There are multiple work pages for fanfics that exhibit several problems. These issues tend to be glossed over and go unfixed for long periods of time. While this problem is also present with works pages for official works and not just fan-made content, it tends to get glossed over more with fanfics due to them appealing to a smaller niche compared to the wider audiences that official works have. Many of these issues include:
- Zero-Context Examples
- Grammar, ranging from spelling to punctuation
- Namespace, which is often used as FanFic, not the more appropriate Fanfic
Edited by ssjSega on Jan 25th 2020 at 10:37:37 AM
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
Guppy Love sounds like a pun on puppy love, which refers to shallow infatuation between teenagers.
The point is, the comments suggest the pun is inobvious, and therefore the trope is invalid. If I receive no opposition, I will cut the example.
Edited by Delibirda on Jun 15th 2021 at 10:36:13 AM
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Angry babby
Wait I thought you meant "Guppy Love" was its own term? Of course I know the term "Puppy Love" but it doesn't always have negative shallow connotations. Childhood Friend Romance is a trope for a reason.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Guppy is a term for a young profesional who is gay. But I had to look it up.
Edited by Delibirda on Jun 15th 2021 at 11:01:20 AM
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
To be honest, when I heard the term "Guppy Love" I had no idea what it might mean...
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
So cut?
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
I'm helping!
The fact that it's a pun on "puppy love" and turns out the way it does could be called a trope of some kind, but it seems it's not obvious enough to call a Foregone Conclusion.
So yeah, remove it. Maybe move it to Fridge Brilliance and/or Genius Bonus, as the others suggested.
Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 15th 2021 at 12:44:31 PM
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
The Cameo example from the same fic seems like misuse, since the character in question is from the same franchise. Plus, it is kinda plot-relevant.
Edited by Delibirda on Jun 16th 2021 at 10:45:37 AM
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Gen Fic seems like chairs to me, since not all fan fiction is shipping. Plus, the majority of it’s wicks are in the Fanfic recs namespace. It should be taken to TRS.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
I'm helping!
Chairs is definitely not the thing that's going on with Gen Fic.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
I would like an explanation.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
It's a page that just defines the term, just like its counterpart page Shipping.
FanficRecs.Gen Fic has no reason to exist, though. The one listed work can be moved to FanficRecs.Spiderman.
There are some wicks to works, but other than cleaning them, we need to edit the page to reflect it being definition-only.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Angry babby
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All we'd really need to do is index it. Personally though, I think a fanfic with no focus on ships whatsoever is a bit of a rarity and probably worth listing on fanfic pages.
«Gen fans often complain of being the red-headed stepchild of ficdom, and, indeed it's much less popular and more difficult to find than any fic focused on Shipping.»
What should we do about this part?
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Angry babby
The first part might be redundant but I don't think it's really that bad to mention that gen fics aren't as common as shipping fics.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Self-Fanservice appears to be The Same, but More Specific of Rule 34.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
IIRC, unless Self-Fanservice got radically redefined, it's something like "portraying characters as more attractive than they canonically are in fan works because the author has a thing those characters." Rule 34 is "everything, no matter how niche, has porn of it." Those don't even sound particularly similar, let alone The Same But More Specific.
Angry babby
Yeah, Self-Fanservice does not necessarily equal porn.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Morwen Tindomerel is a creator page for a fanfic author with plenty of ZCE, several grammatical errors, and even a couple of YMMV tropes. Apart from a couple of Wick Namespace Migration edits, the page was created and solely edited by a troper who has been inactive for seven years. Is it worth keeping?
Edited by Shadow8411 on Jul 8th 2021 at 3:52:09 AM
Fanfiction pages here in general need complaining removal. The main Fanfiction page, their dedicated pages, ya catch my drift.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Angry babby
Could you be more specific? On the very long description for Fanfiction, I only noticed maybe two complainy sentences, and one of them is immediately followed with a statement that fanfic can also be incredibly good.
Statler: These stories did do something right.
Waldorf: What do you mean?
Statler: They make the source material look amazing in comparison!
Both: Ohohohohohohohohohohohoho!
I found this from the bottom of the page. I might have judged too quickly in regards to the quantity of complaining, but still.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
The Brain Bleach entry on Square Peg, Round Trope always struck me as needlessly snide.
Shall I cut it?
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”