#2: Aug 24th 2015 at 8:22:46 AM
Looks like this one is a result of people mechanically chancing wicks rather than reading what they were sticking the links into. Especially since it seems like they didn't get rid of misuse.
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#3: Aug 25th 2015 at 8:41:35 PM
I don't know... some of those wick examples you posted are pretty legit examples. You even mentioned yourself that a lot of the tropes fit, but is overly emphasizing on one aspect rather than the other, which I don't think is a "misuse".
#4: Aug 26th 2015 at 1:53:31 AM
I also think the new wording of the trope name makes it sound weird, but it's really just a proper noun, not a descriptive phrase. Take it for what it actually means, rather than what it sounds like it means.
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#5: Jan 1st 2016 at 1:26:46 PM
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Freakiness Shame has a few issues with several of its wicks (as well as a couple examples on the page). At first glance, I thought it was merely a result of the name change from But Your Wings Are Beautiful, where the wicks weren't evaluated for how the name change might screw up the context the wicks are in, but after being asked to do a wick check, it's slightly more complicated than that.
Currently, Freakiness Shame has three main components that I can identify: 1) a character has a physical abnormality, 2) they are ashamed by it, and 3) another character finds it at least not unappealing. The former name, But Your Wings Are Beautiful, emphasized the third part, while the current name emphasizes one and two. As a result, there are two main issues I see.
1) The wick is used in a context that fits the previous name, but doesn't really work with the current one.
2) The wick uses one part (character has abnormality) or two parts (character finds it shameful or another character finds it attractive, without the other). If the example actually fits, the wick is not in a context that makes it clear all three parts are there.
After a randomized wick check, I have found the following problematic examples (as well as several borderline examples that I couldn't judge so I left out for the moment):
I'm not sure what the best fix for the problems would be. The description is currently unproblematic, and the name still covers the trope better than the old one, but a name that includes the admiration component would be more preferable from my point of view, and the examples that do not show all three components either need clarification, or removal (if judged unfit by someone with better knowledge of the examples).
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