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Edited by Mrph1 on Oct 22nd 2024 at 8:06:39 PM
YMMV.Feminist Frequency is on Locked Pages, but appears to be cut, so it should be moved to Permanent Red Link Club.
Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!Besides ![]()
, from here
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- Darkseid rewrite goes to DC Comics (Post-Crisis group).
- Warren Stacy, Abbott Hayes, and Dirty Harry rewrite all go to Film A To E.
- Agnes and Gallian go to Film F To O.
- Anu goes to Literature A To L.
- The Gottreich brothers go to Live-Action TV.
- Just Cause tree replaces the current entry at Video Games A To K.
- Max Steel duo goes to Western Animation (it's a series).
James Bond: The type of work page potholing used in the first entry is specifically discouraged against, so please make it "Goldfinger: Auric Goldfinger is"
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"Actually, please make it:
Now that I think about it, for Scorpius, please wrap the Big Bad around Vladimir and an Antagonist Title around Scorpius: Vladimir Scorpius...
edited 28th Dec '15 9:44:54 AM by ACW
~Lymantria, YMMV.Feminist Frequency is not permanently locked, it has just not had any proper examples submitted. Due to past misuse, the page was locked, but it isn't PRLC material.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.More likely we can type an example here and the mods will add it for us. Check Locked Pages to see the reason why it was locked.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.In Characters.The Bible, Jesus has the entry of Fountain of Expies, which is a trivia trope. I request deleting it, since I already put it in the Trivia namespace.
On Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male can Marked be changed to Marked.
On Monster.Marvel Comics and Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil can Doctor Doom be changed to Doctor Doom.
On Marvel.X Men can Latverian be changed to Latverian.
On WMG.Harry Potter Main can Doctor Doom be changed to Doctor Doom.
And on "Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization can the following be added:
- In Hunted, when Zoey calls Stark on trying to rape a fledgling, he says that, given five more minutes under his mind control, "she would have been all over [him]". Zoey doesn't buy it.
There's no real need for removing those Doom potholes.
At My Little Pony Fan Works, for the Pony POV series:
- Please remove the extra brackets in the first sentence for the Dark World Arc entry.
- Please add the following at the end of the Pony POV tree:
- The Day Love Cried: This side story has a one-shot villain in the form of the nameless Pegasus filly. Due to her inability to build a relationship, she developed a hatred for the very concept of love itself, and decided to take her anger out on Cupid and his mother Venus. Being a Child Prodigy with an unnatural level of intelligence and an understanding of magic, she crafted the Concept Killing Spear, and set about trying to use it to wipe Cupid and Venus from existence, not caring that she would erase countless lives from existence in the process. After being killed by Venus, her spirit is shown the results of her actions of killing Cupid. Even after seeing all the harm her actions caused, she feels no regret for her actions, not even trying to fake remorse in an attempt to avoid being Dragged Off to Hell just so that she can spite Venus by refusing to apologize. For her limited resources and single appearance, this filly manages to cause more evil than almost every other villain in this story.
Please add this to Fan Works, at the end of the Spyro group (Video Games folder):
- The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn: Empress Tyrania stands in stark contrast to the relatively sympathetic Deadlock. Tyrania carried out three genocides, one of which was of her own species, so that she could re create her race and make herself empress. Tyrania kills her own minions just for fun, captures people to use as slaves, and has a torture chamber with a window for her viewing pleasures. When confronted, she slowly kills Ember's father while Ember is Forced to Watch, and then prepares to kill Spyro, Cynder, and Ember. Her endgame is to enslave the dragon race and kill any that are too weak to be used. A cruel gargoyle with the laugh of a lunatic who loved the sound of screaming, Tyrania stood to show just how much of a monster Deadlock was not.
They are a Sink Hole and a Self-Demonstrating Article is rarely supposed to be wicked. Yes, their removal is justified.
edited 29th Dec '15 1:50:47 PM by crazysamaritan
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.Went and checked wicks to Feminist Frequency and found the following examples to Crosswick onto YMMV.Feminist Frequency:
- Supposedly Rebellious Series: A lot of criticism from detractors who agree with many of Anita Sarkeesian's feminist arguments, comes from the belief that some of her views on gender roles are surprisingly old-fashioned. In particular: in one rather infamous review of True Grit (2010), she criticizes many iterations of the modern Action Girl trope for being too masculine, arguing that it's "anti-feminist" to cast female actors in roles that could easily be played by men. According to her, the tropes frequently associated with action heroes—aggression, violence, and stoicism—are inherently masculine, and a character can't be truly feminist unless they transcend those traits by being compassionate and empathetic, and solving problems through cooperation instead of violence. Understandably, some people took issue with her singling out popular female characters like Trinity, Beatrix Kiddo and Zoë Washburne as examples of this, arguing that they reflect the values of the patriarchy by being too badass and "acting like men".
- Unfortunate Implications: This video
discusses Anita Sarkeesian's selective analysis of video game content, decrying Confirmation Bias in her work. Namely, that her misrepresentations infuriate fans of the games, and she perpetuates stereotypes of women as helpless targets of sexism while men are misogynists whose experiences of discrimination or abuse don't matter.
At DC Comics, for Darkseid, please make the "r" in "rob everyone of free will" lowercase.
Oh, god, more "we don't like Sarkeesian's arguments" masquerading as YMMV. Die, die, die. Kill them with fire.
edited 29th Dec '15 8:30:13 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"While I'm unclear on how the SRS works, I don't see why the UI example wouldn't fit our rules for that trope-reaction.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.Basically, it falls under our rules about topics that we have said "Aw, hell naw" to.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The page for If Them's the Rules needs some corrections for grammar, spelling and clarification:
Spelling and Grammar (the corrections are bolded):
- Bullying a Dragon: One of kids in the orphanage rubs into Tom's face that he was adopted and that Tom would never find a family despite him knowing Tom's reputation.
- Don't Tell Mama: Tom does everything to make sure Harry stays in the dark about the worse aspects about himself and his fascination over dark magic.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Melania demanded that Arcturus kill Harry for arousing his desires and Arcturus seemingly agrees with her... then he murders her for getting in the way of him and Harry.
- Not Blood Related: Harry admits to Tom himself that while they are both of the Slytherin line, the relation is extremely distant and they are related in name only.
- Time Travel for Fun and Profit: Since the wizarding money has not changed, Harry simply takes all of his money out of Gringotts and takes it with him to the past. The already wealthy Harry is astoundingly rich in the 1930s.
Clarifications:
- Cool Loser: Discussed and Deconstructed. According to Ginny, Harry, Ron and Hermione were extremely popular during their school years which is news to Harry since they treated him like a pariah half the time. Ginny retorts that's because the only people Harry associates with are Ron and Hermione despite everyone wanting to be his friend.
- In-Universe Nickname: Harry, Ron and Hermione were actually called the "Golden Trio" by other students. They were also called "the Unapproachables" because of their unintentionally closed-off nature.
- Tell Me About My Mother: Harry tells Tom the truth about his biological mother, Merope Gaunt. He tries to pretty up the truth, but admits that Merope was a sad, pathetic woman that Harry only cares about due their (distant) relation.
Addition:
- Boring, but Practical: Tom admits that a cleaning charm isn't really something to be excited about when Harry teaches him one for his birthday. But he likes it because it's a new spell and it helps cover his tracks better.
- Teens Are Monsters: Tom witnesses a couple of six years students torture a cat to death with dark magic.
- Squick: The description of the cat torture is extremely graphic and disgusting.
edited 30th Dec '15 1:19:04 AM by konekootome

At DC Comics, for Pre-Crisis Martian Manhunter, please change the first sentence to this: Commander Blanx appeared only twice in the Silver Age, but he made up for limited appearances with not rage, or hate, but pure, cold-blooded sociopathy.