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Per Ask The Tropers, this thread will be used to reduce the number of old, poorly written drafts on the Trope Launch Pad. We don't want to discuss on the drafts themselves because that will bump them and mix them with active proposals.

Sandbox for the project: Trope Launch Pad Discard Project
Sandbox for discarded drafts but viable ideas: Trope Idea Salvage Yard

The first sandbox page above contains drafts proposed in the thread that are still pending and drafts that we've decided to leave alone, either with no action or a bump.
The second sandbox page is for awful drafts but viable ideas. According to moderators, badly written but interesting/tropeworthy drafts should remain on the TLP. Rather than allow low-effort drafts to clog TLP, though, the salvage yard was opened to keep just the ideas behind them, in one place.

On this thread, we will mention which drafts we think are unworkable, add enough bombs, and discard (nuke) them. Discarding requires at least 5 bombs. Among the features of "unworkable" drafts:

  • There have been no edits for a very long time, or at all
  • The draft is low-effort, containing atrocious spelling and grammar and/or little to no examples, e.g. NEVER saw THAT coming (!), Nut-Chuks
  • The draft was seemingly created so the sponsor could complain
  • The topic is People Sit on Chairs, Too Rare to Trope, a search query created by mistake, etc. and therefore not tropeworthy
  • The topic is already sufficiently covered by one or more tropes or is a duplicate of a better-written TLP draft
  • The draft is problematic in other ways, such being closely tied to a page that has been historically problematic, e.g. Fetish Fuel, Complete Monster
  • There's no discussion currently occurring in the comments to improve the proposal

If we decide to discard a draft after discussion via this thread, whoever does so must provide the discard reason in the comment section of the draft, for transparency's sake. Those looking at the discards section won't think it was nuked for no reason.

Also, check out the sister project, Trope Adoption Drive, where good drafts put Up for Grabs or abandoned can be grabbed, given a bit more improvement, and launched.

Edited by Tabs on Mar 24th 2022 at 12:02:43 PM

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#1501: Jul 9th 2020 at 1:18:11 PM

Honestly, the main reason to discard it at this point instead of just waiting and (possibly) reviving the same draft later is the 15 bombs.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1502: Jul 9th 2020 at 1:45:41 PM

Edited by Serac on Jul 11th 2020 at 5:48:36 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1503: Jul 10th 2020 at 8:46:32 PM

I'm having a hard time parsing "Pinioned By A Chain Of Reasoning", but it reminds me of Film.I Robot where the antagonist is able to push NS-5 robots into harming humans via a specific interpretation of the First Law of Robotics and saying "My logic is undeniable". The draft is a loss, but I could ask the Trope Idea Sounding Board if the idea is worth putting in the scrapyard.

If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
HeavyMetalHermitCrab Since: Sep, 2018
#1504: Jul 11th 2020 at 9:36:31 AM

Pinioned by a Chain of Reasoning is basically the same idea as Lawful Stupid, except it's applied to a thought process rather than moral alignment.

And I thought the recent draft titles we've been seeing were embarrassingly pretentious...

Edited by HeavyMetalHermitCrab on Jul 11th 2020 at 11:44:40 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1505: Jul 11th 2020 at 12:50:00 PM

Sleep Attack Training is just invoking Wake Up Fighting. My bombs-away bump didn't get it enough bombs, so I'm re-mentioning it in this thread.

If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1506: Jul 11th 2020 at 5:49:54 PM

This draft is a duplicate of "Nobody edits in TVland" above, but with even less effort. It too can be nuked.

Edited by Serac on Jul 11th 2020 at 5:49:54 AM

HeavyMetalHermitCrab Since: Sep, 2018
#1507: Jul 12th 2020 at 1:13:24 AM

Punch Out Syndrome: Stub with no examples, trying to trope a gameplay or technical limitation rather than a storytelling device.

Enemy Slashing Run: Single-Stroke Battle.

Belated Love Confession: Not functionally different from Belated Love Epiphany.

Hovercar on Wheels: Yet another “trying to make a trope out of a game engine limitation” draft.

Trial and Error Items: Unidentified Items.

Untitled Curtsy Trope Curtain Call + “women curtsy.” Meaningless and the draft is all kinds of terrible.

Irrelevant Context Rebuttal This is some schmo posting a draft to complain about some shit related to TLP. It’s not even pretending to be a trope at all.

Unexpected Familiarity Connected All Along.

Karma Houdini Bonus: Fighting Back Is Wrong.

Convenient Dialogue Line: Exact Words.

Antagonizing Antagonists: The OP tried to argue that this was a missing super trope to a bunch of other tropes (Evil Versus Evil, Mêlée à Trois, Enemy Civil War, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork for villains), but they argued for all of one day and then dropped it. I don’t think it ties the above tropes together so much as it just kinda covers the same ground.

Title! Titles! Titl3! Trope Finder inquiry.

The Pokemon Problem The examples all point to Deliberate Values Dissonance but the draft points elsewhere, it seems to be covered by several different tropes in one way or another, and is honestly one hell of a complaint magnet. Also, the OP apparently bailed pretty much instantly.

Two Freaks Two Screams: Horrifying the Horror played for laughs, or Reactive Continuous Scream.

Internet Reaction Sequence: It’s blank, has two ZC Es, and is explicitly a meme rather than a trope.

Service Style Meaningless appearance trope.

Amulet of Normality: I don’t see how this is functionally different from Transformation Trinket.

Edited by HeavyMetalHermitCrab on Jul 16th 2020 at 5:57:25 AM

MonaNaito Since: Jun, 2011
#1508: Jul 12th 2020 at 8:05:25 AM

[up] I don't think Enemy Slashing Run is Single-Stroke Battle. SSB is, according to the laconic, two fighters, one strike, battle over. Enemy Slashing Run seems to be about a fighter charging through many enemies and hitting them all. It's still an abandoned stub, but maybe Yardable?

Bumping from a few days ago: Cutscene Collector, Hungry Villain, Imperial Emulations, and Tailor-Made Ad are all at four bombs.

Edited by MonaNaito on Jul 15th 2020 at 9:17:16 AM

IukaSylvie from Kyoto, Japan Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#1509: Jul 14th 2020 at 2:01:19 AM

Enforced Gender Roles has only two examples, and I think Stay in the Kitchen sufficiently covers female examples.

gc10 Human Bean from Pastastastan Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Human Bean
#1510: Jul 15th 2020 at 2:49:20 AM

[up][up] I've bombed Enemy Slashing Run, but still didn't discard it. But the fact that "Enemy Slashing Run seems to be about a fighter charging through many enemies and hitting them all." isn't already covered Curb-Stomp Battle? Or would you say that this refers to the specific variant of hitting numerous foes without necessarily defeating them?

HeavyMetalHermitCrab Since: Sep, 2018
#1511: Jul 15th 2020 at 10:32:12 AM

[up] The draft itself doesn't specify, but anecdotally, if there are instances of this trope where all of the mooks weren't defeated or incapacitated by the one hit they got, I haven't seen them.

That's why I brought up Single Stroke Battle — no, they aren't necessarily identical on the face, but on reflection, Enemy Slashing Run seems to be "Single-Stroke Battle multiplied in rapid succession".

Edited by HeavyMetalHermitCrab on Jul 15th 2020 at 10:34:08 AM

MonaNaito Since: Jun, 2011
#1512: Jul 15th 2020 at 12:57:43 PM

[up] Yeah, that's fair. I didn't feel strongly about the draft either way.

Here, on the other hand, are some drafts that I think can go:

Edited by MonaNaito on Jul 19th 2020 at 5:47:44 AM

Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1513: Jul 15th 2020 at 1:42:55 PM

From my last post, Nerd job = failure and Pinioned By A Chain of Reasoning are both sitting at four bombs.

And for the last draft in this batch, well, it was predicted by the above post.

Edited by Serac on Jul 15th 2020 at 10:33:01 AM

IukaSylvie from Kyoto, Japan Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#1515: Jul 17th 2020 at 6:50:42 PM

Searched through the TLP in preparation for a possible new draft and came across these.

Edited by mightymewtron on Jul 25th 2020 at 7:39:52 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1516: Jul 19th 2020 at 2:16:23 PM

Edited by Serac on Jul 21st 2020 at 5:06:35 AM

MonaNaito Since: Jun, 2011
#1517: Jul 19th 2020 at 3:38:50 PM

[up] Dropped my bombs. I agree that "What Doesn't Kill You" might be yardable. Die or Fly is about latent superpowers being activated by danger, while this is about gaining superpowers from contact with some substance that should be lethal. A supertrope to I Love Nuclear Power, I guess.

And here's a whole bunch more!

Edited by MonaNaito on Jul 20th 2020 at 9:05:34 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1518: Jul 19th 2020 at 11:10:43 PM

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Jul 20th 2020 at 8:22:20 AM

If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
gc10 Human Bean from Pastastastan Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Human Bean
#1519: Jul 20th 2020 at 12:49:05 PM

[up][up][up][up] I bombed all those drafts. A few considerations:


[up][up][up] About Roman V's: it's already covered by The Backwards Я, since it has a Non-Cyrillic section. So it can be discarded.

Edited by gc10 on Jul 20th 2020 at 12:14:58 PM

MonaNaito Since: Jun, 2011
#1520: Jul 20th 2020 at 3:06:30 PM

[up][up][up] Is anyone porting examples from "Anachronistic Typewriter" to "The Writer and the Typewriter"? If not, I'll take care of it.

Edited by MonaNaito on Jul 20th 2020 at 6:06:46 AM

Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1521: Jul 20th 2020 at 3:08:17 PM

I yarded What Doesn't Kill You..., so we can go ahead and nuke it.

gc10 Human Bean from Pastastastan Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Human Bean
#1522: Jul 20th 2020 at 3:13:52 PM

[up][up] I took care of that.

Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#1523: Jul 21st 2020 at 10:24:00 AM

Here's another batch, since my previous one was finished so quickly.

Edited by Serac on Jul 23rd 2020 at 3:24:05 AM

MonaNaito Since: Jun, 2011
#1524: Jul 21st 2020 at 12:35:37 PM

[up] Good gravy. Are there any other Squidwards You Are Already Dead clones I should know about? tongue

And finally, some Yardables:

  • Alibi Worse Than Crime: I thought we had this, but if we don't, it should go to the Yard. There are plenty of examples. Yarded.
  • Bait-And-Switch Summons: Definitely a thing, there are a few examples and I can think of one more.

Edited by MonaNaito on Jul 31st 2020 at 5:31:46 AM

ElBuenCuate Since: Oct, 2010
#1525: Jul 21st 2020 at 4:17:57 PM

I have discarded "Roman Vs" and bombed the previous drafts. Regarding Evasive Action Hero, Dodge Fighter has more examples, but the former has more description, so we should merge them together.

And I want to bring some drafts as well:

Edited by ElBuenCuate on Aug 25th 2020 at 12:35:13 PM


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