Discussion Main / EmotionsVsStoicism

Enthusiasm Versus Stoicism has been merged into Emotions vs. Stoicism as per TRS thread.

I notice that several of the works taking the "Emotions" side are listed as inversions. Based on archived discussion, it looks like that description was once accurate, but the trope has since evolved. Under the current definition I think this is Not A Subversion (or inversion) and should be changed, but I'm reluctant to make a sweeping change to so many examples without discussing first.

I'm a little confused about this trope. Is it a straight example when the the stoic and the emotional are compared or pitted against each other or is it played straight only if the stoic is the hero/protagonist and the emotional is the villain/antagonist?

Shouldn't this be Sliding Scale Of Enthusiasm Versus Stoicism? When I clicked on this page for all I knew it was some sort of character dynamic between heroes and villains.

First the metaphor of a number line was used, which I envisioned as horizontal— because, you know, the main apparently-infinite line that exists in most people's lives is the horizon— and then the idea that the point on the line that a character occupies is their "baseline"— which, by extension, would be vertical— and suddenly I was confronted with a vertical wave function. For some reason, this was the trippiest thing ever. Thank you.