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With that out of the way: Let's discuss some ideas.

Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 27th 2022 at 1:49:11 PM

Smashman2893 Since: Sep, 2021
#6001: Feb 19th 2023 at 4:57:44 PM

Would "Prison Video Game Level" be worthy of a page? I've seen a good amount of games that have levels take place in prisons. (Ie. Ratchet And Clank: Zordoom Prison, Spider-Man (2018): The Raft, Sly 2: Band of Thieves: Jailbreak)

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mys. minty from the silly dimension
#6002: Feb 19th 2023 at 5:03:16 PM

Do we have the floating math thing yet?

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Malady (X-Troper)
#6003: Feb 19th 2023 at 6:03:13 PM

Crush Filter calls itself a Sub-Trope of Imagine Spot? Could that work?

Edit: Fantasy Sequence could be better?

Edited by Malady on Feb 19th 2023 at 6:05:05 AM

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selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#6004: Feb 19th 2023 at 9:29:38 PM

Would a "Dramatic Gravity" or "Serene Falling" subtrope of Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress where falling from somewhere high is depicted unrealistically and is glamorized in a "falling is so aesthetic ~" way as seen here be viable?

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selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#6006: Feb 19th 2023 at 10:11:23 PM

This is close and it overlaps, but it isn't about the speed of the fall/the fall being in slow motion, it's about how it's portrayed as if it's not a scary thing. Some of the examples in the video weren't in slow motion. Or would that just be too close to Slow-Motion Fall?

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#6007: Feb 20th 2023 at 2:49:41 AM

Like the ones where characters are smiling? Well, without knowing why they're smiling, I'm not sure what pattern to draw between them. Are they smiling because they're confident in their power to save themselves, or someone else to save them? Or because they've given up? Or because they haven't realized their situation? Those all convey different moods.

Free-Fall Romance could maybe cover a couple.

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#6008: Feb 20th 2023 at 3:01:29 AM

There is a prison level in Wild Arms 2!

Wait no, 2 PRISON LEVELS LOL.

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Malady (X-Troper)
#6009: Feb 20th 2023 at 6:41:48 AM

I wonder if Girlfriend in Canada being Subverted by having them actually exist, could be worth splitting off, or if it's just Not-So-Imaginary Friend?

Edited by Malady on Feb 20th 2023 at 6:41:56 AM

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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
#6010: Feb 21st 2023 at 10:26:06 AM

I'm on a romance trope kick, this one inspired by an old draft.

The idea summarized: "A common set-up in romance stories in which The Protagonist has a memorable encounter with a stranger only to realize afterwards that the stranger is their neighbor (and soon-to-be love interest)."

Unfortunately, none of the examples on the draft work so if people can think of any, would appreciate it.

Edited by amathieu13 on Feb 21st 2023 at 1:26:51 PM

Malady (X-Troper)
#6011: Feb 21st 2023 at 10:28:06 AM

Sounds literal Girl Next Door-y?


I wonder if "Scientist (Mom) and Artist (Dad) Couple / Protagonist's Parents" is just a pattern or something more, because I know at least Eve and Adam's Eve, and Ami Mizuno of Sailor Moon have such parents. Although the latter is a doctor instead of research scientist.

Edited by Malady on Feb 21st 2023 at 10:30:52 AM

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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
#6012: Feb 21st 2023 at 10:32:26 AM

[up]Girl Next Door is a Stock Character trope for a likable, approachable female love interest.

The trope I have in mind is a narrative trope about the stranger a protagonist has a run into earlier in the day being revealed to be their neighbor later on as a set-up for an eventual romance. The Girl Next Door could be that neighbor, but doesn't have to be. And the Girl Next Door doesn't have to actually live next door.

Edited by amathieu13 on Feb 21st 2023 at 1:36:07 PM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6013: Feb 21st 2023 at 11:00:41 AM

In practice seems redundant to Literally Loving Thy Neighbor buuuut if you were to expand it to "memorable first encounter + oh no, it turns out we have to be near each other for extended periods of time, and our first encounter will color this relationship" maybe? Like how Grey's Anatomy begins with Meredith having a one night stand only for said one night stand to be her coworker at her new job?

Never mind I am talking about Pre-Meeting

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 21st 2023 at 1:02:36 PM

selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#6014: Feb 21st 2023 at 12:26:43 PM

Do we have this? Someone abandons/waives a rule/law/personal principle just because of someone because they proved themselves to be worthy and the rule/law held them back or sometimes because that person is just the sole exception, gets a free pass since they love them/that person has money/connections, etc. I know two examples, but I need one more.

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Smashman2893 Since: Sep, 2021
#6015: Feb 21st 2023 at 3:08:22 PM

Regarding my Prison Video Game Level idea... I haven't gotten much response of it, so I could probably elaborate on ways they work. Many of them could be a Stealth-Based Mission or No-Gear Level. I am also wondering if they warrant separate page from Prison Episode.

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#6016: Feb 21st 2023 at 3:19:42 PM

> Scientist Mom, Artist Dad - is there a specific relationship dynamic that emerges from that? Otherwise it just sounds like a subversion of Mother Nature, Father Science.

[down] Oh, it was my second choice.

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Feb 21st 2023 at 11:42:51 AM

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
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Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles
#6018: Feb 21st 2023 at 3:44:45 PM

There is Beast Fable for allegories using animals, but no page for fables on themselves — Fable is a disambiguation page. Since there is Fairy Tale, I could see it as useful too.

Edited by good-morning on Feb 21st 2023 at 8:46:03 AM

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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
#6019: Feb 21st 2023 at 4:27:55 PM

@Synchronicity, I was thinking it'd be a subtrope of Literally Loving Thy Neighbor since that trope covers just the broad idea of romance with a neighbor, but I didn't know about Pre-Meeting.

Hmm, it'd technically also be a subtrope of that too since Pre-Meeting lacks the new neighbor/"living next door" specificity, but idk if that's enough for a valid subtrope. Looking at the page, most of the examples aren't about that and aren't even romance specific.

If more examples come to me, I'll go with the draft but for now I'll just crosswick that trope more since it only has 44 wicks despite being on the site for over a decade

LadyArin Since: Dec, 2009
#6020: Feb 21st 2023 at 11:51:32 PM

Two characters who have been enemies, rivals, or at the very least antagonistic towards each other finally start getting along. Not long after this, one of them dies.

I posted about this on the Trope Finder board some time ago (almost five years ago, yike). I can name several examples offhand. Someone called it "plausibly tropable", but i've never made a trope before, so i figured i should probably get more than one vague statement of support before trying.

selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#6021: Feb 22nd 2023 at 12:06:58 AM

Subtrope of Tragic Bromance if the two are both guys and become friends before one of them dies?

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LadyArin Since: Dec, 2009
#6022: Feb 22nd 2023 at 12:26:49 AM

[up] I mean, sometimes? But it's not exclusive to male characters, and in most of the examples i'm thinking of, they've only just become friends when it happens, so it's not like they've had a chance to become as close as Tragic Bromance requires.

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#6023: Feb 22nd 2023 at 8:00:12 AM

I was reading the "stock X" cleanup, and someone said that Anthropomorphism is a common concept that doesn't have a page, which reminded me of how Prop and Riddle were only made last year. I'm considering making that draft, and it would be an example-less supertrope/index.

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#6024: Feb 22nd 2023 at 8:37:37 AM

@selkies ^X10, I'm not sure I completely understand what you're looking for, but you could check out Screw This Index, I Have Tropes, particularly the "Screw the Rules" ones.

selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#6025: Feb 22nd 2023 at 10:44:51 AM

I'll search more, but I'm almost certain we don't have it.

What I'm saying is when character A has a rule or personal principle or maybe a certain law exists that exludes some characters and everyone knows about it. But character A makes an exception for character B as in, character A is rich and they have a rule where the youngest offspring can't inherit them. However, the youngest proves themself to be deserving to inherit character A's properties. So character A drops or changes the rule so character B can be included. Basically, character B becomes the sole exception to the rule.

I want to name The Sole Exception, but is that fitting?

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