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I otherwise have no comment, but I noticed over the last month Overwhelming Exception feels heavily misused.
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You could try sending Everblaster a PM if it's necessary.
He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Maybe. I'll reserve that for the next time I see some significant misuse of a trope.
Just giving a bump to inform those here that I've sent the PM I said I would after cleaning up misuse of But Not Too Foreign on the Komi character page, now located at Characters.Komi Cant Communicate.
I stated bluntly, hopefully not too bluntly, that they misuse tropes frequently and gave all the examples listed here, as well as one of My Greatest Failure that can be found in the Character sheet discussion page. I also suggested the "is this an example" thread as a way to double-check entries as, while not strictly the intended use of the thread, I find it helps blunt my own edge of overzealous troping. I ended on requesting they please be mindful of entries going forward, as all the misuse just creates other work for tropers to clean up.
Edited by sgamer82
EDIT: Newest reply by me is just a bump and a progress report.
I've been dithering on this for a while, but I think I need to report a troper. Everblaster has issues with frequently misusing tropes.
The issue has primarily been on Characters.Komi San Wa Komyushou Desu and Manga.Komi San Wa Komyushou Desu, where I've had to remove misuse of multiple tropes, such as Overwhelming Exception (treating it as one big exception to a rule vs a gag of "when did I ever do this besides all the other times I did this), Like Brother and Sister (ignoring that the trope applies when it exists in place of a romantic relationship) and Last Lousy Point (a video game exclusive trope).
I've looked at their edit history
and nothing really jumped out as problematic otherwise, so I took it as just overzealous troping, something I'm not entirely innocent of, and just kept an eye out. I've sent notifiers for Murky Examples and, while I never got replies, my deletions were never contested. That's why I've mostly held off on this report.
Now, though, I came across an edit adding Lack of Empathy to Manga.Sleepy Princess In The Demon Castle that comes off as overly harsh, even for the Comedic Sociopath that is the main character. I've submitted that to the Is This an Example?
thread, but in the meantime I think it's time I put this report on file so it can be determined what, if anything, needs doing.
Edited by sgamer82