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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

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#15851: Feb 18th 2023 at 9:21:45 PM

So, when searching for tropes to add to a work page I'm working on, I stumbled upon Irish Priest. Skimming through the description, it's Exactly What It Says on the Tin; Irish + priest. I'm not entirely sure how trope-worthy it sounds...

CG for short
Malady (X-Troper)
#15852: Feb 18th 2023 at 9:26:32 PM

We also have Officer O'Hara. I guess it's sorta a Trope in Aggregate? Stereotypes are hard to trope?

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#15853: Feb 18th 2023 at 9:40:19 PM

[up] wdym?

CG for short
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)
#15854: Feb 18th 2023 at 9:40:37 PM

While Irish Priest isn't indexed as a Trope in Aggregate, whether it's one of those or People Who Sit on Chairs would be a matter for Trope Talk because that category is more tricky to deal with than tropes that are more clearly visible in isolation.

Officer O'Hara is at least an actual stereotype trope (it's been debated whether the the "paddy" part of the "paddy wagon" slang term for a police car came about due to "paddy" being a slang term for an Irish person, due to the prevalence of Irish police officers in the US at the time, or whether it's instead a corruption of "patrol"; the trope description mentions this briefly, and both Dictionary.com and Wiktionary back it up), though (and it's also not indexed as a Trope in Aggregate).

Edit: Also, it's an odd coincidence that this thread ended up discussing tropes about Irish stereotypes the same month I added a one-off sentence to my Trope Report bio self-deprecatingly commenting that I'm an Irish-American who doesn't have anything planned for St. Patrick's Day, AKA one of the most important holidays in my ancestors' homeland.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 19th 2023 at 6:24:33 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#15855: Feb 19th 2023 at 2:46:40 AM

To-do list items as of 19.12.2023: 230 (-5 since last check)

OK, I should be making decent progress. Also cleaned out a few things things which either don't appear tropable after a second look or just don't seem like something I'd make a good article on.

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#15856: Feb 19th 2023 at 7:22:29 AM

You would think that you'll make a TVT page for a work after you finish consuming it.

Hah! Started working on the draft page for a novel that I'm already a few pages in lmao.

CG for short
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#15857: Feb 19th 2023 at 8:11:11 AM

I also tend to draft up a work's to-be made page in my personal notepad while I'm still consuming it, though a sandbox may or may not happen after I finish the respective work. Sometimes I just keep working on it in the notepad until it's launchworthy.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Feb 20th 2023 at 12:11:25 AM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#15858: Feb 19th 2023 at 9:50:35 AM

Me too - usually remember that I don't remember as much as I want to otherwise.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#15859: Feb 19th 2023 at 10:49:17 AM

I have written TVT examples on Google Docs but I'm more used to working on the sandbox. I suppose I can use Google Docs on the go when I'm outside my house.

CG for short
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)
#15860: Feb 19th 2023 at 10:54:11 AM

How I do it depends on what the work is. If I'm troping a web video or game (that I'm typically watching someone else do a playthrough of) I trope it as I go, and pause every time I notice a new trope. If it's a book I'll usually try to make the page as soon as I finish. If it's a movie, I could go either way.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#15861: Feb 19th 2023 at 10:55:55 AM

I also usually start writing my page drafts in notepad, but that's more to avoid the risk of losing it to Data Vampires.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#15862: Feb 19th 2023 at 10:58:16 AM

[up][up] I recently found it easier to trope books the moment I spot a new trope, even if it means stopping in the middle of the page I'm reading to trope it and slowing down my progress in finishing the book. My ADHD be like that, especially with my shitty memory and lack of "comprehending the shit I read" skills, so it's better to do it right away then forget about it later on.

CG for short
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)
#15863: Feb 19th 2023 at 11:05:10 AM

Well, I also save books for long car rides because otherwise I don't have the motivation to start them, so it's not possible for me to just stop and mark down a trope.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#15864: Feb 19th 2023 at 11:25:35 AM

For every thing that gets cleaned up and stuff, there are a lot of pages that look like they're stuck in 2010. Browsing around I found that both Shapeshifter Baggage and Live-Action Adaptation have examples filled with snark, misplaced subbullets and stuff.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#15865: Feb 19th 2023 at 12:03:10 PM

I remember drafting They Came Together while I was watching the movie. It's full of tropes so I had a full page by the end.

I also started a rough trope list after having seen an obscure musical once, but then I realized I didn't care enough to make it a page.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#15866: Feb 19th 2023 at 12:22:51 PM

Reminds me of when I used to read pages for works I was currently going-through, and I'd return to the page to uncover more spoilers every once in a while. I often accidentally found spoilers from later than I anticipated.

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#15867: Feb 19th 2023 at 2:31:07 PM

Unfortunate Character Design has an interesting problem where tropers presumably trying to abide by No Lewdness, No Prudishness often err on the side of "well, see for yourself, here's a no-context link".

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#15868: Feb 19th 2023 at 4:31:29 PM

I worry sometimes that the fear of a thump prevents people from pointing out actual issues

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
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)
#15869: Feb 19th 2023 at 5:16:48 PM

[up]I'm not sure what you mean. The only time I could think of posting about an issue getting someone thumped is if they're mentioning a problematic PM and they post a copy of the contents of said PM, since sharing those is forbidden (which is why private ATT queries are used to report them).

Though usually, issues are mentioned in hollers instead of posts (or rather, regular posts, since the holler system uses automatically generated posts to store the reports).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 19th 2023 at 7:18:00 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#15870: Feb 19th 2023 at 5:25:29 PM

There are definitely situations where I've wanted to use the holler button and chose not to because I saw it as more trouble than it was worth.

Your melody still remains in this room and it rings
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)
#15871: Feb 19th 2023 at 5:44:20 PM

[up]It shouldn't be a problem as long as the holler is constructive and doesn't violate Rule Zero, which is true of forum posts in general. If we decide a holler isn't worth taking action for, we normally just don't do anything with them and leave them alone. (At most a PM would be sent if we feel the need to address why we did what we did(n't) with the holler.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 19th 2023 at 7:45:29 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)
#15872: Feb 19th 2023 at 5:48:47 PM

I've never gotten in trouble for sending a holler; at worst the holler just got ignored / unseen.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#15873: Feb 19th 2023 at 6:04:36 PM

I must've hollered like 20 different Image Pickin' posts that get left open by mistake. There's always one that slips through the cracks every once in a while and I tend to be the first to catch it because I always check every thread. Sometimes I wonder if the mods go "again!?" each time I send them one of those.

Come to think of it, I don't know how hollers work; since, again, that's behind a mod curtain.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Feb 19th 2023 at 11:05:35 AM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#15874: Feb 19th 2023 at 6:23:21 PM

The hollers get sent into a thread where they are converted into forum posts.

Macron's notes
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#15875: Feb 19th 2023 at 6:29:13 PM

I can't not read that in an educational programming narrator's voice.

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