During the investigation of recent hollers in the Complete Monster thread, it's become apparent to the staff that an insular, unfriendly culture has evolved in the Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard threads that is causing problems.
Specific issues include:
- Overzealous hollers on tropers who come into the threads without being familiar with all the rules and traditions of the tropes. And when they are familiar with said rules and traditions, they get accused (with little evidence) of being ban evaders.
- A few tropers in the thread habitually engage in snotty, impolite mini-modding. There are also regular complaints about excessive, offtopic "socializing" posts.
- Many many thread regulars barely post/edit anywhere else, making the threads look like they are divorced from the rest of TV Tropes.
- Following that, there are often complaints about the threads and their regulars violating wiki rules, such as on indexing, crosswicking, example context and example categorization. Some folks are working on resolving the issues, but...
- Often moderator action against thread regulars leads to a lot of participants suddenly showing up in the moderation threads to protest and speak on their behalf, like a clique.
It is not a super high level problem, but it has been going on for years and we cannot ignore it any longer. There will be a thread in Wiki Talk
to discuss the problem; in the meantime there is a moratorium on further Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard example discussion until we have gotten this sorted out.
Update: The new threads have been made and can be found here:
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
Though I ask again: Can these 2 be consolidated?
- Hitman (2016)'s "Patient Zero": Oybek Nabazov, the leader of Liberation, is a man deeply obsessed with death, suicide and rebirth. Over the last three decades he has founded several cults, led them down a self-destructive path that resulted in seven mass suicides, leaving the remains behind to start anew. When the former virologist Owen Cage helped the cult create a deadly virus, Nabazov intended to have some of his most fanatical followers inject themselves with the virus to cause several outbreaks around the globe in a coordinated attack. When Agent 47 arrives in Bangkok to assassinate him, he has begun brainwashing a new group of unaware cult recruits with the intention of having them spread the virus to Bangkok and beyond.
- Hitman (2016)'s "Patient Zero": Sister Yulduz, the "chosen sister", is the second-in-command of the Liberation cult. Pretending to be a devout follower of Nabazov she helped organizing the cult attacks, while secretly having invested large amounts of money into security and pharmacy companies to profit from the chaos caused by the virus outbreaks. Showing no loyalty towards Nabazov or the cult, she already made plans to escape and leave them to their fates as soon as they begin their attacks.
EDIT: Also, whoa, CSI's returning
.
Edited by ACW on Sep 18th 2021 at 11:16:14 AM
The pending stuff (not including Evil Dead):
- Blue (beneficii)
- The Library Policeman: Ardelia Lortz (Lighty)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Lighty)
- Ambrosio Luis Moncada (Lighty)
- Marquess Horen Pauls (Mir)
- Nui (Ravok)
- Olimar (Ravok)
- Loriellidere (Ravok)
- Roman Armitage (Scraggle)
- DC Universe Online: Legends: Brainiac (STARCRUSHER)
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I can give you Brainiac later, but we’re gonna need a DCUO folder for everything to go at once - Unknown and I haven’t finished the game yet but we’re already looking at six (maybe seven) from the game itself
Roman… I don’t know, something still doesn’t quite feel right. Don’t get me wrong, I can happily dismiss any care for his close family and wife for the reasons you listed, but there’s also the bit with his extended family, greeting them with open arms and hugs when they show up. I’d normally dismiss it if there weren’t specific attention drawn to it for foreshadowing - of course he’d be more close to them than a housekeeper, he’s their patriarch. Plus there’s the weird moment with Rose where he overcompliments her (over the line? Top of the line? A real doggone keeper?) that’s also meant to foreshadow his closer relationship to the family (though it’s creepy and weird enough that it can probably be overlooked). I dunno, I’m probably overthinking it (not like he’s a complex character) but with two different moments he doesn’t specifically subvert like he does with his wife, I can’t quite say yes - I don’t mind if he goes up cause he is fucking vile, but count me as an abstain.
Edited by STARCRUSHER99 on Sep 18th 2021 at 1:43:41 PM
- Get Out!: Roman Armitage, the family's grandfather, is the source of all the misery that the Order of the Coagula is responsible for. A track-and-field athlete who lost against legendary black athlete Jesse Owens in the '36 Olympics, Roman nursed the subsequent grudge for decades and let it transform into a form of loathsome racism that convinced him white people were owed the so-called "advantages" of a black body. Subsequently, Roman devised the Coagula procedure, conditioned his entire family into a cult to auction off their method to potential buyers, then transferred his mind into the family's groundskeeper. Roman spends almost the entire movie inconspicuously running laps in the Armitages' backyard, with the happy knowledge his procedure is dooming countless black men and women to be trapped within their own bodies within the "Sunken Place," helplessly forced to watch every moment as Roman's white clients steal their lives and bodies.
Just wanted to put it out there that White Snake (2019), whose villain I put up earlier this year, received a sequel, White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake. I haven't been able to get a hold of it, so just brought it up in case anyone else is interested.
Why so serious?Your wish is my command!
- DC Universe Online Legends: Brainiac is as narcissistic and destructive as always. Having already conquered and destroyed the Earth in the future timeline, alongside thousands of other planets, the present Brainiac introduces himself by destroying the Watchtower and intending for the debris to crash into Metropolis, killing one million people. While helping Lex Luthor with his vendetta against Superman, he ultimately forces Superman to murder his own wife Lois, driving him into isolation. Briefly held back by the Justice League, Brainiac massacres the Sinestro Corps and steals their central power battery to recharge himself; unleashes his army of enslaved aliens onto Earth to wipe out humanity; forces Lex to attack and kill the heroes with his own armor just to torment his former ally; and massacres his own allies when he believes he has the upper hand.

Switching to
to Jack and Robert.