That definition is indeed completely useless, as I would be hard-pressed to imagine any character who doesn't have at least one person hate them. But honestly, since the person claiming it in that thread is not a mod or some other sort of authority figure, I'm not sure it's worth worrying about.
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Yeah, that's ridiculous. Base Breaker requires that the fan base be substantially split, such that you can be defined by your "love it/hate it" stance with respect to a particular object or character.
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No, the other one.
Base Breaker says, "A character in a series who is loved by one section of the fanbase, and hated by the rest," and, "Either way, some fans like em, some fans don't, little in the way of a middle ground, flamewars ensue." That directly says that if there's a significant middle ground, it's not an example.
The bolded text means that all characters have fans and haters, and just that isn't a notable distinction. "Character has people who like her and people who dislike her," is People Sit On Chairs.
edited 12th Oct '15 5:28:26 AM by AnotherDuck
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So we were having a discussion on The Scrappy cleanup thread
about Base Breaker, and there seems to be some confusion.
This is how I thought the trope worked:
This is what I have been told the trope is (note that this isn't an exact quote and it has been shortened):
If the latter is true, then the trope is Omnipresent/People Sit On Chairs and should not allow for examples anywhere for being pointless to mention. I have been told previously that wicks for it are fine and somewhere along the line got the definition I posted, hence my confusion.
If it matters there are currently over 2,900 wicks.
edited 11th Oct '15 10:34:48 PM by Karxrida
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