But Japanese people are dark haired by default, right? So for Japanese characters (virtually all the examples) where the character's hair isn't dyed, this is just "short and wimpy"? And since most wimps are short, isn't this then just "wimp"?
There's some talk about how this can deconstruct the hero role, but the description currently allows all characters that a) end up being heroes, or b) don't end up being heroes, so heroics are not relevant.
edited 31st Mar '13 10:05:35 PM by AmyGdala
Is this really a trope? It doesn't seem like one to me.
Ouch. Cut, cut, cut. This isn't a trope, it's just smooshing unrelated characteristics together.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
And launched with just one example from someone other than the sponsor, and with just one hat.
edited 31st Mar '13 10:51:52 PM by AmyGdala
No, the other one.
Well, they're not unrelated characteristics, but I don't really think they make up a trope together. It's a combination of other tropes.
Short is a shortcut for weak, unless it's a Tiny Tyrannical Tsundere (which really is a subversion of it). It's one of those tropes more or less as omnipresent as Action Man (not the toy), and has about as much basis in reality.
Brown hair generally means unassuming (or down to earth), which while not necessarily weak, tends to not mean someone strong. They wouldn't have spiky hair or some other hairstyle that stands out either, as that undermines the meaning of the colour.
edited 31st Mar '13 10:55:41 PM by AnotherDuck
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This has only 19 wicks and 19 inbounds. And it looks like a list of people with several appearances chucked together.
Let's just cut it. If someone sees some tropes in here, they can take it to YKTTW.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI call for a rollcall on whether to cut. Vote ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
for cut or ![[tdown]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_down_emoticon_3571.png "[thumb down]"){kind=small}
if you have other ideas.
Cut away.
edited 2nd Apr '13 6:31:42 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Cut.
There is no Planet B
No, the other one.
Cut.
Zzzzzzzzzz
Burn it.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.Cutlisted.
Given my avatar and her theme, "burn it" is strangely apropos.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Tagged and de-wicked, too.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanAnd it is now ashes.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Yeah, so I think this thing may have skipped YKTTW, But my main concern is that typo in the title.
Er, my bad, Brunet is a legal spelling.
Really sorry, that was stupid.
...And I found the YKTTW. Ignore this, I wasn't looking hard enough. :/
edited 31st Mar '13 6:38:14 PM by stargirl93