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Arivne
Since: Jan, 2001
2024-01-06 13:01:34
Good specific places to ask this question would be:

Whilst working on a Character Sheet Sandbox and looking for tropes to add, I saw Clueless Boss linked at the bottom of the description for Pointy-Haired Boss.
Now, from my understanding, these tropes are quite different:
Except, on the Clueless Boss page, I found this example:
Now, if my understanding is correct, shouldn't this be on Pointy-Haired Boss? Generally speaking, I think the tropes might accidentally overlap, or the first trope might have a non-indicative or non-intuitive name that might lead to these kind of mistakes. Not everyone knows of Dilbert, and the Trope Namer embodies several negative qualities whilst the trope itself has expanded to include incompetent leaders of all types.
Any thoughts?
Edited by GearFriedTheKnight