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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-06-23 11:05:22

There's no built-in hard-and-fast rule, but the real question should be is the page ready.

I just took a peek at it and I don't think it's ready, mostly due to lack of examples.

It's also been launched for 9 days and, as you said, has not been crosswicked at all (7 wicks right now, five of them indices, one of them a self-reference, and one of them Condensing Vapor Queen, a Sub-Trope(?) with no examples, no indices, and only one wick—from Vapor Queen).

So we actually have a twofer here: gwennie-chan launched two tropes that weren't ready, and has failed to follow-up and finish the launching process.

I would PM them but I would also do your best to be polite and respectful. Not that it wouldn't be totally understandable to get frustrated, but at this point I'm kind of expecting them to continue being a pain, so as long as you're super polite and respectful, they'll have no one to blame but themselves if they do cross the line. Don't give them an excuse to get snippy.

EDIT: I dropped them into the YKTTW Crash Thread. Vapor Queen is at least questionable, but Condensing Vapor Queen has no business existing in its current state.

Edited by SolipSchism
Elmo3000 Since: Jul, 2013
2015-06-23 12:01:28

Vapor Queen looks like a practically identical trope to Broken Bird. Are there enough differences to justify two separate tropes?

Not to mention Condensing Vapor Queen is even more identical to Defrosting Ice Queen.

Edited by Elmo3000
calmestofdoves Since: Oct, 2013
2015-06-23 12:43:08

Admittedly a Broken Bird is supposed to have fairly fortress-like coping mechanisms while the Vapor Queen is supposed to be over-sensitive, which is an interesting difference, but I just couldn't see it a recurring character archetype. Apparently it's common in anime?

Agree on Condensing vs. Defrosting — they're both so obviously about a withdrawn character getting more human that even if you could easily distinguish a Vapor Queen from an Ice Queen you still probably wouldn't need Condensing in addition to Defrosting.

SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-06-23 12:45:10

More importantly, the write-up wasn't ready, and even if it was, it wasn't launched properly.

calmestofdoves Since: Oct, 2013
2015-06-23 14:24:40

So — should I submit these to the Cut List myself? Or just assume some fastidious launch-reviewer will? I think she might've even cut them herself at my urging last time, IIRC...

ETA: Just saw Condensing Vapor Queen pop up in YKTTW again, so, yay?

Edited by calmestofdoves
wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2015-06-23 14:27:55

I've known a lot of people like that in real life, but... I really can not think of any examples of it in MEDIA.

SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-06-23 14:31:00

We're talking them over in the YKTTW Crash Rescue Thread. I don't really expect much, though. I wouldn't have a problem with it, but you should pop over there so no one throws a fit about cutting pages unilaterally.

gwennie-chan Since: Mar, 2015
2015-06-25 23:37:35

Vapor Queen sponsor here. You're free to unlaunch it if you want. I'm just aggravated by all this. The little help I had disappeared and I did my best to progress before anything else.

"'Shame?' I left that in my dad's balls." -Chihiro-sensei (The Pet Girl Of Sakurasou)
SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-06-26 00:09:26

We'll see what the current YKTTW conversation will bring, I think.

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