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A name change could help it. Something like Sit Down For The Bad News?
edited 7th Mar '12 2:16:14 PM by Madrugada
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The Other Troper
I'd prefer to expand it to Gently Breaking Bad News, since as it is, it's still about the phrase (and this would likely make Bad News in a Good Way a Sub-Trope).
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Zzzzzzzzzz
A dialogue trope is still a trope. In this case it's the dialogue pattern that indicates "I'm about to tell you something bad." It's not the telling itself — it's the precursor to the telling. The telling itself often is quite blunt and not at all gentle, and it's certainly not Bad News in a Good Way.
Now granted, that still means that we've got yet another Missing Supertrope: Breaking Bad News
edited 7th Mar '12 8:20:39 PM by Madrugada
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The Other Troper
Actually, we have Bearer of Bad News as the supertrope, so that's not a problem.
But I see how this is a Sister Trope to Bad News in a Good Way.
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Zzzzzzzzzz
Huh
I assumed that was a character trope.
It needs to be made into a "does indexing" page then, and clearly identified as a supertrope.
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The Other Troper
Why index it? It only has a few sub tropes.
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Definitely a trope. (I've seen this in Real Life as well.)
The title most likely needs changing, but I can't think of a good replacement.
It does not matter who I am. What matters is, who will you become? - motto of Omsk Bird
Ravenous Sophovore
Clocking due to lack of activity.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
The Other Troper
Should we make a page action crowner?
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Gentleman Troper!
Yes!
Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
The Other Troper
Ravenous Sophovore
Crowner hooked, extending clock.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
The Other Troper
Bumping for more votes.
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The Other Troper
Bumping for yet more votes.
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Ravenous Sophovore
Calling crowner in favor of "Expand to trying to break bad news gently."
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
The Other Troper
Well I'll be busy most of today, so I'll work on this tonight and tomorrow.
Also, need to brainstorm new title suggestions, since the name still is a stock phrase.
edited 17th Apr '12 8:21:16 AM by DragonQuestZ
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The Other Troper
Made an alt title crowner with some options.
Ravenous Sophovore
Crowners (wife) swapped.
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The Other Troper
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Thank you.
edited 20th Apr '12 4:08:35 PM by abk0100
The Other Troper
Bumping for more votes.
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Called the crowner.
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The Other Troper
Cool. I can change it tomorrow.
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The Other Troper
Done. Anything else you think needs to be done?
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What would be the best way to fix the page?
19 wicks, and 11 inbounds. Furthermore, I admit I made the trope after the stock phrase. That doesn't mean there isn't a legit trope in there. It's actually a form of trying to gently break bad news, and that is a trope.
So if we have such a trope already, we should merge this. If we don't have one, this should be expanded to cover that, and it needs a rename (since it's dialog based).
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