Spun off the main odd confessions thread; this thread is for odd confessions related to TV Tropes itself.
Excessive complaining isn't allowed anywhere on the site. Keep it out of this thread.
I felt guilty about having to remove some of the real life examples on Mandela Effect. I would not have removed them if they didn't violate site policy. I enjoyed reading those examples, and I'm sure the people who wrote them are not happy about them being removed.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 14th 2023 at 2:58:34 PM
As of recent I've put "commented out some ZCEs" in my edit reasons cuz it's entirely likely that I didn't catch everything. I remember straight up giving up in the past while editing because I wasn't sure how zero-context something was.
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorSometimes I fall off the site every once in a while, and 9 times out of 10 it's because I'm bored of my current avatar and searching for a new one.
"...This is too much information for a brain that just wants to visit Planet Tensuns..."This is going to be the first time I've ever written a Draco in Leather Pants entry and it's for a character I like. this kind of like.
LMFAO.
(Going to because I haven't made the YMMV page yet and my examples for it are in a different device at the moment)
Also thinking of taking a hiatus from the site again once I'm done with this work page. Life stuff.
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Nov 5th 2022 at 11:55:08 PM
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorThat feeling when you see Characters/ page having a couple images non-transparent/blurry, and Google Image Search doesn't get you anything better, so you download the game though definitely legitimate means, just to screenshot the character on a nice background, then crop it to 350. And don't upload the fullscale image to the game's official wikia.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupI’m actually thinking of revoking my nickname “Gen”. It just sounds… weird to me now for some reason.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.Speaking of no longer participating in threads, I have an actual confession this time instead of a reply to someone else. Even though I frequently posted in the Real Life cleanup thread for quite a while (possibly shortly after I started posting on the forums in 2017), I mostly stopped paying attention to it more recently because moderating it burned me out. I already mentioned this to the other mods since this means the reins are in their hands instead of mine, but I'm not sure if I mentioned it anywhere on the forums (and even then, I don't know how many regulars of that thread read this thread, but anyone who does read both now knows why I kind of disappeared from that thread).
I got a rock for Halloween.I've been tending to ignore IP lately, because most threads have to do with works I don't care about or tropes I don't know enough about.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallSo I’ve seen the “Too Much Fainting —Wick Cleanup” thread in Short Term project before, but I never actually clicked on it until just a few minutes ago and saw it was about tropes that involve fainting. Up until now I thought there had been a trope titled “Too Much Fainting”.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.![]()
I posted on IP quite a bit the same year I started posting on the forums, but eventually I kind of lost interest. Unlike you, I can't really name any specific reasons for why I lost interest; I just kind of drifted away from it.
I'm sporadic on IP—sometimes I'm present, sometimes I'm not.
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallThat's another thing. I'm not amazing at finding images. I've done it before, but sporadically.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI'm sporadic on IP as well, though for me there's also another aspect to it - for some odd reason, I've had a history of getting a little emotional when I do have a suggestion, or a page I'm more familiar with (say, for a work I like), and consensus leans the other way. Even if it doesn't show in my posts, I often think "damn I really thought I saw something" for a while. Most of the time when this happens, I contemplate taking a break from the site for a while. On the other hand, when my suggestion is approved, I feel awesome. Might be why I have a list of them on my page.
By all means, don't let this post make anyone feel guilty, you're just following the rules. I totally understand that policy, illustrativeness and consensus has more priority than emotional weight. I can shake it off fine, I just find it odd that it's that specific forum that does that, when I don't see myself as a very emotional person.
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorI've used to be in IP all the time, but then decided that obsession with finding better pics just took my time from projects I could do sooner.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup![]()
I'm the same - still remember the time I proposed an image for Rule of Pool - I couldn't even look at the forum thread afterward. Even worse, there was a bit of a glitch sometime after that meant that even time I googled it's media source page, that would be the picture that came up on the search engine instead.
Man, same. I remember dipping from the thread where I suggested a replacement for Troubled Backstory Flashback cuz everyone else was seeing things that I weren't (that my suggestion worked for a different trope entirely). But looking back
the discussion was generally sound. But I remember being too anxious to look at the thread until after it concluded anyway.
(Also that ping to me on page 2 didn't work, so kudos to Guma for putting the This Image Is Not an Example explanation in my absence instead. Still feels odd to me that my suggestion is there (Eye Recall) but I've no reason to contest it. Not after I chickened out.)
On the plus side, since illustrativeness (and I guess conciseness) is prioritised in the chosen result, both tropes got improved images. That's what matters anyway.
Anywho I can see that in at least one of my WIP work page sandboxes that I haven't touched for months, I once thought referring to other examples was acceptable. And possibly partial-context examples. At least it's in a sandbox. *shudders*
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Nov 9th 2022 at 11:49:48 PM
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorI did suggest the image caption on Funny.The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword during one of the few times I visited IP during the past year or so.
I got a rock for Halloween.I can't pick a relationship status because there are too many good ones. Some of my favorites:
- Don't hug me; I'm scared
- In spades with myselfnote
- You spin me right round, baby
- watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
- Love is a deadly lazer
- Having tea with Cthulhu
You're the first person other than me to so much as acknowledge "You spin me right round, baby" since I added it to the list earlier this year.
(But anyway the link for that listing would be Music.Dead Or Alive.)
Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 10th 2022 at 8:11:15 AM
I got a rock for Halloween.

I mean, that's a given when you're talking about fans who root for the bad guys
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall