Not Thriving: Breast Sponge

I don't know how you get any more indicative than Breast Sponge without using the laconic as the title.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

Actually, I *did* immediately try to imagine a case where breasts absorb or soak something up.

That said, we have no strong reason to rename it.

Breast Loofah (doesn't matter what the votes were; they can't magically make "sponge" mean only a bath item, which does make it indicative), Breast Bath Sponge, Bathed By Breasts. Those are just off the top of my head.

edited 29th Feb '12 10:26:03 PM by DragonQuestZ

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.

I agree with Troacctid: the current name is as clear as it's gonna get. The old name is the one that sucked. (Body Sponge? Really?)

It does not matter who I am. What matters is, who will you become? - motto of Omsk Bird

I'm not sure if this really is not thriving, or just uncommon as a trope. I don't really see what (if anything) needs to be done, honestly.

edited 1st Mar '12 2:07:38 AM by ThatHuman

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Honest question: Is there a way to look at the inbound referrals for this page?*

For the moment, I don't see the name as a problem.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

Use this tool. Just change "Insert Trope Here" in the URL to the trope you want and you can see and go to where the inbounds are coming from.

edited 1st Mar '12 3:47:53 AM by Oreochan

"Learning without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without learning is dangerous."

I'm not sure how common this trope is, but if T Vtropes will pay my ticket then I'm happy to fly to Japan to find out

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!

Ah, thank you, Oreochan.

Well, the inbound referrals are pretty much as I expected. There's a healthy amount of SA bile links in them.

Either way, I don't see how the name is hurting the trope, or how a new one will improve it. It might need some entry pimping, and perhaps some description tweaking to make it less anime-centric, but I don't see anything else here.

edited 1st Mar '12 3:57:20 AM by lu127

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

"There's a healthy amount of SA bile links in them."

That would only change by cutting the trope, not by making the name even more explicit.

I never said I want to change the name. I'm fine with it. Just trying to interprete the high inbound links.*

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

Please note that inbound referrals doesn't count all inbounds, and I am not sure if this one is a statistically significant sample.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Breasts As Sponges?

You're forgetting Ecchi subgenre of Fanservice-heavy anime/manga.

edited 1st Mar '12 8:06:22 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

I think the current title is OK. Breast Loofah might be clearer but it's not in dire need of a rename.

Again, I think the most common use of this is the "lecherous suggestion that gets a girl mad", rather than "scenes in which this actually happens". It shows up in shoujo rom-coms (I think Black Bird has an example, but I'm not about to reread it to find where), and you know that a kinky thing has a lot of mindshare when it becomes a gag in shoujo rom-coms.

As to the anime-centricity, this trope may not be exclusive to Japan, but it is probably more common in Japan than elsewhere, because it is an actual real thing; prostitution is officially illegal in most of Japan, but it is perfectly legal to run a "soapland"; a Turkish Bath in which attractive young women rub themselves all over you while naked. It's technically not actually sex, right?

Calling someone a pedant is an automatic Insult Backfire. Real pedants will be flattered.

Whether or not "Loofah" is clearer is very much a individual thing, and maybe a cultural thing. I've heard of a sponge. I've never heard of a loofah in my life.

Loofah is a type of chair stuffing material. No idea what chairs have to do with this trope.

edited 1st Mar '12 9:38:21 AM by shimaspawn

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

^Chair material, not Chair material, I think. Is Lofah some kind of spongy material that is used for chairs?

edited 1st Mar '12 9:39:07 AM by SeptimusHeap

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Yes, it's the stuff that makes your chairs squishy. It's generally covered by fabric though because it's rough on the skin.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

A loofah is a hard scrubby thing you use in the bath. They used to be popular in the states in the 90s, or early 00s. They are not the same as bath poofs.

I suppose we can always find out what the Japanese call this and use the Japanese term.

- Ducks and covers -

We've already established the tropes isn't specific to Japan.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

I still think there's no reason to rename. Only make it less Japan-centric.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

Agreed. It's the definition that needs tweaking, not the name.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

So uh, is this really not thriving, or is it just an uncommon trope?

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It's a lot more common in ecchi, hentai, and porn in general than the very low number of wicks suggest, and that's taking into account Conversational Troping and Discussed Trope examples.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.