In a long-form work of fiction, the author parcels out information in pits the reader can handle. Page by page, steadly accumulating... and at the end, the reader has enough material for a satisfying experience.
With something like, say...a webcomic, the reader is given a single piece...one per day. It seems innocent enough. But then they realize...
...it's connected to archives.
With something like, say...a webcomic, the reader is given a single piece...one per day. It seems innocent enough. But then they realize...
...it's connected to archives.
Dave: You know, if you're really jonesing for sci-fi, you could just watch...
Greg: No, just stop there. You are not going to get me to watch Doctor Who, so just give up now.
Dave: Come on, dude. It's a great show, and it's right up your alley, really.
Greg: Yeah, you and everyone else says that, but it's not going to change my mind on the subject.
Dave: So you're just being ridiculous.
Greg: No, I'm being smart, Dave. When I commit to watching a new TV show, I can't just jump in willy-nilly into an episode right into the middle. I have to start from the very beginning, and work my way through the episodes one by one... and there are TWENTY SIX seasons of Doctor Who.note
Dave: So it's out of self-preservation, then.
Greg: Exactly. I can't watch Doctor Who because I have a functioning survival instinct.
"I still have never seen a Doctor Who episode. Where do I start?"
"Blimey, Tyler - that's a bit like saying "I've never eaten any food. Where do I start?""
"Blimey, Tyler - that's a bit like saying "I've never eaten any food. Where do I start?""
—Exchange with Alastair Reynolds, blog thread
People commonly direct [others] to this site when they want to explain an oft-used plot device or cliché to others— rather than explain it themselves in simple words.
These linkers feel guilty shortly afterwards because they know that their victims are now locked in a seven-hour marathon of browsing through what feels like every single page of the entire archives of the wiki and getting thoroughly lost.
These linkers feel guilty shortly afterwards because they know that their victims are now locked in a seven-hour marathon of browsing through what feels like every single page of the entire archives of the wiki and getting thoroughly lost.
—Uncyclopedia's entry on TV Tropes
It's 60 episodes? 60 FUCKING EPISODES, YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH?! FOR ONE SEASON?!
—James Rolfe's reaction to seeing the amount of episodes from the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (which is also the first iteration of the long-running Power Rangers franchise)
to seeing the amount of episodes from the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (which is also the first iteration of the long-running Power Rangers franchise)Gigguk: Alright. How long does that(reading Fate/stay night) take?
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (with gusto) Around a 100 hours!
Gigguk: That's a pretty big commitment...
Fate Fandom Gigguk: Just read the visual novel!
Gigguk: But I don't have a 100 hours!
Fate Fandom Gigguk: Read the visual novel!
Gigguk: Can't I just—?
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (dramatic close-up on his face as he slams the desk in frustration) READ THE FUCKING VISUAL NOVEL!
(beat as a startled Gigguk stares back at him)
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (cheerfully) ...Or not! I can never agree with myself anyway.
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (with gusto) Around a 100 hours!
Gigguk: That's a pretty big commitment...
Fate Fandom Gigguk: Just read the visual novel!
Gigguk: But I don't have a 100 hours!
Fate Fandom Gigguk: Read the visual novel!
Gigguk: Can't I just—?
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (dramatic close-up on his face as he slams the desk in frustration) READ THE FUCKING VISUAL NOVEL!
(beat as a startled Gigguk stares back at him)
Fate Fandom Gigguk: (cheerfully) ...Or not! I can never agree with myself anyway.
— Gigguk
Jenny: Poor Leonard. I hope it works out for him and Tiffany.
Jack: We'll see... That's only up to 2002. There's 64 more years of stuff to read.
