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Edited by Synchronicity on Aug 7th 2024 at 10:00:48 AM

BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg.
#7626: Apr 15th 2025 at 7:35:38 AM

How do we feel about Non-Powered Costumed Hero? I mean, maybe the text in the corner helps, but I think it could at least benefit from an upgrade to make the text clearer and a new caption.

Plucky Office Girl, on the other hand, shows very little pluck.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Apr 15th 2025 at 10:37:54 AM

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7627: Apr 15th 2025 at 8:06:21 AM

Plucky Office Girl's name is at odds with the description, which is less about a Plucky Girl who works at an office and more about a put-upon office lady. The image shows the latter. Previous thread.

I've upgraded Non-Powered Costumed Hero. I think the prominent focus on her blade also adds to it; the assumption is that a superpowered individual wouldn't Fight Like a Normal.

Edited by Synchronicity on Apr 15th 2025 at 11:08:50 AM

GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7628: Apr 15th 2025 at 8:07:14 AM

[up][up] as per the previous Plucky Office Girl thread:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1604814711015293300

"the description portrays her as unhappy, not necessarily 'plucky'."

Honestly the trope has a confusing name IMO.

[up][nja]

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 15th 2025 at 4:07:33 PM

BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg.
#7629: Apr 15th 2025 at 9:00:16 AM

Is it clear what is happening in Touch Telepathy? Feels more like a romantic scene.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7630: Apr 15th 2025 at 9:52:30 AM

[up] I think this is one of those cases where the caption is allowed to clarify.

Thread opened for Polar Bears and Penguins

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17447322340.58453100&page=1#8

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 15th 2025 at 5:53:23 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#7631: Apr 17th 2025 at 4:07:09 AM

e: sure

Edited by Amonimus on Apr 17th 2025 at 2:20:52 PM

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7632: Apr 17th 2025 at 4:18:43 AM

[up] I think there's a clear distinction Toilet Humour is referring to poop and pee and bad smells. Vulgar Humour is in a public toilets yes but the joke is it looks like the women in the photos are judging the urinal users "equipment" as they pee.

GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7634: Apr 19th 2025 at 1:33:36 AM

[up] ImageSource.Internet under Twitter / X makes sense to me.

Lost Wedding Ring don't get me wrong I get the joke but it doesn't seem to fit the spirit of the trope which is about the stress and panic caused by losing a wedding or engagement ring.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#7635: Apr 19th 2025 at 1:36:22 AM

[up] I don't get the joke, so it looks unrelated to me.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7636: Apr 19th 2025 at 2:10:54 AM

[up] It's a ring down a drain pipe. But it's both devoid of context and is part of a Mario Kart race track (a giant bathroom apparently, I guessed it was a giant drainpipe of some sort but I had to Google it to confirm) so it's confusing I think.

ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Local Odd Squad Connoisseur
#7637: Apr 19th 2025 at 2:25:32 AM

[up][up][up] It takes the trope name literally. If the trope is actually about characters upset that their wedding rings are lost, it can stand to be changed.

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StalkerGamer That's All, Folks! Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
#7638: Apr 20th 2025 at 5:44:44 AM

EDIT: Ignore this post

Edited by StalkerGamer on Apr 20th 2025 at 9:58:45 AM

guardianofthepark Since: Jun, 2024
#7639: Apr 20th 2025 at 12:25:11 PM

Under what Image source should i put the vase art and the bestiary drawing in Our Sirens Are Different?

NoName404 [Insert Title Here] from Sealand Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#7640: Apr 20th 2025 at 12:32:16 PM

The vase art should go both in the Myths & Religion folder in Other Media as well as it's own dedicated folder in Arts (just like glasswork)

The bestiary goes under Literature

Edited by NoName404 on Apr 20th 2025 at 4:38:02 PM

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#7641: Apr 21st 2025 at 6:45:29 AM

[up][up] I believe the better thread for these kinds of questions is Images Without a Source.

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#7642: Apr 23rd 2025 at 11:10:23 PM

The Precious, Precious Shoes strikes me as Just A Shoe And A Caption; any opinions on that?

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#7643: Apr 23rd 2025 at 11:12:45 PM

[up] I also don't see anything, it's just a somewhat-dirty cheap-looking shoe, when the trope is about consistent maintenance.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7644: Apr 24th 2025 at 2:22:48 AM

[up] & [up][up] I agree with you both that you kinda need to intuit that the shoes are just scuffed up and the owner is about to get upset but I will point out them being sneakers isn't the problem (those are 1989 Air Jordan 4s, the cost $110 at time of release equivalent to $284ish today).

I think something like this which mentions the owner not wanting to mess them up might work better (,when we have a thread):

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000006435.jpg

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 24th 2025 at 10:25:57 AM

Coachpill Taxidermy (he/him) from Gen Z Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Taxidermy (he/him)
#7645: Apr 24th 2025 at 5:38:13 AM

I was going to say adding a second (sub-)pic of Buggin' Out flipping his shit over the scuffing might work, but [up] is an improvement for sure

Edited by Coachpill on Apr 24th 2025 at 8:39:04 AM

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ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Local Odd Squad Connoisseur
#7646: Apr 24th 2025 at 6:59:54 AM

[up][up] I think I remember seeing that as the original proposed image on the draft. Definitely works a lot better than the current one.

Edited by ilovewildkratts1 on Apr 24th 2025 at 10:00:09 AM

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#7648: Apr 25th 2025 at 6:25:32 PM

I'm a little confused by Chilly Reception. Am I missing something? I can't even tell who the newbie is. The conversation is just confusing.

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ilovewildkratts1 Local Odd Squad Connoisseur from a nice breezy expansive meadow (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Local Odd Squad Connoisseur
#7649: Apr 25th 2025 at 7:13:29 PM

[up] That, and that text is way too small at wikisize from what I can see on desktop.

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