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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#6476: Sep 11th 2019 at 10:34:21 PM

[up][up][up] @miraculous

Changed verbs from past to present tense as per How to Write an Example - Write in Historical Present Tense.

Asura/Another Gaim is a member of Team Baron who, after being kicked out by Kaito Kumon, is transformed into an Another Rider by Swartz and used his power to always be on the top. Asura sends any who question him or get in his way like Kaito and Geiz Myoukouin — which he does to stop him saving civilians attacked by Ora and Swartz — to an artificial version of Helheim Forest, isolating them for five years until they are finally released. <snip>

^ "which he did to stop him saving civilians". I assume that "he" refers to Asura, but does "him" refer to Kaito or Geiz Myoukouin?

Jaime "Jim" Pratt is Shannon's seemingly loving boyfriend, <- comma but is in truth a depraved Serial Killer. Having a lifelong lust for his sister Kaitlyn, Jim attempts to force himself on her, <- comma only for her to rightfully reject him out of disgust. Jim then murders her by having her bound and gagged and then walling her up alive. <- period He then sets about turning his obsessions to her three best friends, killing them too when they won't live up to his expectations of being proud of how much effort it took to perform. Gaining an obsession with Shannon due to her possessing the looks of his sister and the other girls, he ingratiates himself into her life as her boyfriend, all the while planning to off her should she not live up to his impossible expectations. After Shannon's father finds out about his murders, Jim brutalizes him while planning to kill both him and Shannon after she rejects him. <snip>

^ The sentence beginning "Jim then..." was extremely long, so I split it up into two sentences.

Gasper, The One Wish Man presents himself as a kindly, eccentric old man, <- comma but is in truth a depraved monster who desires power above all else. Charming people with promises of fulfilling their dreams, Gasper will take them for all they're worth, <- comma including their lives and souls. To keep his powers strong, Gasper has for centuries sent a demon to befriend children with the promise that he'll make them bond to their friend "forever". In reality, Gasper cuts them open <- no comma and has a legion of a thousand demons sent into them so that he can draw power from controlling them. This process drives the child insane, causing them to self-mutilate themselves over months, <- comma possibly years, ripping out pieces of their skin until they die from the agony, <- comma in which case Gasper binds their souls to him and starts again. When the heroine Clare's cousin Cléa attempts to save his latest victim, Gasper has her murdered and added to his soul collection. <- period As Gasper says, <- comma "Power is its own reward", <- comma and he would step on anyone to get more of it.

The last sentence above is a run-on sentence connected by a comma splice.

Xara the devourer is a Bruja who is known as the mother of wretched beasts, Destroyer of Los Lagos and enemy to all the Gods. After being banished to Los Lagos for crimes against humanity, she ingratiates herself and charms the population <- no comma before making her move, fire bombing the land and killing thousands as a result. Having taken over the dimension of Los Lagos, Xara inflicts blood purges on the population and has the survivors hunted down by her shadow monsters and chained up, tortured and brainwashed into her willing servants. For centuries, Xara's policy of draining the lifeforce of the souls within the tree of life <- comma leaving them husks in order to keep herself young and beautiful, <- comma which has started to kill Los Lagos. To rejuvenate herself, Xara preys on vulnerable individuals from other realms and charms them into braining (???) her brujas and brujos whose hearts she eats to absorb their powers. Manipulating the troubled Nova, she tries to convince him to send Alex to her realm, <- comma only for the spell to instead send Alex's extended family instead, <- comma with Xara planning to drain them dry to feed herself and permanently scarring Alex's older sister during the struggle. <snip>

Emmanuel Jacques proves that in a world of supernaturals, <- comma that sometimes the worst of monsters can be all too human. Emmanuel tricks girls from impoverished countries into believing he'll give them a better life abroad, <- comma but instead he has them stripped and turned into sex slaves. After two of his employees escape out of fear, Emmanuel tracks them down, <- comma intending to have them both killed for daring to defy him. Emmanuel is also a terrible boss who'll gladly kill his own minions if they get in his way, writing off everyone as expandable. Before his defeat, Emmanuel threatens to gun down the best friend/lover of Jack Materson should Jack not let him go, while still planning to kill her anyway.

After a plague which kills most young girls and women hits their land, Sain and his brothers kidnap women in order to give the residents wives in order to keep the population alive. In truth, Sain cares nothing for his land and is simply using this as excuse to fulfill his sadistic fantasies by secretly butchering the woman they capture. Sain bullies his more kindly brother Mowich and forces him into this. After discovering the young shaman girl Nara, Sain plans to kill her for fun despite knowing her death will mean the plague will continue, <- comma as she is the only one who can stop it. Sain is willing to doom his entire people to genocide, <- comma including his little sister, <- comma just to satisfy his love of hurting others.

Edited by Arivne on Sep 11th 2019 at 10:48:26 AM

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#6477: Sep 11th 2019 at 10:39:10 PM

Also it was Geiz that he sent into helheim when ora and Swartz threatened civilians.

Sorry braining was bringing.

Thanks for the fixes.

Edited by miraculous on Sep 11th 2019 at 11:25:31 AM

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6478: Sep 12th 2019 at 2:43:35 AM

Responding to this comment

Then how about...

  • Memetic Loser: Kusaka Masato/Kamen Rider Kaixa's lack of a secondary Rider mode (as the Kaixa Armor is only designed with only one mode) made fans joke his dusty corpse (as he dies from the depleted Orphnoch DNA inside him) as one of the Rider's forms.

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6479: Sep 12th 2019 at 8:23:16 AM

(No need to respond this since other tropers already helped me contributed it)

Love Live's YMMV page

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 13th 2019 at 10:48:40 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
Dacool1here Since: Oct, 2017
#6480: Sep 12th 2019 at 9:05:00 AM

@Figure Gunpla Fan: [tup] Good, but I'll just make a few grammatical edits. How about this?

Memetic Badass:

• A generic School Idol group named "George" (written in the ranking list of the twelfth episode of Season 1) gets some recognition as one of the greatest School Idol groups to have ever existed.

Any other tropers OK with that?

EDIT: Formatting

Edited by Dacool1here on Sep 12th 2019 at 11:07:07 AM

fishysaur Good for nothing Since: May, 2018
Good for nothing
#6482: Sep 12th 2019 at 10:08:09 AM

some tropes

for Hiyori

  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Although he still loves her, Momonosuke says Hiyori used to annoy him with her flying kicks. Since Momonosuke has traveled 20 years into the future, Hiyori is now much older than him.
  • Used to Be a Tomboy: According to Momonosuke, Hiyori used to be a tomboy. Upon seeing her after many years, Kawamatsu is surprised how she has grown into a refined princess.

for Kawamatsu

  • Nice Hat: Constantly wears a large bamboo hat which is reminiscent of the hole on a kappa's head.

for Fujitora

  • Kneel Before Frodo: Invoked and played with. While King Riku has higher authority than an admiral, Fujitora is also a representative of the World Government and bows before Riku, both as an apology for not having freed Dressrosa during the 10 year tyranny of Doflamingo, and to symbolically have the World Government bend before him, an action Fujitora is aware would piss off the higher ups of the World Government.

EDIT: CORRECTED

Edited by fishysaur on Sep 13th 2019 at 6:13:14 AM

There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give up
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6483: Sep 12th 2019 at 10:58:02 AM

[up][up]

[tup]

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6484: Sep 12th 2019 at 10:59:11 AM

(No need to respond this since MichaelKatsuro already helped me contributed it)

JJBA's Meme page

'''Bold lines are where you should update)

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 13th 2019 at 10:49:55 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#6485: Sep 12th 2019 at 2:42:30 PM

I wrote: "Speedwagon is also labeled as "Waifu/Wife" material."

FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6486: Sep 12th 2019 at 8:17:39 PM

Responding to this comment

Also, you do know you need additional context, right?

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Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#6487: Sep 13th 2019 at 1:52:33 AM

[up] x 5 @fishysaur

Although he still loves her, Momonosuke says Hiyori used to annoy him with her flying kicks. Since Momonosuke has traveled 20 years into the future, Hiyori is now much older than him.

^ "Albeit" isn't the correct word either.

According to Momonosuke, Hiyori used to be a tomboy. <- period Kawamatsu is surprised how she has grown into a refined princess.

Constantly wears a large bamboo hat which is reminiscent of the hole on a kappa's head.

Invoked and played with. While King Riku has an higher authority than an admiral, Fujitora is also a (the?) representative of the World Government and bows before Riku, <- comma both as an excuse for not having freed Dressrosa during the 10 year tyranny of Doflamingo, and to symbolically have the World Government bend before him, an action Fujitora is aware would piss off the higher ups of the World Government.

Edited by Arivne on Sep 13th 2019 at 1:53:10 AM

FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6488: Sep 13th 2019 at 2:17:33 AM

Gundamn Unicorn's YMMV page

  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
    • Some fans felt that the Stark Jegan pilot could have survived the battle between Marida Cruz's Kshatriya.
    • Some have felt that, for all the Canon Immigrant mobile suit cameos in the OVA, many of them don't actually get to do much aside from be on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle after several seconds of screentime. Examples include the GM II Semi-Striker, Zeta Plus, and Gustav Karl.
    • To some extent, many fans thought that Bright Noa should've have pulled his trademark Bright Slap since his returning appearance.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 14th 2019 at 11:23:24 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6489: Sep 13th 2019 at 2:57:13 AM

Love Live's Memetic Loser page

Sunshine!!

(Sandwich this between the AC folder's first and second examples)

  • Many fans took advantage of Hanamaru's inability to adapt modern technology note  as she's portrayed as a dangerous person that randomly touches the machines to the point of deactivation/destruction.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 13th 2019 at 10:50:24 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6490: Sep 13th 2019 at 3:09:10 AM

JJBA SC's YMMV page

  • Common Knowledge: Any of the Anime/Manga characters (male and/or female) that wears an unbuttoned gakuran (a Japanese school uniform) and a cap will be automatically designated as Jotaro's aesthetic or as an alternate version of Jotaro.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 14th 2019 at 11:07:37 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
ShinyCottonCandy Industrious Incisors from Sinnoh (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Industrious Incisors
#6491: Sep 13th 2019 at 8:02:17 AM

Not sure if this is the place to call attention to issues, but a troper by the handle of Vanilluxe has had consistent problems with their edits. Their latest addition to Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, for example:

Thankfully, patches did nerfed the rates of these items of happening very often.

Their edit history is full of this kind of problem.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Sep 13th 2019 at 11:02:41 AM

SoundCloud
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6492: Sep 13th 2019 at 10:35:49 PM

Gigantor/Tetsujin 28-go's YMMV page

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 14th 2019 at 11:01:59 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6493: Sep 13th 2019 at 10:57:30 PM

KR Agito's YMMV page

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 14th 2019 at 11:00:03 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6494: Sep 14th 2019 at 1:23:35 AM

(No need to respond this since MichaelKatsuro already helped me contributed it)

LL's Epileptic Trees page

Love Live!

(Put this as the AC folder's first example)

  • Judging by Hanayo's enthusiasm to rice, Fans implies that this is the only food she eats in her whole life. This was further emphasized as she broke down to tears after eating bread for a few days on her trip to America in The Movie.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 16th 2019 at 9:48:41 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6495: Sep 14th 2019 at 4:00:06 AM

LL's "I Knew It!" page

(I should've have added this before S2EP10, but...)

Love Live! Sunshine!!

(Put this between the 2nd and 3rd examples)

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FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6496: Sep 14th 2019 at 4:29:40 AM

(No need to respond to this since MichaelKatsuro already dealt with that)

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger's YMMV page

  • Continuity Lockout: Whoever doesn't watch the Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold movie will be confused by Bakuren-oh's return in the 48th Episode.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 15th 2019 at 11:55:21 PM

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Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#6497: Sep 14th 2019 at 1:06:20 PM

[up] x 6 @Shiny Cotton Candy

If a troper is breaking TV Tropes rules (including using poor English), you can let the moderators know by going to Ask The Tropers and making a report.

Be sure to include that link to their edit history and links to some of their specific problem posts so the moderators can easily look them up.

Edited by Arivne on Sep 14th 2019 at 1:06:53 AM

fishysaur Good for nothing Since: May, 2018
Good for nothing
#6498: Sep 15th 2019 at 2:11:26 AM

CORRECTED

some tropes

for Wano in general

  • Real Is Brown: Completely inverted. Sure, One Piece is a very outlandish and cartoonish series, but the country of Wano is even more colorful than Whole Cake Island, with every building having bright colours and the inhabitants wearing colorful clothing and having strange hair colors. The author is said to have deliberately made the Wano country this colorful.

for Urashima

  • Kick the Dog: After Mouseman tells Urashima about the influence and power he has as one of Wano's most famous sumo wrestler, Urashima orders an old couple to cook their pet racoon dog for him as a proof of how cruel and uncaring to the commoners he is.
  • Sumo Wrestling: His main characteristic is being a renowned sumo wrestler, and one of the strongest ones in Wano. However, he's not above using dirty tricks to win a fight.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In contrast to what would be expected from a gigantic and unpleasant sumo wrestler, his hair is pink.

Edited by fishysaur on Sep 16th 2019 at 5:46:48 AM

There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give up
FigureGunplaFan Since: Oct, 2013
#6499: Sep 15th 2019 at 4:53:32 AM

(No need to respond to this since MichaelKatsuro already dealt with that)

KR Kuuga's YMMV page

  • First Installment Wins: At least for the Heisei Era Kamen Rider series. Many fans often see Kuuga as a superior Heisei Kamen Rider series than most of the installments.

Edited by FigureGunplaFan on Sep 15th 2019 at 11:55:37 PM

Contributor for Gunpla Wiki. Currently suspended due to extensive writing issues. PS: I only wrote down what I saw. (audience reactions etc)
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#6500: Sep 15th 2019 at 5:04:03 AM

I posted:

  • First Installment Wins: At least for the Heisei Era Kamen Rider series. Many fans see Kuuga as a superior Kamen Rider series to most of the Heisei installments.


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