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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#1: Apr 2nd 2023 at 3:28:39 AM

Note: This thread was proposed by amathieu13.

Been around since 2007, has 7 on page examples (and a few more commented out ZCE) and 24 off-page wicks, making it Starving.

This is another trope that seems just slightly too narrow to get examples of easily and even those that it does accumulate tend to suffer from lack of full context. I don't think the slightly broader idea of "characters quickly pull away and try to play it cool after ending up in an accidentally suggestive position" is a bad one, however that is probably covered by Suggestive Collision. If not, I can see yarding the idea, though since yarding is a free action...

Recommendation: Cut the trope and move any good examples over to either Crash-Into Hello or Suggestive Collision.

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#2: Apr 2nd 2023 at 3:29:00 AM

Paging ~amathieu13 to the thread. Anyway, I agree with cutting and moving examples to other tropes.

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#3: Apr 2nd 2023 at 3:52:16 AM

"Instant Seiza" is probably a trope (instantaneous sitting position for comedy) and would be similar to Shameful Shrinking, but that's not what Instant Seiza is describing (very specific outcomes of Crash-Into Hello Suggestive Collision).

We can probably cut Instant Seiza and yard "Instant Seiza".

Do I have an image example saved of what I had in mind? I do.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seiza.png

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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
#4: Apr 2nd 2023 at 4:56:37 AM

[up]ehhh even for this concept, the basic idea is essentially "pretend like nothing happened" by returning back to a default sitting or standing pose. Going back to seiza is a part of it, but that's just because seiza is a way to sit on the ground in Japan. It is by no means the entirety of it.

Edited by amathieu13 on Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:59:23 AM

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#12: Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:19:54 PM

Calling thread in favor of cutting Instant Seiza because we have enough votes and the trope isn't thriving.

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Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
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#13: Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:51:26 PM

All that remain are the Laconic and Amonimus's sandbox.

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#14: Apr 2nd 2023 at 7:53:46 PM

~Amonimus Do you want to remove the wick in your sandbox, or leave it be?

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#15: Apr 2nd 2023 at 8:15:40 PM

[up]I removed it because it was about taking it to TRS, which it already has been.

Anyway, locking up.

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