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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#1: May 25th 2018 at 8:42:45 AM

First, an image for context. The game is Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. This conversation began on the Pillars of Eternity — Other Party Members page, discussion page here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Characters.PillarsOfEternityPartyMembers&id=117280#117280

The bird in the image is Ishiza, a trained attack hawk, the animal companion of Maia, the woman with the rifle. In-game, she's a ranger, a sniper, and a member of her country's navy. The question here is whether or not Pirate Parrot is flexible enough to cover that.

I think the trope is probably more useful if it can cover various small pets owned by pirates (from the standard parrot to a monkey to Talon Karrde's yslamiri), as well as characters who aren't necessarily pirates (Vicious and his cormorant from Cowboy Bebop, Grand Admiral Thrawn and his yslamiri) but are depicted in loosely the same manner.

For the pet itself, I don't know if perching on the shoulder, talking, the pet in question being a bird should all mandatory.

Going back to the original discussion, Ishiza isn't a parrot and Maia isn't a pirate, but the game itself is heavily pirate-themed, and Ishiza is a brightly-colored bird belonging to a sailor. My original thought was that this was enough to fall under the trope, based on the name. If not, I'm wondering if either the description needs to be amended, or if the current trope name is too broad.

Berrenta MOD How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#2: May 25th 2018 at 9:31:06 AM

~Unsung

TRS is for tropes with issues as a whole. If you are questioning whether a certain example qualifies, please use the "Is this an example?" thread.

Since you haven't shown substantial evidence that the trope is used in this manner in other places, declining.

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