TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Not Thriving: Business As Unusual

Go To

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#1: Apr 4th 2023 at 6:23:21 PM

NOTE: The following thread was written by Completely Normal Guy. Please give credit to them.


According to the description, this trope refers to the plot where a group of characters try (and likely fail) to run a business that they're blatantly unqualified to run. Seems like there's a trope there. The problem is the lack of use. Since its launch in August of 2010, it has managed to collect a grand total of 15 wicks (mostly in the "see also" section of trope descriptions) and 10 on-page examples. A trope page with fewer examples than years on the wiki obviously isn't ideal. Again though, I think there is actually a trope here. It probably needs a new name and a trip back through TLP to gather examples (I'd be willing to sponsor it).

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Apr 4th 2023 at 6:38:46 PM

[tup] Another shot in TLP sounds good, with a different name

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
Just stoic wisdom.
#5: Apr 4th 2023 at 6:39:30 PM

If CNG's willing to sponsor it, I'm for a re-LPing.

Vehicle-Based Characterization | Grief-Induced Split | Locker Mail
CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#7: Apr 4th 2023 at 7:56:49 PM

Oh hey, this is open. Yeah, I'd still be willing to sponsor this if we send it back to TLP (although admittedly I haven't sponsored anything since it was called YKTTW).

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#8: Apr 4th 2023 at 7:59:10 PM

[tup]to Tabs' suggestion.

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
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
Captain of USS Bajor
#11: Apr 5th 2023 at 6:17:18 AM

[up]Yeah, that draft would've never launched looking like that under the current regime. Send it back for another round.

Edited by StarSword on Apr 5th 2023 at 9:17:27 AM

Trust me, I'm an engineer!
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
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#12: Apr 5th 2023 at 6:51:03 AM

Well, the fact that there's already a draft makes sending it back to TLP without having to make a new draft possible, though the unlaunch button might be kind of buried due to how many launches have occurred since then.

I'd say we could copy the current description and example lists into the draft and put it Up for Grabs if we do that.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 5th 2023 at 8:51:41 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
Just stoic wisdom.
#13: Apr 5th 2023 at 7:02:15 AM

[up] Doesn't need to be Up for Grabs since CNG, the thread OP, said he's willing to venture into TLP to sponsor it.

Edited by Yindee on Apr 5th 2023 at 10:02:26 AM

Vehicle-Based Characterization | Grief-Induced Split | Locker Mail
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
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#14: Apr 5th 2023 at 7:27:54 AM

Ah, my mistake. Well, I was mainly getting at the fact that we'd have to let TLP know the sponsor would be different this time and overlooked the fact that someone already volunteered to handle that part.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 5th 2023 at 9:31:30 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
Just stoic wisdom.
#15: Apr 7th 2023 at 7:42:24 AM

In half a day, this hits three days of being open. At that point, would this be closed in favor of a TLP draft?

Vehicle-Based Characterization | Grief-Induced Split | Locker Mail
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16: Apr 7th 2023 at 9:05:14 AM

Since everyone seems to support the "send back to TLP" option, I'll call thread in favor of that.

Macron's notes
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#18: Apr 7th 2023 at 11:04:30 AM

Just copied the page source. I'm working on getting the TLP set up under the working title "Under Strange Management" (a title that can obviously change in the future). Feel free to cut the page. I already have everything I need from it (and I already know there's nothing to salvage from the wicks).

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
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
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#19: Apr 7th 2023 at 11:07:52 AM

I already copied the page source to the TLP draft and unlaunched it. I'll let you take over from here.

Locking since the wicks were cleaned up.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Add Post

Total posts: 19
Top