saw are the first bullet point, which suggests that a customizable character or blank slate will always be turned into a prop of a character in an adaptation; and that it mentions "cast of cute girls" and Ho Yay for some inexplicable reason.
No objections to a change?
edited 23rd Jul '14 8:29:14 AM by Elbruno
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
Mentioning Jews Love to Argue here, since the discussion page is pointing out that the article description is overly Self Demonstrating.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Iunno, it seems pretty clear to me.
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground
Clear, but kind of annoying. I'd rather put that on its own separate Self-Demonstrating page and write a straight description.
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Hold My Glasses has a two sentence Example as a Thesis ~ " Hold my glasses. I'm gonna fight this guy". I think the original YKTTW had a much better description.
Here is a chance to just cut a dialog-titled "trope". The YKTTW draft had a fairly good description. It just needs to go out with a name that will get it some inbounds and wicks.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
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Yeah, the YKTTW description is loads better. As to the rename, doesn't that go to TRS?
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground
Usually. I will throw out Dropping The Impediment although it's probably too general.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Dramatic Glasses Removal?
EDIT: I can see the trope being a Sister Trope of The Glasses Come Off and Glasses Pull.
edited 28th Jul '14 2:29:10 PM by desdendelle
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground
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We have The Glasses Come Off. Why don't we just transplant that one to the supertrope of "removing items of clothing or accessories before getting into a fight." instead of keeping it limited to " a nerd or bookworm takes off his Nerd Glasses before fighting and is revealed to be physically capable" and find a new name for the narrower trope.
edited 28th Jul '14 2:35:47 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
I think Demonic Possession could use a less gimmicky writeup.