So this is a place for people who are interested in helping out, or getting help with, wick checks. Maybe you just want people to double-check your work before you submit it to the TRS, or maybe you have a big project in mind and can't tackle it on your own. Either way, you've come to the right place!
Remember to check out How to Do a Wick Check for a run down, and feel free to browse Tropes Needing TRS if you need ideas for what trope to do a wick-check for.
For the list of current and completed projects, see Wick Check Project. Once your wick check is done and ready to go to a TRS thread, see the TRS Queue.
Edited by WarJay77 on Nov 4th 2022 at 11:55:13 AM
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My wick check is done. The folder is at the end of page 1; I'd appreciate help sorting them on the sandbox.
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Fair enough on the Sink Hole issue; I think I got it confused for Pothole.
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Ok, I'm done with my 24 wicks. As far as I can tell, none of them were used correctly; before I put them on the sandbox, do I have them classified correctly?
- Characters.Mass Effect 1 Antagonists: "During the Council meeting, he mocks the fact that a dream is their sole evidence against him." One-off comment.
- Characters.Catch Your Breath: Kei can manage some pretty good digs on the occasions she actually says them aloud. Sounds more like "character is good at insults" to me. Also, there's another wick to this on the page; see the ZCE folder.
- WebVideo.Little White Lie, under Dull Surprise: Sami's usual affect, including in her narration, in stark contrast to Tanya's gratingly forced perkiness. She'd be a Deadpan Snarker except most of the time she seems too moody and depressed to bother making an actual joke. Explicitly says the character isn't an example.
- Characters.The Heart Of A Hero: He doesn't take the situation seriously and instead he makes a pun out of it. Puns are not sarcasm. Also, one comment is not enough to qualify for this trope.
- Funny.The Emperors New School: In an episode where Kuzco's issue du jour is that he's not doing well in squirrel speak class, he asks the teacher if he'd save someone's life by saying "[set of squirrel sounds]". The teacher snarks "I doubt it given that you just said 'Go ahead; jump in the shark tank'." This looks to me like "character makes a one-off sarcastic remark".
- Critical Annoyance: Star Trek frequently showed meters and red alerts or had the ship computer or a crewmember declare that the ship's power was low or how long the ship had before it was to be destroyed, occasionally with Kirk or another senior officer looking exasperated at the news. Notable example: During "The Corbomite Maneuver", Balok threatened to destroy the Enterprise, giving the ship a ten minute countdown. Sulu kept a diligent track of the remaining time, much to the annoyance of the rest of the bridge crew. This looks to me like "character makes a one-off remark". Also, there's another pothole to this on the page; see the murky folder.
Sulu: Four minutes, thirty seconds.
Scott: You have an annoying fascination for timepieces, Mister Sulu. - Podcast.Fast Karate For The Gentlemen, under Rant Comedy: Dave's specialty. Joel is usually much more concise and snarky. Sinkhole. It's also a zero-context example of the trope that's actually being discussed.
- Characters.Catch Your Breath: Genma has a smart remark for all occasions. This seems valid, but it's very light on context; it just says "this character does this" without providing any actual examples. Also, there's another wick to this on the page; see the misuse folder.
- Film.Muriels Wedding: Rhonda.
- Film.A Hard Days Night: These are either potholes in quotes or the classic "this thing happens, trust us" style of zero-context.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: When Ringo tries to tell the others that there's a man in the cupboard, John and Paul laugh him off. Only George is wise enough to check and, sure enough, there is.
George: *Lights a cigarette* He's right, you know.- Deadpan Snarker: All four Beatles were masters of the craft. Quite a few quips were adlibbed or taken from real events.
- "Take That!" Kiss:
Man on Train: Then I suggest you take that damned thing to the corridor or some other part of the train where you obviously belong. - Series.Holmes On Homes: One is "potholed sarcastic comment", one is "this character is sarcastic, but we're not going to give any examples of it here".
- Deadpan Snarker: Mike tends to snark when he finds something really dangerous.
- Serial Escalation: It's very fun to watch some homes get torn up to hell just for the homeowners, but the amount of work performed can get absolutely crazy. A 50+ year-old home in Holmes Inspection needed to be remade because everything was either wrong with the house or not up to modern standards.
Holmes: (asking on basement) So, what are your thoughts on this?Inspector: Creative. - Fanfic.Vulcans Forge, under Benevolent A.I.: The Doctor (aka the Emergency Medical Hologram) despite being a snarky ass genuely cares for the well being of his patients."
- Funny.A Song Of Ice And Fire: We've got one sinkhole and one might-as-well-be-a sinkhole. Both of the quotes are sarcastic, sure, but one-off comments are not this trope.
- Alayne's new friend Myranda Royce is the main source of CMOF in the chapter:
Myranda: The first Lady Waynwood must have been a mare, I think. How else to explain why all the Waynwood men are horse-faced? If I were ever to wed a Waynwood, he would have to swear a vow to don his helm whenever he wished to fuck me, and keep the visor closed.- In The Rogue Prince Prince Daemon (who seems to have been quite the Deadpan Snarker) let us know what he thinks of the Vale and its people:
Prince Daemon: "In the Vale, the men fuck sheep. You cannot fault them. Their sheep are prettier than their women." - DarthWiki.Through The Empty Marches, under the characters header: Two of them say nothing about the trope; the other one is "this character is an example, but we're not going to elaborate".
- Deadpan Snarker: The quiet type, compared to Nath and Sy.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has a particularly dry wit.
- Deadpan Snarker
- ComicStrip.Buckles: Classic "not even bothering to try writing context". Also, the indentation is wrong.
- Buckles can be this at times.
- Arden and Flea.
- Then there's Jay, a bluebird and Arden's sidekick.
- Characters.The Nostalgia Critic Dougs Characters: He is indeed. This one is actually commented out.
- Funny Character, Boring Actor: Bobby is the Deadpan Snarker of the group. Eion Bailey is usually very quiet and reserved in interviews. Used to establish context for another trope. No context to be found here.
- ComicBook.Monicas Gang: These examples have a lot of words, but they dance around providing any actual context.
- The four main characters have all played this part, though in comics where the whole gang is together (especially if Monica is the one who's in charge of the adventure), the boys are usually the ones who stand out.
- As a good portion of the comic's humor comes from characters being this trope, nearly every character who isn't too much of The Ditz or Cloudcuckoolander has been this to some extent.
- Lady MacDeath is probably the most recognizable Deadpan Snarker of the whole series.
- Under Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Denise was also this in her old days, Depending on the Writer, before settling down as the Genki Girl Deadpan Snarker with a taste for gossip we know today. It was even lampshaded by her actress in the story which settled her current personality that whenever they needed the girls' group to have a False Friend, they'd go for Denise.
- LetsPlay.Spoiler Warning: All members of the group are this to varying degrees. Revenge of the "trust us, they're an example".
- WebVideo.Arcade Pit: PA Master is not above roasting the contestants, especially if they say something ridiculous. Another day, another "trust us, the announcer is an example".
- Literature.Burnt Empire: Vallian, and Morley sometimes.
- Film.Black Hawk Down: This example has a lot of problems, including indentation, grammar, natter, and complaining about how the book was better. But those aside, the lines don't really seem that sarcastic to me. They could be examples in context, but I've never seen the film, so I don't know one way or the other.
- McKnight.
Pilla: Colonel, they're shooting at us!
McKnight: (stares blankly) Well, shoot back!- The USAF Pararescueman working on the crew-chief of Super Six One
Wilkinson: (Starts an IV fluid line) After I'm done with this I'll whip you boys up some margaritas. The usual, blended, no salt?- If anything, the movie failed to capture some of Wilkinson's best lines. From the book:
Wilkinson: (as the chopper is being punctured with bullet holes) He hates the cans! Stay away from the cans!- Bonus points, he's played by Ty Burrell.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: Prince Jen from Lloyd Alexander's The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen. Upon embarking on a pilgrimage to a mystical kingdom, he sniffs the air and asks his servant what that wonderful, invigorating smell is. His significantly more worldly-wise servant hazards a guess that the odors of rotten food, body odor, the occasional goat, and the distinct lack of cash comprise "The Essence of Misery." Not sure whether this is a sinkhole or not; the servant is certainly being sarcastic here, but I have no way of knowing if the servant is actually an example or not.
- Leonine Contract: Brought up in Shatterpoint by the Confederate leader, Colonel Geptun. He argues that the treaty he's signing (surrendering his Confederate garrison to the Republic) is worthless because it was signed under duress. Mace Windu, being himself, retorts that of course it is, that's what makes it surrender in the first place. Fortunately, Geptun was merely being disagreeable for its own sake, and goes through with the surrender amicably. (Although he's not the only one with an opinion on the matter...) Another "might be a sinkhole".
- Film.Re Animator: The indentation is off, and one of the quotes is just a non-snarky insult, but the other one is valid. No idea if it's an actual character trait or just "this character said a snarky thing once".
- West. Sometimes it isn't even verbal, like when he kept snapping his pencils to interrupt a professor he didn't agree with.
"You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed."- Also:
"Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow!" - Critical Annoyance: Tales of the Abyss also has this, with quotes to let you know if you've been hit by a powerful attack or if you're near death. Oddly enough, one of Jade's low-health quotes is "looks like we're still okay," meaning he often says that after surviving an attack that has just killed everyone else. Although that's quite in character, actually. Bonus points if you have Anise in the party who will reply with "We are SO not okay". Yet another "might be a sinkhole." The page has another link to this; see the misuse folder.
Edited by Serac on May 6th 2020 at 3:02:14 AM
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Looks pretty good to me.
Wondering if we should have a section specifically for potholed comments, since those are popping up a lot and seem to be their own unique brand of an issue.
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I usually put those on either "Murky" or "ZCE" if there isn't enough surrounding context and if Deadpan Snarker is potholed to just a line of sarcasm, I would put it under Misuse. But I suppose a seperate Pothole category could be useful.
Would this go in ZCE or Murky?
Friendship Is Magic: Background Ponies
"Octavia is commonly depicted as an elegant, sophisticated mare. Her personality ranges from being The Stoic, a Deadpan Snarker to—in extreme cases—an outright Tsundere, though that doesn't mean that she's a total Jerkass or a Perpetual Frowner. "
Edited by MacronNotes on May 6th 2020 at 7:40:03 AM
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Hrmmmm, I'm not sure.
I'm going to try and sort my examples onto the sandbox now. If anyone thinks they belong in other sections, feel free to move 'em afterward.
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Ok, I filed all of the potholed one-off comments under misuse and added my wicks to the sandbox.
There is no Planet B
About that Pony Show example (Octavia, background ponies). I'd put it under ZCE. It has many links to various tropes, but is doesn't describe context for either.
Edited by XFllo on May 7th 2020 at 10:49:53 AM
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Alright, we're a little less than halfway there. I'll tackle some more wicks tonight.
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- Characters.Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat: "He has his moments."
- ComicBook.Ultimate Galactus Trilogy: "Everyone. Warren Ellis is writing, after all. Carol Danvers, in particular, is a veritable fountain of snark on her own." Belongs in World of Snark
- Characters.Tensou Sentai Goseiger Allies: Trope name only ZCE
- Characters.Old Mans War: 6 wicks. They all make it abundantly clear that the story is a World of Snark, but each claims that the character is "one of the snarkiest in the series", which means nothing is every other character is also the snarkiest character in the series.
- Characters.ZOOOO Ommx BIES: "He has his moments". This one is already commented out.
- Characters.The Unexpectables: "Prone to sly remarks".
- Literature.Mediochre Q Seth Series: Two wicks, both lack context and imply that the proper trope is World of Snark
- "Everyone, but Charlotte and Mediochre stand out."
- "Mediochre gives the non-sequitur answer "Tuesday"."
- Film.The Punisher 2004: Two wicks; one of them is a potholed quote. This is the other, and it feels like a stretch or is just poorly written
- Frank's entire family may have been slaughtered in cold blood, but he still retains something that resembles a sense of humor, albeit rarely (see Diagnosis from Dr. Badass and Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight below for examples). He also makes a friendly, sarcastic remark to Jimmy Weeks during a going-away party (this happens before the hit on the Castles was executed):
Weeks: To Frank Castle – the finest soldier, the finest undercover op, the finest man I've ever known. What will I do without you?
Castle: Get a girlfriend. - Funny.Boardwalk Empire: Potholed quote:
Agent: You had a pistol up your sleeve.Eddie: That is for protection.Agent: Against who?Eddie: Apaches.
- Funny.Stellaris: " VIR in general is a wonderful Deadpan Snarker (barely) masquerading as a helpful servant..." This is it; no extra context. There are some quotes that follow, but none of them strike me as particularly deadpan or even generally snarky, but maybe I'm just misreading them or something. Too murky to really say here.
- Funny.Atop The Fourth Wall 2009 Episodes: Potholed quote
"It's about to blow"
"It already does." - Funny.Mac Gyver 2016: Riley's Deadpan Snarker reply when Thornton was asking for a status update. This is just a character saying something snarky. One snarky line isn't a "deadpan snarker" reply.
Riley: Welp, this is my first embassy siege, and I'd say not great.
- Film.Snow White A Tale Of Terror: Claudia gets some zingers. "Brought someone to keep you company" (addressed to Jesus on an inverted crucifix when she drags her husband's unconscious body into the Church). The character is cited as having a lot of zingers, but this is just one example and needed context to explain the joke. Even if the example is valid, it's written really poorly...
- Music.Poppy: "Surprisingly, in a lot of interviews."
- Funny.Yotobi: "Supaidaman: aside from the reactions to all the Japanese stuff, we have the explanation as to why the alien chose Peter for his revenge: because otherwise the plot wouldn’t go on." I believe this is meant to be Sarcasm Mode, or a poor attempt at calling the speaking character a snarker. Either way, it's a sinkhole in a quote.
- Franchise.Stargate Verse: "every series has at least one Deadpan Snarker, characters frequently lampshade bizarre events." This is just claiming that snarkers exist in the series. It's not attempting to be an example itself.
- Literature.Le Morte D Arthur: "Sir Dinadan is regarded as a great joker (and he gets punked himself) but his actual lines are decidedly of the snarky variety." Implies that he says a lot of sarcastic lines, but it's so light on context I feel awkward putting it in the "correct" folder, but that's where it's gonna go since it at least knows what the trope is.
- Literature.Corvis Rebaine: "Just about every major character, though Davro is the reigning king of snark." ZCE, World of Snark
- Funny.Iron Druid Chronicles: "He then asks, "what are you?" to which Atticus cheerfully responds "Why, I'm the Antichrist, of course." The neighbour faints, which Atticus notes is weird, because he's Muslim, not Christian." Pretty snarky, but still too little information for me to know if this is a recurring character trait of Atticus or not.
- Literature.The Maze Runner: Commented out trope name only ZCE
This is another in-progress post.
Edit: Man, lot of ZCEs this time.
Edit 2: Should my Stargate Verse one go in a "N/A" type folder, or what? I'll hold off on sorting them until I get a second opinion.
Edited by WarJay77 on May 7th 2020 at 9:14:39 AM
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I leans towards putting the Stargate Verse example on ZCE
Edited by MacronNotes on May 7th 2020 at 9:38:35 AM
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I was thinking that, I just wasn't sure.
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I think I was just worried that people will do the wick check without letting me add to it with XFllo working so fast and War Jay 77 finishing two of them. Like, I can be useful sometimes. Anyway, I've checked 24, I shall add them to proper folders later (if there are duplicates, tell me).
- All Drummers Are Animals: While usually more of a Deadpan Snarker, Kim Pine becomes this the moment she gets behind the drums in the Scott Pilgrim comics. Taken up to 11 in the movie. Link to trope
"WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! ONE! TWO! THREE!"
- Animation.Technotise Edit I Ja: Edi, Bojan, to a lesser extent Herb.
- Characters.IDO Li SH 7: Two commented out ZCE of Deadpan Snarker
- Characters.{{Lalaloopsy}: Storm E. Sky's folder Has quite a lot of these moments.
- Characters.Shiri: Two examples which seem to only focus on one line
- Characters.The Big Bang Theory Sheldon Cooper: The character fits from what I remember, but the example is poorly written
- Characters.The Lion King 2019: Several examples, the only really valid one seems to be Scar's
- Characters.The Sooty Show: Deadpan Snarker
- Film.Blind Date: Judge Bedford, with his barbs being targeted at David.
- Film.Breakfast On Pluto: Charlie. Also Kitten at times, who somehow manages to combine this with elements of The Cutie, the Cloudcuckoolander and The Pollyanna.
- Funny.Puzzle Quest: Are you a Deadpan Snarker or just really confused? Sometimes it's both. Link to trope
Ogre Mage: In order to stop Gralkus [the Great Orc about to declare war on the Dwarves], you must BE Gralkus.Player Character: What does that mean? Am I supposed to dress up as an Orc or something?
- Heartwarming.Agents Of SHIELD: Alone in the wilderness, on the run from HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D., abandoned by one of her closest friends in the world, who does Melinda May call for a ride? Her mother. She may dish out a few gentle reminders about manners, along with what's apparently genetic levels of deadpan snarkery, but she clearly cares for her daughter enough to cross the Canadian border and hijack an unnamed agency's intel to help her. Pothole'
- Series.Benson: Benson, Clayton, and (on occasion) Kraus.
- Series.Cutthroat Kitchen: Several example, the only really valid one seems to be the first
- ThePollyanna.Western Animation: Greg from Over the Garden Wall. No matter what dangers they face, he's always cheerful (or, occasionally, snarky). Even when Wirt convinces him that their troubles are all his fault, Greg doesn't dwell on it—he simply gets to work trying to fix everything. The Beast even seems to realize that he can't push Greg toward the Despair Event Horizon like he can with Wirt, and tries to freeze him to death instead. Pothole in snarky
- TheScrappy.Comic Books: The Transformers (IDW): The IDW comics original character Drift has also taken a lot of flak from the fans, considering that he's built on everything his creator happens to like about Japan. What makes it particularly egregious is that his creator claims he was made to fill in a role that no previous character could, when Transformers is known for having Loads And Loads Of Characters, and Drift is basically just a young Star Saber with Getaway's vehicle mode.
In The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Drift has been rescued, as the author plays up his spiritual side, and makes him the fundamentalist, as well as a Deadpan Snarker. Link at the end, may apply, but the linebreak is unnecessary and it probably should go on Rescued from the Scrappy Heap anyway. - TheStinger.Video Games: The original Master of Orion uses this uncommonly well. In both endings, the final scene is your emperor's New Era Speech upon assuming the throne of the Galactic Imperium, followed by a comment from the newscaster who's been giving you status reports all game. In the good ending, the newscaster's stinger is fairly unremarkable, leaving the speech as the last significant bit of the story. In the tyrant ending, however, the stinger is a bit of snark that subverts the victory gained on the back of, potentially, a quintuple genocide. Pothole in a bit of snark, isn't the fact it's a bit invalide it?
- WebVideo.The New Adventures Of Ichabod Crane: Washington and Wolf
- WesternAnimation.The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants: Almost everyone in the show has their moments of this, but special mention goes to both Erica and Mr. Ree. World of Snark ZCE
- Wiki.The Wayfinders Library: Peristrixalo. “Just once, I would like to meet something beautiful that tries to kill me, but I suspect that's asking far too much.” Just one quote.
- Yandere.Anime And Manga: Just a link in the first Light Novel/{{Bakemonogatari example
- YMMV.Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Android 17 and 18 retain everything that made their source material counterparts likable, being more neutral rather than straight out evil, while also being childish and wanting to have fun. However, 17 and 18 are also given a level of snark often at each other, that gives them even more charm than their source material counterparts. Pothole in snark, plus it's right next to another snark trope
- YMMV.GARO: Ensemble Dark Horse: Zaruba. From his Deadpan Snarker attitude, to being a genuinely funny guy, to being something that doesn't scream "stop helping me!", the little sentient ring became very well liked. To the point where he even is at the beginning of many episodes and he technically gets resurrected after his first 'death'. Just a link.
- YMMV.Supernatural: Ruby is a snarky, fearless Action Girl in Season 3. In the next season, she... isn't. This is at least partially due to Genevieve Cortese wanting Ruby to seem vulnerable and innocent and so she plays her differently than Katie Cassidy does, but the writing itself for Ruby provides for less badassery in Season 4. Pothole in snarky in the Badass Decay example
Edited by Piterpicher on May 8th 2020 at 12:38:58 PM
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Looks good to me, though I did notice two of them you claim a valid example exists, but don't provide said example.
For reference, here's how I do my wick checks so quickly; I basically just copy and paste the entire related page into the list randomizer of Random.Org; for longer pages like these I proceed to then open more tabs of the site and split the list into ~equally sized sections. Then it's just as simple as randomizing, picking the first few wicks that get generated, and then actually checking the wicks.
It's pretty easy, the most annoying part is honestly the randomization process itself; from there, I can get a 20-wick wick check done in only about 30 minutes, which is why I was able to crank out two of them. But that's as many as I'll do for Deadpan Snarker.
Edited by WarJay77 on May 8th 2020 at 6:54:57 AM
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Oh I never used a randomizer. What usually is just scroll up/down to pick random. I used to be able to do at 50 wicks in an hour but now that I have to use mobile to edit the wiki, I work at snails pace.
So anyway, it looks we might get the wick check done by tomorrow. I wanted to wait a while before taking it to the TRS and y'know I did I would like us to bar new threads...but that's probably not going to happen so I guess I will just make the thread once the wick check is done this weekend.
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Yup, wick check is not that hard or slow to do if you have a computer/laptop and reliable internet connection. :-) Doing it on smart phone must be hell and frankly, is not worth the time and struggle. Don't get me wrong, any help is appreciated, but it must be awful.
Actually what I find most tedious is copypasting the example context from source and fixing the link on the sandbox page; but it's really very convenient to have it copied on the sandbox so that everyone can check the example without having to click the link, looking for the wick (which can be potholed) and reading the example context on the linked page.
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Give it a shot sometime; it might surprise you how efficient it can make things.
Linking issues though is actually why I've been doing the checks on-thread first; that way I can make sure the links are all accurate and ready-to-go before doing the wick check itself, and then once I'm done I just need to copy and paste my examples into the sandbox.
Anyway, I wouldn't oppose waiting, if others are cool with not having a thread right away. But some threads, like Snark Bait, will probably close soon anyway.
Edited by WarJay77 on May 8th 2020 at 3:13:00 PM
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I'm not really a TRS guy (more of a general cleaner if I feel like it), so I'd be fine with waiting.
Suggestion for the future to everyone: alphabetise your wick check folders. I'm trying to add my 24 wicks to Sandbox.Deadpan Snarker Wick Check, but it all seems random (I'll probably add them at the bottom for now, but this is just for the future). Alphabetising each folder would make checking for duplicates and general sorting much easier.
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I originally was trying to keep up with the alphabetization. Then more examples got added and the scheme was tossed out the window, so I gave up.
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Ok, I think I should be able to finish the rest of the remaining 28 wicks between today and tomorrow and then I will probaby take it to the TRS later.
Not sure what course of action I would bring up possible courses of action besides heavy curating in the OP as renaming is pretty much out of the question for a trope this big (28k) and I don't think the name or the description is the main cause of the decay.
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I guess this goes in "Correct"?
Token Wholesome under the Something*Positive entry:
- ...Also, while she is the most innocent character in S*P, that still makes her enough of a Deadpan Snarker to rival the snarkiest characters of less cynical comics.
Edited by MacronNotes on May 11th 2020 at 6:06:31 AM
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It's so low on actual context it's hard to say, but I guess we can assume it's accurate based on what's there.
Anyway, since we're almost done with Deadpan Snarker, do ya'll think we should convert this into a more general "Wick Check Project" space and figure out some other (perhaps sandboxed) tropes to check?
Edited by WarJay77 on May 11th 2020 at 6:11:41 AM
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I agree with making a general wick check project.
As for the next trope, how about Phone Booth? Sandbox.Tropes Needing TRS mentions how it's used for just phone booths but there are potential tropes related to them. Since something similar's been done with Landlord, maybe a wick check will work out here?
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Personally, I'm leaning toward "not enough context" since that kind of thing is listed on Administrivia.Zero Context Example under what not to do, third from the bottom. As for the sinkholes, I'm going to put them in the newly created "murky" folder.
Edited by Serac on May 6th 2020 at 1:43:07 PM