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Author: LordGro

Feb 25th 2018 at 2:53:37 PM

Two big problems with the description:
* Sweeping claims that can easily be refuted. "'''Everyone''' knows that '''all''' true artists are driven by consuming pain ... [...] Artists are also '''always''' moody, lanky chain smokers who subsist on cheap red wine [...] '''Always''' in black." We all know deep down that not all artists in fiction fit into this narrow stereotype. So why does the description insist so fiercely on something that is obviously untrue? 
* Blurriness of the definition. According to the name, this is about artists wearing berets. But what follows is describing an infinitely more limited trope about artists being lanky, pretentious, bitter, moody, chain-smoking, angsty, wine-drinking, black-dressed, starving, pain-consumed, and ''also'' wearing berets. Now what about fictional artists that wear a beret but are not shown to be pretentious, bitter, moody, etc etc? Does [[https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/female-artist-painter-with-coat_712606.htm this]] or [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fi%2F331803185024-0-1%2Fs-l1000.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FLEGO-Artist-w-Paint-Brush-Pallet-Minifigure-Painter-Barette-Hat-City-Male-%2F331803185024&docid=TNX7PrCSrDWqTM&tbnid=1bFJBBRPCmyDlM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwiasMXq-qzZAhVPMqwKHW4SBPc4kAMQMwgcKBkwGQ..i&w=1000&h=841&itg=1&client=firefox-b-1&bih=844&biw=1280&q=painter%20beret&ved=0ahUKEwiasMXq-qzZAhVPMqwKHW4SBPc4kAMQMwgcKBkwGQ&iact=mrc&uact=8 this]] look like a pretentious, bitter, moody artist? Not for me. So are these examples? And what about an artist who is lanky, moody, pretentious, bitter and all that but does ''not'' wear a beret?

If the trope is truly about berets, then it can't be a hundred other things at the same time. If it is about artists being pretentious jerks then berets are not an integral part of the trope. You need to decide what your trope is, instead of making a mash-up of different tropes.