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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#1: Oct 29th 2010 at 8:51:58 PM

This dicussion is inspired by the acroym NSFG (meaning Not Safe For Granny, or Not Safe For Google). I think there should be a little bit of a joke character that we can refer to when talking about the Not Safe for Work pages.

Perhaps we can name her Granny Tan, Granma Tan, Old-tan, Granny Tropes, Granma Chi...

Anyhow, I think she should be the archtypal kind granny figure.

blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#2: Oct 29th 2010 at 8:53:29 PM

On behalf of the grandmothers in my life NO.

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#3: Oct 29th 2010 at 8:54:21 PM

I am ambivalent towards this whole thing.

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#4: Oct 29th 2010 at 8:56:48 PM

Or perhaps just Trope-tan in a red, yellow, green, and blue tie-dye shirt. :P

That said, a "RED ALERT" icon or something to make the page not look so bland might be good if a lot of people are going to be forced to see it. That said, the home page has no picture, so... *shrug*

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AlirozTheConfused Bibliophile. from Daz Huat! Since: May, 2010
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#5: Oct 29th 2010 at 9:02:16 PM

She should be a Never Mess with Granny type granny.

And/or a witty, snarky granny.

And/or a scary memetic granny.

Mostly first two, though.

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FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
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#6: Oct 30th 2010 at 1:20:37 AM

I actually like the idea of a cute li'l old lady mascot for the less worksafe site portions, if we need one. She should look kinda like Muriel. She is definitely tough. Maybe her backstory is that she avoids all this rougher stuff because she was a firebrand in her young days! She just wants to slow down now that she's done all that crazy stuff.

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Surenity Since: Aug, 2009
#7: Oct 30th 2010 at 2:26:22 AM

You could give her kind of a Slappy Squirrel personality and make her actually be Trope-Tan's grandma.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#8: Oct 30th 2010 at 6:26:41 AM

So she should be Trope-tan's mother, be a Never Mess with Granny, and just wants to settle down and spend her with with her kittens, baking cookies for Mister Rogers and caring for the Tropers.

AlirozTheConfused Bibliophile. from Daz Huat! Since: May, 2010
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#9: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:09:04 AM

[up] BRILLIANT!

edited 30th Oct '10 7:09:12 AM by AlirozTheConfused

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#10: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:35:30 AM

Oh, and she wishes for the days where the wiki just did Buffy The Vampire Slayer and everything was cleaner.

...And she was quite the looker before the Great Crash (which made her age) but she could still do a Megaton Punch with her walker.

SilentReverence adopting kitteh from 3 tiles right 1 tile up Since: Jan, 2010
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#11: Oct 30th 2010 at 10:08:33 AM

...Want to make a cute lil' old lady worried about tropers? Huh? I really hope this is all an exercise in Sarcasm Mode.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#12: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:44:15 PM

So who will design Grandma Tan? Or Grandmother Tropes? (I like the latter).

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#13: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:45:57 PM

I like the latter too.

While I think this is certainly a cool idea, note that it is not a priority. So no need to rush.

Who designed Trope-Tan? They still around?

edited 30th Oct '10 7:46:10 PM by SpainSun

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Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#14: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:51:25 PM

Fawriel did.

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#15: Oct 30th 2010 at 7:54:15 PM

Ask Faw.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#16: Oct 30th 2010 at 8:27:37 PM

Trying to do computer art on a netbook without my beloved Photoshop sucks. So I'll just toss up what I think is the most useful idea of my attempts: give her big round glasses in the colors of the "oo" in Google.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#17: Oct 30th 2010 at 8:33:55 PM

What about that YKTTW thread Classic Grandma, or something like that? Use the picture on that for reference,

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#18: Oct 30th 2010 at 8:35:01 PM

Thought: Granny should be drawn in old Looney Tunes style, rather than Anime like most -tans are.

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#20: Oct 30th 2010 at 9:32:52 PM

Seconded. We should also avoid a Maxine parody.

edited 30th Oct '10 9:33:44 PM by Willbyr

AlirozTheConfused Bibliophile. from Daz Huat! Since: May, 2010
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#21: Oct 31st 2010 at 7:03:43 AM

[up][up][up] Undoubtedly yes.

Never be without a Hat! Hot means heat. I don't care if your usage dates to 1300, it's my word, not yours. My Pm box is open.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#22: Nov 3rd 2010 at 3:32:54 PM

Who wants to help me brainstorm some characteristics for Grandma Tropes (or Granny Tropes, or Grandmother Tropes. We need a Crowner) and get an artist? I want to write an offical Fan Fic for her.

(Also, for some reason. Fanfiction.net doesn't have a section for TV Tropes sad )

edited 3rd Nov '10 3:34:28 PM by chihuahua0

Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#23: Nov 3rd 2010 at 4:14:31 PM

TV Tropes is a website! A wiki! Why would there be a fanfiction section for it?

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#24: Nov 3rd 2010 at 4:24:33 PM

This is awesome. I have no ideas for how it should be done, but I just thought I ought to say that.

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YamiiDenryuu Since: Jan, 2010
#25: Nov 3rd 2010 at 6:00:08 PM

[up][up]Because we're that awesome, Marioguy. Because we're that awesome.


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