I suppose one step would be a rename to Falling On Ice, which is what it is about. Not too sure what the storytelling purpose is, though. People slip on ice, they sit in chairs ...
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No, the other one.
It's sort of like Fish out of Water, or an inversion of Graceful in Their Element, specifically relating to ice. That's what I can see, at least.
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Really? Based on the description and page image, this seem to simply be about "people who really suck at ice-skating", which appears rather chair-y.
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It needs a rewrite to be about the ice instead of the skating.
This is a Fish out of Water situation that show that the character have a flaw. A flaw that doesn't show when they are off ice. Often used as a "compressed flaw".
and it is of course often played for laughs.
edited 24th Apr '14 1:00:33 AM by m8e
I think it just needs crosswicking. There's more examples on the page, the name's fairly indicative, and it's essentially a stock gag of someone comically stumbling while trying to balance of skates.
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Aye, this page can definitively use some more crosswicking.
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I'm pretty sure this is a fairly common trope, having seen it here and there, and yet right now it's not doing very well, even though it's had about one and a half years to gather wicks.
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