So, we got a bit off topic over in the TV Tropes Meta Thread
(shocker) and started imagining what a video about TV Tropes in the style of those slander videos (you know the ones) would be like. Anyways, FernandoLemon suggested we make a Yack Fest thread for it so here we are.
Keep it civil; try not to get into any Flame Bait-y territory, per the forum rules
(in particular, drama importation and popcorn posting are not allowed).
Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 22nd 2023 at 11:01:16 AM
People on ATT when they see someone asking about troping their own work (they are about to link The Fic May Be Yours, but the Trope Page Is Ours even though there is no sign of page ownership issues)
🏃♀️💨🏃♂️💨🏃♀️💨🏃♂️💨🏃♀️💨🏃♂️💨🏃♀️💨🏃♂️💨🏃♀️💨🏃♂️💨
(Later, the author will engage in blatant Auto-Erotic Troping, which nobody thought to warn them about at all because nobody remembers that page.)
Edited by wingedcatgirl on Mar 22nd 2023 at 9:28:09 AM
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.Tropers dying of old age waiting for another person to add YMMV items about their fanfiction because they can't do it themselves
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.Sourguy seriously hoping that any of the pages on List of Shows That Need Summary get made someday.
Currently Reading: N/A
Related: Some editors mostly alphabetizing correctly aside from overlooking the fact that trope names that begin with articles are alphabetized based on the words after the articles.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 22nd 2023 at 1:31:53 PM
I got a rock for Halloween.BlackFaithStar trying not to succumb to embarrassment over contributing to an Image Pickin thread just like everyone else is again
. (She's trying man).
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
M1gami wondering how the hiffle a thread he started got crowned.
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.Tv Tropes making a whole list of criteria and and entire nomination thread for a trope about charming, competent villains:
fun fact: pro tip: breaking news: life hack: i can't find a good signatureTV Tropes users crying when a villain expresses love for someone on their deathbed, not because it's a Tear Jerker but because it disqualifies them from Complete Monster
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
Tropers writing what makes this show unique was that it similar to a shonen anime but theyre describing Peppa Pig
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.Tropers listing Matthew Shepard as a Real Life example of Bury Your Gays.
This actually happened, but I don’t have the link.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Tropers adding terrible images to pages and then making sure to note that the terrible image is "pictured above" in the corresponding entry (they will not remove this phrase after IP pulls the image)
Edited by mightymewtron on Mar 24th 2023 at 2:13:50 PM
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.BlackFaithStar resisting the urge to make more recap pages before the holidays arrive.
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorSome person on their way to add a whole, full-fledged example
from The Order of the Stick in the middle of the trope description for Failed a Spot Check
BlackFaithStar riding out a flash fixation by making a work page for it.
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorTropers on their way to put their least favorite characters on Hate Sink and pretend the entire fandom also hates them so they feel like their hatred is justified
Inconsistently active.BlackFaithStar at the screen when she:
- uploads a video example
- makes a work page (may or may not be crosswicked)
- follows a forum (game) thread so she won't sandwich post
Page for a "semi-popular" webcomic that "recently went on a temporary hiatus" not getting a single edit for 12 years.
Edited by AoeAbility on Mar 26th 2023 at 1:52:13 AM
You keep using the term "POV". I do not think it means what you think it means.Young tropers learning about sex from Getting Crap Past the Radar shoehorns instead of their parents
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.Spino noticing a typo in a trope list & creating the typo as a redirect because he was too lazy to fix it.
This was over a decade ago, so chill.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
M1gami typing but the b is next to the n and he almost didnt notice that when he wrote a word that was REALLY BAD
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.

Examples claiming that something is a fandom's general opinion when it's clearly just the opinion of the person who added it.
Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.