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openClarifying Super OCD
I've seen Super OCD being used as an umbrella trope for any character that displays Neat Freak or Schedule Fanatic tendencies or even when a character displays any sort of hyper meticulous organization skills, despite otherwise not having OCD. Is this technically correct, or are there ways one can tell if a trope is actually Super OCD vs. just a hyper organized character?
EG: Twilight Sparkle keeps everything so ridiculously orderly that she can sense when someone misaligns her otherwise organized paraphernalia from the other side of the room. Does this mean she's got Super OCD?
openSoapbox Sadie custom titling
Soapbox Sadie is custom-titled as Soapbox Sadie, despite the former capitalization being how it’s capitalized in the URL and how it’s usually capitalized. Can we revert this?
openEditing Darth Wiki
So Most Annoying Sound is considered a Darth Wiki trope, so I can't put it in the YMMV section without it getting down. I tried looking up What Goes Where on the Wiki, but I couldn't find where we're supposed to put Darth Wiki entries; the instructions were confusing to me. Can anyone help me out regarding that?
openPost removal Film
Can anyone tell me why all my "AFI" entries have been removed from their films pages? It's legitimate information and no one ever told me there was anything wrong with me posting it. I spent a lot of time compiling those lists and updating the Trivia pages. I'm rather sad to see all my hard work undone.
openCan't find the example I want to submit Web Original
I was planning to add something to Irony.Web Original, but I can't seem to find the original example that I was planning to post. The website is still active, but the part I was planning to reference seems to have been lost.
The example is as follows: In the Misheard Lyrics section of amiright.com, a user posted an entry for Skid Row's "18 And Life". They thought that the line "Your crime is time" was actually "You're promised time" and assumed the song was about how when you're young you have your life ahead of you and many opportunities. The song is actually about a boy whose alcoholism led him into a troubled life, culminating in him committing a heinous crime for which he's arrested and convicted (the title refers to his prison sentence), so his life has little opportunity.
The part that was lost explained what they assumed the song was about and even admitted the misunderstanding was rather ironic. But can I still post this without the explanation?
openMatricide/Self-Made Orphan Sub/Supertrope
I posted this question on the Matricide discussion page a few days ago and didn't get any responses:
Why is Matricide listed as a subtrope of Self-Made Orphan? Not everyone who commits matricide is a self-made orphan (their other parent could still be alive). I think it would make more sense the other way around, but even that doesn't seem totally accurate (a character who never had a mother or whose mother was previously killed by something else could still be a Self-Made Orphan).
Also, is there a better place for future one-off questions/suggestions about trope descriptions?
Edited by indigoJayopenLady Mondegreen
Is there a reason why Lady Mondegreen is separate from Viewer Name Confusion? I removed an example but now I'm not sure about that.
openFolders not working?
Something super weird is happening here. The folders aren't registering somehow, and half the text has had all of its formatting removed. Does anyone know what's causing this?
openLate Arrival Spoiler in a fanfic
I am going to write a work page for a fic. The fic is set after two major characters die in the game, both of whose deaths are spoilers. Their deaths are acknowledged and established early on in the fic. Do I still have to add spoiler tags pertaining to their deaths on the Fanfic page?
Edited by AkatiaopenMissing Character Folder
Characters.Arrowverse Time Travelers is supposed to contain Grodd's folder, but I don't see it anywhere. Anyone know what happened to it?
openDo images of a character on a Characters page need to go through Image Pickin'?
If a troper was to replace/modify the image of a character on a Characters page (Characters sheet) themselves, does it need to brought up in Image Pickin first? And does the How to Pick a Good Image page apply to these Characters images?
Also, modifications to images such as cropping are allowed, right?
Edited by AsoktencheaopenUnused video game characters Videogame
Hi. I'm wondering if there's any rules or policies against discussing cut video game characters. There are two unused characters in Hitman (2016) that are unused, but have sufficient tropes and are mentioned by other characters. I would prefer to ask before adding any further information.
openEnthralling Siren TRS crowner
There is an active crowner for Enthralling Siren at the Trope Repair Shop. If inclined to join the discussion, do so here.
This is only an announcement; please do not reply to this query.
Edited by GastonRabbitopenTRS crowner
There is an active crowner for Notable Music Videos, Notable Flash Videos, and Notable Fanfiction Archives at the Trope Repair Shop. If inclined to join the discussion, do so here.
This is only an announcement; please do not reply to this query.
Edited by GastonRabbitopenShoehorned complaining?
- Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: Friendship example; Casterfo stabs Leia in the back by outing her and Luke's parentage without talking to her first. She calls him out for thinking that she, a staunch defender of democracy, would be like the man that tortured her, blew up Alderaan, tortured Han, cut off Luke's hand and tried to tempt her brother to the Dark Side. Sure, he manages to grant her a hearing when she's exploring the Axamines, but he destroyed her political career over a petty grudge without bothering to consider that Leia's had trouble reconciling her parentage with what she idolizes. Still, when he's framed for treason and sentenced to death, Leia goes to talk to him and renews their friendship, promising to do what she can to save his life. Obviously, she fails because as Casterfo dryly points out, he destroyed her career and with it any chance she had to save him. Still, he wasn't worth the effort. To be fair, she did figure out that he was nothing more than an Unwitting Pawn of the First Order's Batman Gambit to prevent her from revealing their existence too soon, and can tell how much he regrets his actions.
1. Why Would Anyone Take Him Back? is a romance trope and the non-romantic uses I've seen have been to shoehorn in complaint about Easily Forgiven (the romance part seems like the only difference than EF) 2. "Still, he wasn't worth the effort" sound like it's using the claim he's not worth it as proof he's not worth it. 3. The last part is arguing against it stating why it's justifiable.
I asked Is this an example? but got nothing back. Cut or what?
openOverly long edits
The troper AnthonyWilliam is making excessively long edits. Some examples: Bucky, Thanos, Thor, Aquaman characters, Aquaman. I shortened some of them, then wrote them in PM, linked them this article: How to Write an Example and cited the part about brevity, but got no response, and they continue to add new Walls Of Text.
Are these edits acceptable? I summoned them here as well.
Edited by AsherinkaopenTearjerker capitalization error - request for move
When I made Tearjerker/Cuties, I forgot to capitalize the 'J'. And I can't rename the page by copy-pasting the content to the proper namespace because it redirects to the title without the capitalization. Could someone please cut it but then recreate it with the J in the title capitalized?
Edited by TVGuy2001
Should the page WesternAnimation.Christmas Who be rewritten as a recap page, being an episode of a TV show instead of a standalone special? I.E. Sponge Bob Square Pants S 2 E 8 Christmas Who.
I had a similar question about WesternAnimation.Arthurs Perfect Christmas but it actually is a special; however, I think it should still go on Recap/ as it's not treated as a standalone movie, but an actual part of the Arthur series (as opposed to, say, Channel Chasers, though that's still teetering on the edge, or South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut).
Edited by mightymewtron