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Author: SolipSchism

Dec 23rd 2014 at 11:38:03 AM

^^ Holla. Sorry for bitching about the title and laconic without offering a better idea; I try not to do that.

^ Lots of quotes isn't a problem, and of course with a dialogue trope like this, ''every'' example should probably include a quote. But a quote on its own is poor context. After all, particularly with dialogue tropes like this, the subtext implied by the structure (The X of Y) is just as important as the structure itself. Not using quotes as context is not a hard rule, but it's not a great way to write an example.

For instance, "Brad is the Jackie Robinson of the Kerkovich family" means absolutely nothing to me. All of those names are meaningless to me. (Yes, maybe I have PopCulturalOsmosisFailure, but ''that's'' why I'm on this wiki; to learn about pop culture and fiction. Examples that just ''highlight'' my PopCulturalOsmosisFailure without actually telling me anything aren't very good examples.)

You don't need a ''lot'' of extra context, because yes, the structure implies a lot as-is. But with my Archer examples, I specifically pointed out that the first example is intended to imply that North Korea is not intimidating, while the second example is meant to mock Karate. Just a quick note as to ''what'' the trope is actually intended to convey in each instance.