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openWhich spelling to use? Literature
I'm thinking about making a page for an Older Than Print creator, but the trouble is that they suffer from a severe case of Spell My Name With An S.
- Spelling A appears to be the way the author wrote their own name in Latin.
- One of the two translations I have access to, which seems to be most popular/well-known, uses Spelling B. (This is not, however, the most recent translation — and the sheer diversity of spellings, among other issues, makes seeking out the very most recent rather sticky.)
- The other, even older translation I have access to uses Spelling C (which is a slight simplification/Anglicization of B) on the grounds that it is "more easily pronounced and more pleasant to the eye."
- A rare mention of the author in a famous novel uses Spelling B.
- The Other Wiki uses Spelling A, while noting the existence of B, C, and several others.
On the basis of this, would one of these spellings be considered "more official" than another, or can I just pick one?
openTroper with an agenda Literature
Tropers.One Knight In Bangkok really has it in for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Even if they're right (i haven't read the book so i don't know) the fanfic rec and edits are going WAY too far. i think.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/el.php?findfor=OneKnightInBangkok
openFound a page that needs a revert Literature
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=FanFic.BetterLeftUnsaid#
- looks like the page got overwritten by accident. Can a mod hit the revert button? (it doesn't appear I can do it myself).
openAre there more books like this trope? Literature
I am looking for tropes that revolve around a guy who is kind of a vain, boyish person but is also very lovable and has many redeeming qualities. The most appropriate book that comes to mind is To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. Peter Kavinsky is the perfect example. Can anyone tell me if there are more characters like him? What is his trope?
openCan I add a list of all the plot holes of this story? Literature
I have read the book, and made this synopsis divided by chapters. This story is infamous for having lots of inconsistencies and plot holes. Can I list such plot holes in this page?
open Vandalism Literature
A new editor/account griffinc1807
has made multiple edits on the page for American Psycho, deliberately adding "examples" for non-existent "tropes" about things that do not occur within the work.
open Analysis Literature
The "Analysis" namespace is supposed to be use to write an actual analysis for a given work, and not just link to someone else's. Because Evighet
has just created an unindexed analysis page for The Fault in Our Stars, containing only a link to an unfinished off-site multi-part negative review for the work, which they don't appear to have written themselves.
openMaking heroes Literature
HELLO!! I just discovered this website today and i love it!....in trying to come up with a unique way to give a good number of the population superpowers in a modern day setting, i came up with the idea to have an isolated group of people "discovered". Does this sound like a workable idea? if so what details could i add in order to make the idea of an isolated group of super powered people go undetected for so long? and how much time would it take before they seamlessly co exists with the rest of humanity? THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Edited by xos3open ressurection or reincarnation after death Literature
The Philip Jose Farmer series "Riverworld" depicted an after life where people were reincarnated or resurrected on another planet as their original selves. I would like to know if the series was the first in printed fiction that explored this concept.
openBrazilian Literature and Films Literature
I am planning to do projects about Brazilian and Portuguese Speaking media, more specifically Brazilian Literature and Films.
Any other active tropers, specially Lusophone ones, with the same interests?
open Not the fall that kills you Literature
Is Richard Mayhew's fear of heights not because of the fall, but because he doesn't trust himself in Neverwhere an example of Not the Fall That Kills You?
openThe Consul: Nothing but ZCEs Literature
The Consul is nothing but Zero Contex tExamples, including its description.. There are 21 wicks to it, which isn't completely awful.
open new royalty girl in winter kingdom? Literature
Hello All, In an ideal world it would be a book about a girl who somehow becomes a queen/(some form of power position) and must rule in a winter land, with a night full of monsters and magic. She isn't sure who she can trust, etc. So I have a very specific tone for the book I'm requesting. I'm looking for a mix between 'The Little White Horse' and 'A Game of Thrones'. Now let me explain, I would like the beauty and suspense of TLWH and from GOT I would like only the north. By that I mean only the feeling of Winterfell and beyond the wall. I'm looking for some creepy/suspense/horror/beautiful/fantasy/magic book, preferably with a dash of romance. You will be my friend for life if you can find me this obscure wish book. (I feel like I should just write this myself heh). Thank you fantastical people!
openstarsplash22 Literature
starsplash22
has just uncommented-out a bunch of commented-out Zero Context Examples on the character
pages
for The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.
openUnfortunate Implications Literature
What constitutes a proper citation? Because someone posted an example on YMMV.The Stormlight Archive about how the fact that the magic system turns your eyes light is bad because of an old Mormon belief that Native Americans would gain lighter skin and eyes if they lived virtuous lives. A link was posted as a citation, talking about this old belief but not connecting it to the book. The author of the book is Mormon, so you can see the connection there, but the thing is this is clearly one troper's opinion. It's not a third-party reviewer or anything.
So is this a valid example? I think it isn't, because the whole point of the citation thing was to get rid of individual tropers seeing Unfortunate Implications everywhere, but I wanted to check before deleting it.
Edited by DiscaropenFirst Time Troper's New Pages Literature
After lurking for years, I finally made an account and created my first page or rather a set of pages relating to a single work. But, given that I am a new to editing, there is probably a whole slew of stuff I did wrong even though I read up as much as a could about the site's editing etiquette. Basically I suspect there are a lot of problems with these pages and I would like some help or some advice on getting them spiffy. Where should I go for assistance? Pages are here: Aeon Legion: Labyrinth Aeon Legion: Labyrinth Aeon Legion: Labyrinth Aeon Legion: Labyrinth
open Works with alternate stories like in Life of Pi Literature
know any examples of stories that use the same mechanism of offering two or more possible alternative plots with some similarities like same characters or place or events?

Hi, I want to create pages for a couple of the stories in Ovid's Metamorpheses (shorter works that are part of the whole), and I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on what namespace to use and how to index the page. I'd like for it to show up as a subheading for Metamorpheses on https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClassicLiterature
and for the Metamorpheses page to link to it. The stories I am creating pages for are Arachne, Icarus and Daedalus, Narcissus and Echo. I am new to making pages so any advice would be really helpful. Thanks!