Astrid is a bit Literal-Minded and often has trouble with figurative language, one of the worst cases being a near-meltdown after Raph texts her to "drop everything" when the Body of the Week drops in the middle of Astrid's weekly grocery shopping trip, disrupting her routine. After a couple of such miscommunications, Raph learns to tell Astrid much more precisely what she needs from her.
That doesn't really look like an example of the "Blunt Metaphors Trauma" trope according to the definition given on that trope's page, which is this:
Beyond simple language structure are the aspects of figurative language: idioms, metaphors, similes, and other things that go beyond exact word meanings in a sentence. This trope is when a character will screw up such terms. This can range from using the wrong word in a term, to getting the whole meaning wrong.
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For instance, many of the examples listed there involve a character attempting to use an idiomatic expression (such as "shooting fish in a barrel") but phrasing it incorrectly (e.g. "shooting fish in a pond", instead of "barrel").
So, it seems to me like that example (along with the one I added just now) ought to be classified as an example of the "Literal-Minded" trope instead, so I made that change.
About the Blunt Metaphors Trauma example that was listed here:
That doesn't really look like an example of the "Blunt Metaphors Trauma" trope according to the definition given on that trope's page, which is this:
Beyond simple language structure are the aspects of figurative language: idioms, metaphors, similes, and other things that go beyond exact word meanings in a sentence. This trope is when a character will screw up such terms. This can range from using the wrong word in a term, to getting the whole meaning wrong.
(emphasis added)For instance, many of the examples listed there involve a character attempting to use an idiomatic expression (such as "shooting fish in a barrel") but phrasing it incorrectly (e.g. "shooting fish in a pond", instead of "barrel").
So, it seems to me like that example (along with the one I added just now) ought to be classified as an example of the "Literal-Minded" trope instead, so I made that change.
Edited by DraculaOnABike