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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#1: Oct 12th 2011 at 11:37:58 AM

This trope is specifically a subtrope of Living Bodysuit, although it's a bit poorly defined on the page itself (it's better defined on the page for Living Bodysuit and Meat Puppet as the bodysuit for a prime evil like Satan).

That said, it's a completely unobvious name, the trope in question has nothing to do with Cthulhu (while some horrors from the Cthulhu Mythos can do this, Ol' Squid-Face himself cannot), and it's not doing healthy at all (since 2/20/09, it's been in 32 articles and has brought 56 people to the wiki).

Considering that it's just "A Living Bodysuit for evil deities and the like," I'm tempted to just say to cut and move the examples to said trope. But even if we do keep it, it has to be renamed.

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Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#2: Oct 12th 2011 at 3:47:37 PM

I'd go with cutting. I don't see it as sufficiently different.

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#3: Oct 12th 2011 at 3:52:24 PM

Agree with cut.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
DoktorvonEurotrash Welcome, traveller, welcome to Omsk Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Oct 13th 2011 at 1:48:57 AM

Cut. It has no reason to be separate from Living Bodysuit.

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TheJackal Lurker from the UK Since: Dec, 2009
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#5: Oct 13th 2011 at 6:49:43 AM

Yeah, move the examples and cut it. A Living Bodysuit for something incredibly evil isn't really played different from any other one, so it shouldn't be separate. Someone probably just wanted an excuse to use the name.

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!
#6: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:44:42 AM

A few of the examples are already redundant (and for as common as it is in horror stories, Living Bodysuit is surprisingly sparse for examples), but we can do a wholesale move should there be an overwhelming vote to cut.

Should we get a crowner started for this?

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MrParaduo Since: Mar, 2010
#7: Oct 14th 2011 at 10:10:17 AM

Yeah, I made this trope under the spur of the moment a while back. You all have valid points regarding it, so let's fix this good and fast.

Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#8: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:11:08 PM

With no opposition at all, I think we can safely skip the crowner.

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!
#9: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:14:22 PM

As much as I'd like to zap this one, I think we'd need more people than six people to qualify for "skip the crowner due to unanimity."

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kyfhv Since: Aug, 2011
#11: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:25:18 PM

I don't see any reason the page should exist. +1 for cutting.

Gillespie Talkative Loon from Western Canada Since: Sep, 2011
#12: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:29:10 PM

I say cut it too.

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Kurtulmak Since: Oct, 2010
#13: Oct 14th 2011 at 3:44:38 PM

Cut it. I see no real distinction between this and body suit.

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!
#14: Oct 15th 2011 at 1:02:05 PM

Okay, after leaving it for another day, and getting only more votes for a cut (including a mod), I'm fine with skipping the crowner and cutting if other folks are.

I'll give it until later tonight; if there are no objections then, I'll move examples over to Living Bodysuit, adjust wicks, and put a Cut List request in.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
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!
#15: Oct 15th 2011 at 8:56:31 PM

Okay, with no objections, I'll start moving examples over.

Question - once I've finished adjusting the wicks, do I do anything to the page before sending it to the Cut List?

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
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!
#16: Oct 16th 2011 at 1:24:53 PM

Alright, the cutmasters have cut this one, and the links have been moved. Requesting a lock.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
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