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Ambiguous Name (alt names crowner 9/22/19): Knees Knocking Together

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#1: Sep 12th 2019 at 8:58:08 AM

The trope description indicates it's supposed to cover all forms of shivering with fear. The name, on the other hand, gives the impression that it covers just shaking knees, which is at best a good redirect as an internal subtrope.

Suggested replacements: Shivering With Fear, Quaking with Fear, Shaking Like A Leaf

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#3: Sep 12th 2019 at 12:41:04 PM

Shaking With Fear?

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#4: Sep 12th 2019 at 5:06:40 PM

Yeah, it could use a better name. Shaking With Fear works, plus it can incorporate other parts of the body that could apply.

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#5: Sep 12th 2019 at 5:15:16 PM

Very much agreed on the rename, need to get this as far away from just Knocked Knees as we can. Knocked Knees is seen as a Moe trait and kinda an element of the anime style Girly Run, despite naturally almost everyone loses knocked knees by the time they are like 7 or 8.

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#6: Sep 12th 2019 at 6:16:46 PM

I would actually prefer Quaking with Fear if only because Quaking is a more interesting word.

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#7: Sep 13th 2019 at 12:37:52 AM

I think Trembling With Fear would also work. We'd probably need a crowner to choose a name.

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#8: Sep 13th 2019 at 2:13:35 AM

I like quaking with fear personally

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#11: Sep 17th 2019 at 5:53:28 AM

Hooked.

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#12: Sep 21st 2019 at 5:47:49 PM

I think it's safe to call in favor of renaming. We already have several name suggestions, so it would be a matter of compiling them into a crowner.

Edit: Went ahead and made one since the decision to rename is currently unanimous, and since there are already a decent amount of suggestions.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 22nd 2019 at 7:15:33 AM

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#13: Sep 22nd 2019 at 5:55:18 AM

Good call on starting up the Alt Names crowner. Calling and switching the new crowner in.

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#14: Sep 26th 2019 at 11:42:22 PM

I think it's safe to call in favor of Quaking with Fear.

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#16: Sep 27th 2019 at 6:50:01 AM

Okay, performed the move, so time to move wicks.

Also, we need to make sure to crosswick to get the wick count to a healthier amount.

    Works that already have the trope listed prior to crosswick, for reference 
  • The Sopranos (recap page - S 3 E 12)
  • Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues (char - NPC)
  • Dragon Ball (char - Frieza's empire)
  • Sticky Dilly Buns (char)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS (char - Bohman's faction)

Edited by Berrenta on Sep 27th 2019 at 9:26:43 AM

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#17: Sep 27th 2019 at 7:54:22 AM

I took care of the wicks, so crosswicking is all that's left.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 27th 2019 at 10:00:17 AM

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#18: Sep 27th 2019 at 8:12:05 AM

I'll go through the example list. So far, I did Scooby-Doo; I'll see how much more I can tackle.

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#19: Sep 28th 2019 at 7:12:54 AM

Wick count is now up into the 20's range.

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#20: Oct 9th 2019 at 10:26:49 PM

Since TRS is getting a backlog and the wick count is a bit healthier than the start, we can close this.

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17th Sep '19 3:56:46 AM

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Knees Knocking Together is not thriving. Should it be renamed?

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