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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
16th Sep, 2011 11:55:30 AM

Cut the offending tropes and PM'ed. Might need to cut more; that list is mostly about her, not her work.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Darkaros Since: Jul, 2009
16th Sep, 2011 02:08:13 PM

I'm wondering what should or should not belong on an actress's page. Most of the deleted tropes were about the person, but what about frequent appeareance tropes that the actress portrays in films that are often fetishized? (I readded an edited version of Elegant Gothic Lolita since she frequently wore costumes based upon the design described on the trope page.)

Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
16th Sep, 2011 02:17:05 PM

Our current rule is that tropes only apply that are present in their work. Person-as-character, not person-as-themselves. Celebrities' private lives are matters for the tabloids, not this wiki.

Some celebrities have public personas that are, in fact, characters, rather than the real person. Those are tropable, but the rule about not drooling over them still applies.

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Darkaros Since: Jul, 2009
16th Sep, 2011 02:50:27 PM

Well, there's a couple of other tropes I'm wondering about in specific. English Rose is an actor trope about a common character-type frequently portrayed by certain actors, but it sounds as though the trope on her page referred to her herself rather than her works (the lack of a description doesn't help). And Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette could refer to her portrayal in Sweeney Todd and Harry Potter.

Edited by Darkaros
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
16th Sep, 2011 02:57:49 PM

Or Fight Club for that matter. As long as the entry references those roles, it's fine, again with the proviso above about drooling.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Darkaros Since: Jul, 2009
16th Sep, 2011 05:21:50 PM

Okay, thanks! Readded those two tropes too.

shimaspawn MOD Since: May, 2010
16th Sep, 2011 05:25:50 PM

English Rose was what she was type cast as before Fight Club.

Edited by shimaspawn Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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