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laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-09-19 16:52:53

I don't really understand the purpose of that page ... the examples aren't really discussing how tropes have evolved over time, just how some things were different in the past than they are now. It's the kind of formless gloop that encourages people to argue over The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht.

Is this a trope? A form of playing with a trope? If so, examples should be how specific tropes have evolved over time, not ... whatever that page is.

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Tonwen Since: Dec, 2021
2022-09-19 16:54:51

To be honest, I have no idea what that page really is, I found it through the recent edits function and didn't really know about it until I spotted that edit reason.

It's not wicked much of anywhere either.

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Tonwen Since: Dec, 2021
2022-09-19 16:54:51

To be honest, I have no idea what that page really is, I found it through the recent edits function and didn't really know about it until I spotted that edit reason.

It's not wicked much of anywhere either.

EDIT: Double posted somehow

Edited by Tonwen "Grandmaster Combat, son!"
amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
2022-09-19 17:32:32

^well, it's supposed to be a meta concept, but seeing as the examples are kind of all over the place, seems like it's being misused / has suffered some Trope Decay.

laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-09-19 17:43:24

Yeah, Dead Unicorn Trope and Undead Horse Trope have examples that actually apply and are illustrative of the concept. Evolving Trope has that mess of a list, perhaps it needs a sectionectomy.

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2022-09-19 18:41:49

I mean I'm not disputing that it's got problems, lol. But since people were confused at what the page was for, well...

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Acebrock Since: Dec, 2009
2022-09-19 18:43:11

Sounds like a topic for trope talk. I'd start a thread for Evolving Trope, but I'm not sure how to word it

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2022-09-20 00:20:47

"this isn't exactly an example of that" kinda seems to be a trend in their edits in general.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2022-09-20 07:12:53

To get back to the OP, I agree that there's a very large jump from saying that not all German soldiers were nazis to trying to promote the "Clean Wehrmacht" myth, not to speak of Holocaust denial. The Wehrmacht was very far from clean, but many of their soldiers (and not just low-ranking ones) were non-nazis, or even vehement anti-nazis.

GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2022-09-20 10:55:05

A different mod suspended them, so I'll lock this.

You can't just say "perchance".
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