Do you need the "Sealed Inside"? Really?
Or does "A Person Shaped Can" sound too much like the Sealed Evil in a Can where the can is a Sarcophagus like device which implies that not only is the person sealed up but they are also sealed up inside in something that completely constricts their form.
Screw it, I'm taking that one to YKTTW, you take your misleading name and can it.
Nice pun. :P
Why not just Sealed In A Person or Sealed In A Man? Still obviously related to the Sealed in a Can tropes, and much more concise and less misleading.
EDIT: Actually, Sealed In A Person sounds like a broader trope, in which the thing sealed doesn't have to be sentient. Broadening it to this might be good.
edited 21st May '10 2:26:34 PM by ccoa
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.I'll probably regret supporting Sealed In A Man, but if we're playing off Sealed Evil in a Can we may as well make it a pun.
edited 21st May '10 2:28:27 PM by macroscopic
Support stupid freshness, yo.Would you believe that pun was entirely accidental?
I don't know what's happening with this name but hey I've got a way cooler name for my trope.
Fourth for Sealed Being In A Man
Someone please put up a crowner, I don't know how to.
De gustibus non est disputandum.What's really wrong about Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can that's so horrible?
Helpful Scripts and Stylesheets here.Sealed Evil In A Man.
I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...Nothing practical really, it's just terribly clunky. This is more a Style and Usage fix, only available when caught early.
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.It's a collective judgment call, but I think this one would have a rough time claiming to be entrenched. Naturally the old name will remain as a redirect.
Are you particularly fond of the old name? Do you see a certain value to it over any of the proposed alternates?
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.Also, Person Shaped Can can sound like Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
I didn't have a problem with Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can - I wouldn't have complained about it without a thread like this to prompt me - but yeah, it is awfully clunky. And way longer than it needs to be.
Sealed In A Man (though Sealed Evil In A Man snowclones * better) or Person Shaped Can sound good to me.
edited 15th Aug '10 2:28:03 AM by Cameoflage
Thank you, Known Unknown, for that reminder. This one does need a single prop, because the only reason to rename that's been offered is "it's clunky" which is not a slam-dunk rename like "60% of the wicks are wrong"
Agh, I hate "should we rename" polls that give you no options. Doesn't it occur to people that some of us may consider some new names worse than the original one?
I'd say just lose the "Shaped Can" part (which is indeed unneccessary) and make it Sealed Inside A Person, but if we want to go with theme naming Sealed Evil In A Man (to match Sealed Evil in a Can) would seem perfect.
edited 16th Aug '10 8:17:14 AM by Vree
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Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can tells you what you need to know, I guess, but it also sounds really awkward.
Surely we can do better than this?
edited 21st May '10 1:44:31 PM by GGCrono