Discussion Main / PrefersGoingBarefoot

Can those who wear stirrups, toeless socks, adornments, thongs , bangles , jewelry, or other items that decorate their feet be a sub page or count?

What does open-arched foot wear mean?

We should add Mary Jane Watson to the “Prefers Going Barefoot” page because she goes barefoot a lot when she’s at home.

Could we just switch the name DNLS on the trope Prefers Going Barefoot instead of deleting whole line?

Also, just to catch up, Does toeless heeless socks/legwear, or any feet decorations like anklets or wraps count in any way or needs proper placing?

Further to Kappa JB 09's comment, renaming this trope seems to have wiped it out from any and all pages that used to mention it by the old DNLS name. The problem's probably going to be magnified where a work's page mentioned the trope, but the overall trope page didn't mention said work. I know that TV Tropes has some redirect capability, so what gives that it doesn't seem to have been implemented here?

Speaking of Kappa JB 09:

-Wouldn't really know about anything that's toeless/heelless or wraps or similar. Would probably depend on context, extent of coverage etc.

-Anklets go around the, well, ankle and so don't affect anything.

-Wasn't mentioned, but barefoot sandals are... well, it's in the name. It would be interesting however to see something where someone who Prefers Going Barefoot wears a pair in order to make people think that they're wearing shoes like everyone else (esp. in the context of establishments with a 'no shoes, no service' rule).

-What would be real food for thought is the subject of Nake Fit and similar products which are basically the inverse of barefoot sandals in that they cover the sole while leaving the rest of the foot exposed. If this sort of thing was featured in a work as the only footwear worn by a character, would this count as a subversion, a downplaying, or something else entirely?

Per TRS, Does Not Like Shoes was rewritten and renamed to Perfers Going Barefoot.

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Does this require a reason for not liking shoes?, started by DragonQuestZ on Apr 11th 2011 at 10:50:16 PM

Some entries from Barefoot Cartoon Animal are seeping in here. I'm pretty sure that's a sub-trope for a reason. What I gather from the comments before me is that this is supposed to be about characters with an active dislike of footwear, rather than ones who go barefoot just because it's normal in the setting's dress code.

It seems to me that this page needs some major cleanup. There are an awful lot of entries about one-offs and single scenes with characters who otherwise wear shoes on the regular. For example, the Tenth Doctor isn't a case because he usually wore Chuck Taylor All-Stars. The title is "Does Not Like Shoes", and the opening paragraph states the character avoids wearing them whenever possible.

out of question why isn't the avatar of Fire Emblem: Fates mentioned here? do they just count in the section about how most games with character customisation allow you to play this trope?

Barefoot singers?

I notice singers such as Joss Stone, Deana Carter, Linda Ronstadt, Cesaria Evora, Carrie Underwood, and Kelly Clarkson have performed barefoot on stag before whereas other singers such as Josh Groban, Ricky Martin, and Taylor Swift are frequent barefooters as well. Any others that you could think of?

I think we need a caption for the cover image on this page.

In the Twilight example, listing James, Victoria and Laurent is fine, but what about Bella? She does not avoid wearing shoes "whenever possible", she gets rid of them on only one occassion, because she went hunting, and because they were high heeled, which makes it pretty justified. Same thing for Kristen Steward; this shouldn't be under "Literature" and indeed is mentioned in "Real Life". Just asking because it was there for quite a while now so I was wondering if it isn't actually justified and I just can't see it.

Am I the only one who thinks the page image doesn't really exemplify the trope in any way?

A sub-entry to the Real-Life example of a tall chinese man who forced his feet into shoes that made them stunted:

"Not a huge surprise, given the long Chinese practice of mutilating girls' feet to make them smaller and "more attractive." Women whose feet were broken and bound would limp throughout their lives, and they did this to their children on purpose. A bit ironic that it happened to a man unintentionally, though. "

This doesn't add anything to the trope's example, and while I regard the occurence of the above practice as true, it serves as nothing but a personal critique of another culture. Which is fine by itself, but is misplaced in this trope's page.

Just occurred to me...

Should this article be renamed to "Does Not Like Footwear", or, I dunno, something a wee bit more witty? It's just that a lot of the sources cited in this page, have character that come from stories/settings where you don't technically have "shoes" per say. I dunno, take Inu Yasha for example... I'm pretty sure they didn't have shoes back then - only cheap, straw sandals.