This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Gyrobot: I am going to add in a Sliding Scale Of Romantic Realism Vs Romantic Fantasy
Silent Hunter: Can I propose The Second Law Of Trope Examples:
The more common a trope is, the higher the probability that a Joss Whedon show has subverted it.
Dark Sasami: I'm reverting the addition of "Rule Thirty-Four" just once, and uttering this plea for sanity to every Troper we have: Please, oh god please, don't let us go there.
Fast Eddie: What's the objection? It is certainly an established Rule.
Ununnilium: Yeah! Plus, it's the kind of thing that someone's going to hear in a random conversation and go and search Google for, thus leading them to the Wiki and causing TV Tropes to Ruin Their Life!
Aoede: Laws and Formulae. /end wishfulthinking
