TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Naruto

Go To

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#46901: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:51:23 AM

Is this where someone jokes about Mei really wanting and possibly needing someone's lance?

Ironypus from Australia Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#46903: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:51:53 AM

Only you, Arha. Only you. tongue

Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
◥▶◀◤
#46904: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:52:25 AM

I still think that note was put in or allowed to stay for a reason, very likely by the same person who ordered the lock on the page. Until it is unlocked and fixed. I cannot support any decision that goes against it.

Rarely active, try DA/Tumblr Avatar by pippanaffie.deviantart.com
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#46905: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:52:26 AM

We can't touch locked articles. You need a mod for that, and they sometimes forget.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#46906: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:54:39 AM

And the only reason it wasn't removed was because the TRS thread was locked by the damn bot.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#46907: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:54:43 AM

No, I mean in the thread where that was decided. Did nobody say: "Hey, shouldn't we remove that stuff if we decided against it?"

Come to think of it, the Sasuke Retrieval squad doesn't fit. No one fits The Chick.

[up] Ah, well. Nevermind. Can't blame anyone for false examples then.

edited 3rd Apr '12 8:55:17 AM by kay4today

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#46908: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:55:11 AM

Send a holler for the thread to be reopened and we can get that bit cut out of the page.

[down] I've no idea what you're talking about. Japanese women frequently wield a naginata and she doesn't have one.

edited 3rd Apr '12 8:56:19 AM by Arha

Ironypus from Australia Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#46910: Apr 3rd 2012 at 8:56:49 AM

Worried he's stealing your spotlight, Westy?

edited 3rd Apr '12 8:57:07 AM by Ironypus

VanWest Since: Dec, 1969
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#46912: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:00:31 AM

Arha is Westerner 2.0 with the buttmonkey feature removed and the wit and sexy modes to replace it?

Nah, that's too great an improvement for just one update.

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:02:34 AM by Arha

kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#46913: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:01:01 AM

@Westy

Your avatar looks like a mix between Hagrid and that one Russian Death Eater guy.

Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
◥▶◀◤
#46914: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:02:16 AM

I still don't think that decision should have even been made. A major decision like that should have been thrown to a Crowner, not decided in one action.

Rarely active, try DA/Tumblr Avatar by pippanaffie.deviantart.com
VanWest Since: Dec, 1969
#46915: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:02:36 AM

@Arha The answer to that would be no. You're just cheaper to make since we removed the manhood feature.

@kay Hmmm....sounds pretty cool. Not sure why you mention it now. I guess you barely noticed it.

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:09:46 AM by VanWest

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#46916: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:03:34 AM

It's not a decision. The trope is very exact, people just shoehorn it. The very reason the definition is locked is because everyone messed it up, which is why it has drifted.

Five-Man Band is five people with five exact roles. Anything else is shoehorned.

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:04:16 AM by lu127

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Ironypus from Australia Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#46917: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:06:54 AM

And in a few years, once I've truely earned my position in your eyes, I shall become the Arha 3.0, of the perfect new world.

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:08:14 AM by Ironypus

kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#46918: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:07:14 AM

I think we need a more fitting name then. The idea of a Five-Man Band would work the same if there were just two big guys instead of one, IMO.

Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
◥▶◀◤
#46919: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:08:16 AM

That's not what the trope says when it was fixed and locked. It was fixed so that people didn't think it mention just five. And now your reversing that on a locked page! That needs a crowner.

Rarely active, try DA/Tumblr Avatar by pippanaffie.deviantart.com
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#46920: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:09:51 AM

How? It's an old archetype that has largely fallen out of use. The trope is not "five people in the same group". It's "five people who fill specific roles". That's the core. Otherwise, it's Not A Trope.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#46921: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:13:03 AM

Well, the Star Wars example works pretty well and it has two Smart Guys.

The Hero: Luke

The Lancer: Han Solo

The Smart Guys: R2-D2 and C-3PO

The Big Guy: Chewbacca

The Chick: Leia

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:13:47 AM by kay4today

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#46923: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:14:33 AM

The Star Wars examples suck.

VanWest Since: Dec, 1969
#46924: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:14:46 AM

@kay I've always seen R2-D2 and C-3PO as Those Two Guys.

edited 3rd Apr '12 9:15:20 AM by VanWest

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#46925: Apr 3rd 2012 at 9:15:41 AM

Star Wars is hardly a qualifier, since it's been debated to hell and back and only stays by word of admin.

The most important part is this:

These are examples of teams that fit at least four of the character tropes. Remember that they form a team dynamic; it's always tempting to match two of the characters in a show, then try to convince yourself and others that the other characters can be squeezed/wedged/stuffed into the description of the other character types, but that's not the point of the Five-Man Band trope. The individual character types exist outside of the band. The Five-Man Band only occurs when the team as a whole fits, not just a few characters. As a rule of thumb, if your band example has to justify more than two types, or a single trope with more than two sentences of qualifiers, you're trying to pull a fast one.

None of these examples have at least four dynamics.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

Total posts: 158,275
Top