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Funny, I was just reading an article about one of South Park's aesops for class. It's one of the aesops listed on the page. (The "Gnomes" one.)
I do think some of these might count - South Park is indeed often hailed because of how unsubtle its messages are, which gets across more rare points - but using the item to mean "this aesop is right" is...quite risky with a show as controversial as this one. South Park tends to attract gushing in general, it seems.
(Man, Some Anvils needs another TRS badly...)
Edited by mightymewtron I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
That page needs trimming badly, its showing at least 4 examples per season, and often up to 10 or 12, every one gushing how Parker and Stone are so brave for daring to tackle such topics as "celebrities are vain". The tone is overly gushing, and it ignores several cases where the writers have since publicly regretted being so harsh before knowing all the facts.
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Please join the cleanup
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I thought the site had already addressed the whole "Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped is Anvilicious But Good" thing.
I thought the site had addressed it several times, in fact.
We have attempted several times to address it. It doesn't seem to be sticking.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Last I asked, the cleanup wanted to remove blatant misuse then see if it needed TRS, but that's going slowly. It worth taking to TRS yet?
^^ Then it just might be time to banish Anvils to the PRLC (a red linked definitions-only page can be left to collect inbounds). This means another trip through the Trope Repair Shop though to see where the consensus is at.
Edited by Ngamer01
I'm the proper who wrote the example in the OP. If it's missuse, I'll delete it.
^^The previous TRS thread (from the beginning of last year, I think) already launched a definition-only page (Anvil of the Story), but did nothing else (not exaggerating — every other crowner option lacked consensus).
Edited by GastonRabbit Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
I went ahead and deleted the South Park entry.
Speaking of, all the examples under SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, save "The Ending of the End" are misuse, merely restating the Aesop.
Should it be cut or redirected (to where)? I asked the cleanup thread but it got sidetracked.
Honestly, this is such a pervasive issue that I'd rather wait until we have another TRS before we chop examples. If we get rid of the misuse now, we'll probably be left with nearly nothing.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
The above misuse is something I see a lot on pages that use Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped, but none so much as SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.South Park. Even the introduction to the page starts with "South Park is fantastic for not only having Anvilicious episodes, but having that Anviliciousness most often being completely justified and absurdly hilarious at the same time."
Okay, but even if that were objectively true, that's not what the trope is supposed to be.
For example, this entry:
This doesn't explain how the aesop is anvilicious or how its heavy-handedness greatly improved the work. It's just "this is a very valid aesop".
Edited by NubianSatyress