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MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
#6751: Sep 11th 2009 at 10:13:28 PM

No, but creativity, eternal youth, knowledge or strength would be nice. I'd take any of those.

Bill "Looking contemplative" from To your left, eventually Since: Jul, 2009
"Looking contemplative"
#6752: Sep 11th 2009 at 10:18:24 PM

One day we're gonna have to find out what character creation system the various deities use.

'I'll show him a martyr! I'm going to do die SO HARD'
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#6753: Sep 11th 2009 at 11:34:54 PM

Whatever it was, I'm willing to bet that a lot of tropers were designed with The Loonie in mind. I probably was.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
AFGNCAAP Not axe crazy I swear from Great Underground Empire Since: Jun, 2009
Not axe crazy I swear
#6754: Sep 11th 2009 at 11:40:45 PM

I am frequently described as being of inconsistent/incomprehensible design; not a very coherent character. I am real.

Some writing.
Miijhal Since: Jul, 2011
#6755: Sep 11th 2009 at 11:43:37 PM

Sometimes I wonder if I was supposed to be the Butt-Monkey.

The Loonie fits too, though.

AFGNCAAP Not axe crazy I swear from Great Underground Empire Since: Jun, 2009
Not axe crazy I swear
#6756: Sep 11th 2009 at 11:46:13 PM

I looked once for a truly descriptive trope to put in my title. Moments later, I opened my userpage for trope suggestions. There are so many; I can't pin one down for myself.

Some writing.
Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#6757: Sep 11th 2009 at 11:53:16 PM

Maybe the wisdom Odin got the first time wasn't enough? If I remember my Norse mythology correctly, he didn't learn the runes until the second time, which seems to suggest that he was right.

He's hardcore that way.

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6758: Sep 12th 2009 at 12:13:47 AM

By the way, when they say "hanging" with a spear - what exactly are the logistics of that?

Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#6759: Sep 12th 2009 at 12:44:42 AM

I had heard he was impaled and stuck to the tree.

MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
#6760: Sep 12th 2009 at 12:46:58 AM

Whenever I hear "Odin", I think of the guy who works for my dad who got drunk and passed out on a tank.

Do you think a half-Nuckelavee characters who still causes blight and is skinless and stuff, but has Power Incontinence and legs of their own is too "Mary Sue halfling without the disadvantages of the mosnter parent"-ish? She still has a deep bond with the horse and dies if it dies, and the horse was in the womb with her. I'm still unsure if she has legs, just skinless ones, or if she ends at the pelvis.

edited 12th Sep '09 12:54:38 AM by Made of Meat

Idler2.0 Since: Apr, 2009
#6761: Sep 12th 2009 at 3:36:27 AM

I haven't got any Flash Forward ads yet, but I've seen one on TV and I like the look of it.

The man was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the best at both killing and not killing - Stranger
MadeofMeat Since: Jan, 2001
#6762: Sep 12th 2009 at 4:32:42 AM

You know, I'd like to see Cosmetic Catastrophe subverted more often.

The reason I'm fourteen and can apply makeup competently is because I started practicing when I was ten. I choose not to wear it most of the time, but I can put it on without looking like a hookerclown.

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#6763: Sep 12th 2009 at 4:56:25 AM

WWW: Yes, it's an self-insert that goes way past the usual self-insert, to the point where him and me are pretty much one and the same. And it's not really a self-insert as much as the other way around.

Maybe learning databending pushes him over the Point of Sue Return. I could probably cut that out without much effect on continuity.

edited 12th Sep '09 5:39:35 AM by Thnikkafan

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
ALMSIVI
#6764: Sep 12th 2009 at 7:13:23 AM

I have this idea: Does the Westermarck Effect affect married couples?

As for what character I am, I've got no idea. For a while I had tropes on my troper page that I thought fit me, but upon closer analysis, I don't think so anymore. So I removed them and opened my page. Don't think anyone's edited it yet though, but that's understandable.

As for Flash Forward, it reminds me of an idea I had a while back. I hope it's good.

EDIT: I'm pretty sure my idea was wrong. Or however you want to put it.

edited 12th Sep '09 7:17:30 AM by Lucky Revenant

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6765: Sep 12th 2009 at 2:32:28 PM

That Other Wiki's description of the Azawakh breed of dog:

For example, a short, flat back atop long legs accentuates his lofty bearing, and his hips appear higher than the withers. His natural beauty is austere and architectural, sharply contrasting the arabesque loveliness of the Saluki, or the rather somber dignity of the Sloughi. Almond eyed, lean and graceful, his profile is at once sere but harmonious, his presence aristocratic and aloof. He moves with a distinctly feline plastique, collected, elastic, and articulate, his demeanor guarded and mysterious, his glance feral, untamed.

Why does this make me laugh?

Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#6766: Sep 12th 2009 at 2:32:49 PM

Hi guys.

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#6767: Sep 12th 2009 at 2:36:22 PM

@mellon: because that's not at all an encyclopedial tone.

edited 12th Sep '09 2:36:39 PM by Zyxzy

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#6768: Sep 12th 2009 at 3:00:17 PM

Because it smacks of Purple Prose. Other Wiki shouldn't have so much opinion in a few sentances.

edited 12th Sep '09 3:01:03 PM by Katrika

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
Miijhal Since: Jul, 2011
#6769: Sep 12th 2009 at 3:15:22 PM

Apparently the Azawakh are the Mary Sue of the dog world.

Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#6770: Sep 12th 2009 at 3:45:12 PM

xD

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6771: Sep 12th 2009 at 4:32:42 PM

Do we have a trope for looting and plundering towns? Not plunder, the villainous equivalent.

Anyway, I've got "Sacking The Town" in YKTTW if anyone wants to help.

Luthen Char! from Down Under Burgess Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Playing Cupid
Char!
#6772: Sep 12th 2009 at 9:19:33 PM

Would the standard phrase be Raping And Pillaging? A quick search shows no trope for that at least.

You must agree, my plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity! My Tumblr
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#6773: Sep 12th 2009 at 9:20:32 PM

Oh, I didn't think of that. Sacking The Town is much more specific, but lemme see what I can do.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001

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