Not Thriving: Monsters Favorite Petting Spot

Note: This thread was proposed by Berrenta.

After being launched in 2018, the trope only has 6 on-page examples and 18 wicks (including one from a redirect); this makes the trope wick-starved. Cross-wicking won't do much, as all on-page examples are already crosswicked.

I feel there is a trope in there; should we send it back to TLP or at least send it to the salvage yard?

Paging ~Berrenta to the thread. Anyway, maybe we could unlaunch it if it's determined to be salvageable, but I'd like to see if anyone can provide input on whether it's salvageable.

I'm for re-LPing it.

Edited by Yindee on Jun 5th 2023 at 1:44:09 PM

Here is the original TLP thread for anyone curious.

The concept sounds fine and there doesn't see anything wrong with the trope other than it didn't get a lot of examples.

So to sending it back to TLP.

On the subject of unlaunching it, if we do that, the page's current text will be copied to the draft before it's unlaunched due to the various changes that have been made since 2018.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jun 6th 2023 at 3:08:19 AM

Send it back to the TLP

I think this is suffering from being too specific. Essentially this is just All Animals Are Domesticated or All Animals Are Dogs expanded to monsters with just a focus on these monsters reacting to getting pets the same way a dog or other domesticated animal would. The precise spot matters less than the fact that these beasts are reacting to getting pet the same way normal animals would, imo.

So, expand and send back then? Or merge?

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Jun 6th 2023 at 8:48:50 AM

Merge into one of the two or spin out into a broader trope about all beast-like creatures, monstrous or not, being treated like and acting like dogs/pets. A Sister Trope to All Animals Are Dogs and/or All Animals Are Domesticated.

This made me think of the rather long disagreement I had about Werewolves Are Dogs not being distinct enough from All Animals Are Dogs to warrant a separate trope. It went through because others argued that werewolves aren't technically animals[1]. I still think the underlining concept is the same: werewolves = wolf-like = dog-like animal, but if we're accepting the logic that beast-like fantasy creatures (like dragons, werebeasts of all kinds, gryffins, sphinx, etc) are different, we might as well have a trope to cover that. Would also be a supertrope to Catlike Dragons.

Edited by amathieu13 on Jun 6th 2023 at 9:55:03 AM

Expand/retool into "any living creatures being treated like pets." I was gonna day the same about how "monsters" is too specific.

I'd be fine with disambiguating between All Animals Are Domesticated and All Animals Are Dogs, now that that's been mentioned.

Unsure how close All Animals Are Dogs is for beasts that stop being hostile if a specific spot is touched

Didn't take long, so locking up.