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One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#8276: Jul 29th 2022 at 7:13:08 AM

I’m not active in drafting tropes yet but if I ever do it’ll probably be music tropes for me as well—that’s also my expertise.

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Jul 29th 2022 at 10:13:35 AM

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#8277: Jul 29th 2022 at 7:15:11 AM

Curious to know what my style is. I didn’t think I had a particular one.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#8278: Jul 29th 2022 at 7:17:59 AM

I think most people just make TLPs of things they don't see covered already. Only certain people focus on specific topics.

I don't have a niche but a quite a few of the tropes I launched for TLP (and out of TLP) have been for TRS projects.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 29th 2022 at 10:18:41 AM

Macron's notes
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8279: Jul 29th 2022 at 9:08:43 AM

My style of making TLP drafts is... not making them. I don't feel confident in my ability to do so, so anything TLP-related I do is either nuking drafts that are redundant with tropes created due to ongoing TRS efforts (such as how I nuked a Supernatural Is Blue draft after Supernatural Is Green and Supernatural Is Purple were merged into Technicolor Magic), or simply commenting on drafts (whether it's something that came from a TRS thread or if I just happen to be passing through).

I guess the former just ties into my niche being TRS, since it's TRS-adjacent.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 29th 2022 at 11:10:29 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8280: Jul 29th 2022 at 9:44:02 AM

I don't have a particular style, I just make drafts for any concepts that jump out at me.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
plakythebirb The Unwilling Cycle from The Deep South (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Unwilling Cycle
#8281: Jul 29th 2022 at 10:20:04 AM

My current launched tropes are Cute Creature, Creepy Mouth and Fuzzball Spider, and I may make a draft for designs that are pretty much "skulls with spider-like legs", so my draft type may be spooky creature designs.

Welcome To Ideals' World
CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8282: Jul 29th 2022 at 1:31:58 PM

Ok, so this may be an odd observation, but on a lot of older TLP drafts, I keep running to comments left behind by a troper named DAN004 who has this PFP.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awesomechairman.jpg

I don't know, I just find them to be a stand-out feature on early-to-mid 2010s TLP drafts.

Edited by CytoZytokine on Jul 29th 2022 at 1:32:33 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8283: Jul 29th 2022 at 2:01:06 PM

They were eventually bounced.

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8284: Jul 29th 2022 at 2:02:31 PM

Here's a question: what is the most pre-2010s entry you've ever found?

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#8285: Jul 29th 2022 at 2:05:39 PM

My area of expertise is foreign dubs and translations I guess. I edited a lot of tropes about such things, not to mention I made multiple pages for Italian voice actors.

Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#8286: Jul 29th 2022 at 3:42:32 PM

[up][up] Can't talk for a single entry, but for an idea of how bad natter could get, use the Wayback Machine to look up Real Women Don't Wear Dresses before November 2011. Even the description was a pain to read.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8287: Jul 29th 2022 at 7:59:09 PM

Characters.SSU Eddie Brock Venom has the most lopsided folder split ive ever seen. there are only three letters representing fully half of Eddie Brock's tropes.

harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#8288: Jul 29th 2022 at 9:47:05 PM

Over in this thread, ljcool2006Backup just unearthed some of the oldest archives of this site by digging up the original URL! What he found is pretty incredible, we even have a glimpse of what work pages used to look like here.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#8289: Jul 29th 2022 at 10:53:46 PM

It's interesting which shows were considered worthy of pages early on, with even some shows beloved by the site missing. Blake's 7 but no Futurama?

And is Buffy there twice (once normal once as an acronym)?

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#8290: Jul 29th 2022 at 10:55:17 PM

Back then all works were live-action TV except The Simpsons. True to our name, I guess.

Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#8291: Jul 29th 2022 at 11:12:04 PM

Now I'm really curious to see what TV Tropes looked like back when it was just a Buffy fansite. Are there any archives of the Buffistas thread that birthed this site at all?

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
GenericGuy2000 I’m here, I guess. from a generic place. Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: Cast away
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#8293: Jul 30th 2022 at 1:56:12 AM

I do remember seeing such a thread years ago; perhaps ~eyebones or ~Morgan Wick know.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8294: Jul 30th 2022 at 2:10:33 AM

[up]eyebones is Fast Eddie, right? I'm surprised he's still semi-active here, so in essence, he hasn't entirely left us.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8295: Jul 30th 2022 at 4:54:38 PM

[up]Yes, eyebones is Fast Eddie. His new profile page mentions that.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 30th 2022 at 6:55:08 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#8296: Jul 30th 2022 at 4:59:21 PM

It's funny reading Public Domain Soundtrack and seeing how much more frequently 18th and 19th classical music is used in media then I previously thought.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#8297: Jul 30th 2022 at 6:18:48 PM

I've noticed that a few posters on the cleanup threads tend to specialize in a single subject: one guy has RWBY, another has wrestling, and there are probably some others that I'm missing. To me it's the most apparent in the anti-complaining thread. I guess you could call this a Single-Issue Wonk, but I just find it interesting.

Edited by Wafer on Jul 30th 2022 at 6:19:24 AM

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#8298: Jul 30th 2022 at 11:46:03 PM

It's not a Single-Issue Wonk if they don't wonk over it. I mostly edit pages and add examples for whatever I hyperfixate on. So right now it's a blend of How I Met Your Mother and Total Drama.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#8299: Jul 31st 2022 at 12:08:12 AM

[up] Same here. We all have are particular interests, it just becomes a problem if we get solely focused on one little aspect and/or Righting Great Wrongs.

captainpat Since: Sep, 2010
#8300: Jul 31st 2022 at 4:39:25 AM

I don't like it when Single-Issue Wonk is being used to describe editors making legitimate edits.


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