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Edited by Walkinshadows
Right. It doesn't matter how you feel about this particular work or trope. If it's not got a YMMV or Audience Reactions banner, it doesn't go on a YMMV page.
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Since School Bullying Is Harmless is not an audience reaction, then conversely, if you're talking about an audience reaction, you're not describing an example of School Bullying Is Harmless. Either it's something the work is in fact portraying, or it's not this thing.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
@wingedcatgirl:
so if part of an audience feels a trope applies to a work (FWIW, this is not my personal opinion; i know that this opinion exists and isn't uncommon) where do such interpretations go?
Nowhere; see Examples Are Not Arguable. They either happen or they don't and they're not up to opinion.
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"a School Bullying Is Harmless example based on audience opinion"
School Bullying Is Harmless (Disneyfication as well) is not an Audience Reactions but a factual statement within the work's content, so it's physically impossible to be based on an opinion and what the audience thinks is irrelevant.
Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
thanks again, peeps! i'll remove the School Bullying Is Harmless example from the main work page—the reaction seems to make more sense for Angst? What Angst? on the work's YMMV page.
Edited by oogenesis
a School Bullying Is Harmless example based on audience opinion on Mob Psycho 100 was cut and moved to the main work page recently; the edit reason given for this and another similar moved example was '<insert trope> is not a YMMV trope'. i would like to move it back, as the mangaka is emphatically not arguing that Misery Builds Character here, but i really don't want to start an edit war. what would be the best course of action?
mob, the protagonist, spends time in a parallel world where he is bullied for months on end by another student. the vindictive spirit torturing both children wants to break mob and gain a sympathizer; his ulterior motive backfires. the hell the boy goes through in the process isn't presented as necessary for his development somehow, or inevitable, or something to just be shrugged off. it's also toned down for the anime, possibly to avoid complaining from parents' groups in japan or inspiring copycats.
he emerges grateful for the harrowing experience but aware that he was being manipulated the whole time, and forgives her; she repents. it isn't mentioned again.
the bullying doesn't give him PTSD, or make him more frightened of other people, but it does make him more aware of others' suffering. elsewhere in the series, two of the villains talk about how their own experiences with school bullying changed them for the worse. one of the strongest villains became a Hikikomori as a result.
because a small but vocal contingent of the fandom felt mob should have been traumatized by what happened to him, i added School Bullying Is Harmless to the YMMV page. as an opinion only part of the fanbase holds, it seemed appropriate.
also, is there a list of tropes not allowed on YMMV pages? thanks!
Edited by oogenesis