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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM
- The first line should read "she's", not "she'".
- "Lech" does not have a 't' in it.
- Bob would have to be a heartless Jerkass not to protect her now. ("to not" is splitting the infinitive, which is a contested rule but in this case it's really easy to fix.)
edited 31st Mar '11 9:27:05 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hey guys I am looking forward to launch this trope. I have already spell checked some stuff. But I am not sure if it is launchable.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=d5htn48gkozajlrnqors7jdi
I won't launch it until i get green light here :)
edited 5th Apr '11 11:40:14 AM by FallenLegend
Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.I edited the description, removing some digressions and smoothing out some idioms. Didn't look at the examples.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Wittythanks a lot eddie.
Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.Mortal Kombatvs DC Universe: Missed Moment of Awesome Harley Quinn and Quan Chi were originally going to be playable but were left out do to the deadline.
With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.- Missed Moment of Awesome: Harley Quinn and Quan Chi were originally going to be playable, but were left out due to the deadline.
edited 14th Apr '11 8:28:49 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.Additional correction: that's What Could Have Been, not Missed Moment of Awesome. (Which also means that it should go on the Trivia tab.)
Rhymes with "Protracted."If Troper Tales includes in character Role playing I got one for Pregnant Badass
It was During what stared Ben10 role playing but divulged temperley into a Massive Multiplayer Crossover. Vilgax attack a mutrendy ward. (long story) After holding off Charmcaster, Shego, Danny Phantom and Toph. He was fished off by Harley Quinn when she was in labor.
edited 21st Apr '11 9:41:37 AM by RandomChaos
With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.It was during what stared Ben10 role-playing game that diverged temporarily into a Massive Multiplayer Crossover. Vilgax attacked a maternity ward. (Long story.) After holding off Charmcaster, Shego, Danny Phantom and Toph, he was finished off by Harley Quinn while she was in labor.
edited 21st Apr '11 10:46:17 AM by shimaspawn
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickIt was during what started as a Ben10 role-playing game and diverged temporarily into a Massive Multiplayer Crossover. Vilgax attacked a maternity ward. (Long story.) After holding off Charmcaster, Shego, Danny Phantom and Toph, he was finished off by Harley Quinn while she was in labor.
One more correction:
"It was during what started as a Ben 10 role-playing game."
Edit: Ninja'd.
edited 21st Apr '11 11:00:45 AM by PPPSSC
Yeah, there was a lot of stuff to fix in that one. That is correct though, not and. Order of events, not two things happening simultaneously.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickWell, either "that" or "and then", which is what I meant. Both can work.
OK Wiki talk post that is not getting the point expressed
So how do the people that experience this temporally know there tasting the color there tasting? or Whatever
Oh and if someone was warned that it was a side effete of anything with a specific color to the waring should they be worded if it's a different color? That came up in an RP I was doing.
With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.I'm sorry, what?
Are you asking how someone who "tastes" a color, knows what color they're "tasting"?
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.the 2nd
With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.Synesthesia, I believe.
edited 24th Apr '11 3:59:18 PM by Radd
"Loid, I'm pretty sure you hate your father more than I hate my mother with a hammer" - Ninten, Loids Are Not ChristmasWould like this trope revised before launch.
thanks!
edited 26th Apr '11 6:38:59 PM by FallenLegend
Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.When do I put whom in?
"When do I put whom in?" is grammatically correct, but it is a little confusing.
"When do I put someone in, and whom should I put in?" is a little more obvious as to what you are asking.
I think he's asking "When do I use "whom" and when do I use "who"? If he is, well, it's sometimes a complicated rule to explain, but the easiest way I've found to remember it is "If you can rearrange the sentence to use "he", use "who"; if "him" makes more sense, use "whom".
Who gave me the book? He gave me the book.
To whom did I give the book? I gave the book to him.
If you want the actual rule, "who" is always a subject (the one acting in the sentence), "whom" is always an object (the one being acted on) Who gave what to whom?
edited 26th Apr '11 7:55:35 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it."Who hit whom" is the mnemonic I always heard. You can replace hit with any other verb you like.
Fight smart, not fair.thanks guys
Btw do you guys think the trope is launchable ?
edited 27th Apr '11 4:23:05 AM by FallenLegend
Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
Catching the ones that arks over looked:
- Inverted: Carol asks Alice out. Bob says "Girl, she' straight"
- Subverted: Alice: "Yes, I'm from the Island of Lesbos"
- Deconstructed: Bob is a handsome letch, asking out any lesbian he sees, thinking All Lesbians Want Kids.
- Zig Zagged: Alice is a person with multiple personality disorder; some are lesbians, some are straight, and some are bi. Bob only ever runs into her when she's a lesbian. (someone might want to check me on the use of "a" rather than "the") ("a" appears to be correct there, since the statement is "some are lesbians", meaning "more than one of them". "The would be proper if only one of the personalities was lesbian.
- Lampshaded: Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, she's a lesbian. I Always Wanted to Say That!"
- Played for Laughs: Bob asks Alice out and is surprised that she's a lesbian despite her wearing a pride shirt and making out with Carol
- Played For Drama: Alice and Bob live in a world were homophobia reigns supreme. Bob would have to be a heartless Jerkass to not protect her now. ''(someone check me on using "would" instead of "will") Also correct, at least in American English. It's a hypothetical conditional situation, which takes "would", "could" or "should".
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.