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openAgent Loki: International Man of Mayhem trope page removed Literature
Why was the trope page for the fanfic Agent Loki: International Man of Mayhem removed? The reason given says "Work existed, but wiped from the internet. There is a link to download, but without being certain of the downloading security, it's inadvisable to use." It's true that the author removed the fanfic from the internet but I see no reason why it can't still have a trope page. If a link was the problem, wouldn't it make more sense to just delete the link instead of removing the entire page?
Link to removed trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/AgentLokiInternationalManOfMayhem
openSF and Gender Literature
Maybe this belongs more to TF, but I'd like to ask if there's still a stereotype that Science Fiction is mainly a genre for males, and, by extension, females who read SF would be considered Periphery Demographic? I know that stereotype existed, but I'm not sure whether it's still widespread enough to trope.
openMore from Unbuilt Trope Literature
(The original entry is two bullets at the bottom of LONG list of "teen dystopia" sub-genre entry)
- The Hunger Games itself is a Trope Codifier for the YA Dystopia Novel note Though The Giver and Uglies both predate it, it started the trend more properly , and has many deconstructive elements, thanks to its author being very fond of deconstructor fleets. After all, the dystopia depicted isn't that much worse than the resistance, the Love Triangle is a ploy for attention by the villains, and most of the second book is spent exploring how the main character's psyche has been affected by the events of the first rather than a further adventure.
Ignoring how it's include as Trope Codifier (But is it? The note only claims it "started the trend more properly", not how it codifies the genre), the fact that it outright say "its author being very fond of deconstructor fleets" make me think it's more of "early deconstruction" than actual Unbuilt Trope.
Edited by Kuruniopenexample arguing with itself Literature
The Dune example under "Literature" on War for Fun and Profit is arguing with itself. I don't know anything about the series beyond half-paying attention to the movie and TV Tropes examples. Could someone who does know please fix?
openThe Way of Kings disambig Literature
I dropped a line on the discussion page in question, but those tend to get ignored, so here we are.
Literature.The Way Of Kings was created in 2013 for Brandon Sanderson's book, the first in The Stormlight Archive. Two days ago, someone created a page for a new book by Louise Searl, Literature.The Way Of Kings 2021. So far so good. Except this person then moved Sanderson's book to Literature.The Way Of Kings 2010 and made Literature.The Way Of Kings a disambig.
I really, really question if moving the original page is necessary, especially considering the large number of wicks and huge number of inbounds Sanderson's book had. Normally, the older page gets to keep the title sans date, and the newer one gets the date. It seems like a lot of extra work, done by one troper with no discussion. Should this move be reverted?
openUnmarked spoilers in a work description Literature
The description for A Sound of Thunder spoils the ending of the work, which is intended to be a twist, though it may be subject to It Was His Sled. Should that part of the description be removed or at least reworded to something more vague? There's no spoiler marking on the rest of the page, though.
Edited by mightymewtronopenEdit check Literature
Could someone double-check on my edits on Take That Literature? The alphabetizing was a royal mess, and I'm not sure I got all of it -I kept thinking I was done, and then noticed something else!
Problems included: alphabetizing by a, an, the; alphabetizing by author's first name before last; alphabetizing by series but potholing the series title to the book title, so it looked out of order; slapping stuff onto the end despite the notice on top; different works from the same author scattered around the page, some ordered by author and some by work name; and some that looked they were dropped in where the editor felt like.
(Don't ask about the remaining problems with example indentation, please; I'm worn out from fixing the alphabetical order.)
openIs there a launch pad for books? Literature
I'd like to start a new page for the new 2021 novel "The Plot" by Jean Hanff Koelitz, and it would be helpful to put it in a "launch pad" before it's ready to be posted. But it looks as if there are only launch pads available for individual works—-only tropes. So should I just start the page anyway and gradually add tropes to it, or is there something I missed?
openTroping memoirs Literature
I'd like to create a page for Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think? (using the former as the page title) by Richard Feynman. I'm given to understand that nonfiction literature is considered tropable as long as examples are limited to the work and not the subject, but would like to get confirmation of that before I begin.
In the interest of full disclosure, I was the creator of Richard Feynman, and would be reinstating many of the tropes formerly found on that page, since the books are the source for the majority. I'd like to make sure this is appropriate first, though, as it could reasonably be interpreted as Loophole Abuse. That's not the intention; rather, it's in recognition of the fact that the Useful Notes page was a de facto troping of his works.
If the consensus is that this is a bad idea, I'll cheerfully accept it.
Edited by dannybeansopenNamespaces Literature
I've been recently thinking of launching a work page for Anatole, which began as a children's book but later received an Animated Adaptation. Now, in my experience, most works of this type (Franklin, Little Bear, The Dumb Bunnies, etc.) have Literature as their main namespace, but also include a Western Animation namespace that redirects to the Literature one. I'm hoping to do the same thing for Anatole, but the problem is that I have absolutely no idea how this is achieved. Any pointers?
openNot sure if example counts Literature
I can't decide if the following example- taken from LightNovel.Spice And Wolf- fits or not.
- Artistic License – Medicine: Justified in universe. When Holo gets sick from fatigue, Lawrence treats her using the "four humors" method, which was prevalent in medieval society.
True, the medical practices aren't accurate to modern standards, but if they're accurate to the time period depicted then can it really count as Artistic License? (I'm probably overthinking this.)
openMapleshade-Ambiguous Disorder Literature
As I recall Ambiguous Disorder are not about dignoising characters with a specific disorder. Over at Characters.Warrior Cats Others under Mapleshade, there was this entry:
- Ambiguous Disorder: In her novella, Mapleshade appears to develop Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, as she sees the deaths of her kits over and over again in her mind and in her dreams. She also appears to have hallucinations of them begging her to avenge them. According to Vicky Holmes, she wasn't medically insane, but was driven mad by grief and feelings of betrayal, and that led to hallucinations that her dead kits were urging her to commit murder. Also, in Spottedleaf's Heart, Mapleshade is described as "walking stiffly, as if old wounds troubled her."
I thought that most of the entry seemed good, so I only deleted the part where it said she developed Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, only for it to be put back by the same troper who had put it in first without any edit reason.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Characters.WarriorCatsOthers
I just want to double check that I am in the right and if I am, ask someone else to delete it as it is now an edit war.
Edited by LadyErinNYopen how to make a wiki page? Literature
I want to make a wiki page for The Adventures of Ook and Gluk but I don't know how to and the page on it isn't helping me
openTrivia/Animorphs has a ton of issues Literature
There are audience reactions such as Older Than They Think and Anti-Climax Boss on there, and the video games section feels like a substitute for an actual page about them. Do you think it needs a cleanup?
openObscure works Literature
Is there a project on here for obscure work pages, I've just created Literature.Zozu The Robot but can't find many sources online for it, other than reviews.
I'm looking for help to update this page and can't seem to find it.
openhi! question Literature
Hi! I am a fan of your page! Thank you so much for all the content that you enable for the world to read! I am doing a thesis on children television and representation and I was wondering whether you had used certain authors of literature or philosophy to come up with your definition of trope (I read that entry and really liked it!) Is there someone you could suggest to me that I could quote for my work? And once again, thank you for this wonderful wiki
Edited by crazysamaritanopenHow to add Swords of Heaven to this wiki? Literature
Swords of heaven is a Fanfiction work by Nexus Gundam and it has many tropes but I don’t know how to get it on this site or even if I’m allowed to I’ve only been on this site for nine days so I’m quite new.
openI already created a new page, but there is a different topic with a similar address. Literature
I'm new and unsure about what I should do. There is a movie named "Welcome Home" and another one called "Welcome Home." The problem is, I'm not sure how to split these two completely different series that share the same name apart. I may need some assistance with this.
The FAQ said to ask for help here when this problem occurs, so I'm doing just that.
openWhere to list Light Novel examples: Anime/Manga or Literature Literature
I've been filling out some tropes for The Executioner And Her Way Of Life, a light novel series that is soon to receive an anime adaptation, and have noticed some inconsistency in which folder light novels are listed under on trope pages. Sometimes they're placed under "Literature" (which would be my first impulse, as they are a form of written media), but sometimes under "Anime/Manga" (presumably because the adaptations often eclipse the original in popularity, so that series like Haruhi Suzumiya become far better known as anime, even though they technically belong to the Light Novel namespace). It's even possible for the same series to have examples spread across both, possibly because people began troping it before any anime adaptation was announced and then people who first learned about it from the eventual anime under that namespace rather than the original one.
I don't want to crosswick examples to the wrong place, so could I get some advice on the proper location to put them?

Can You Add My Fan-Fiction To This Website? It's Non-Canon And I Made It For 7 Years. https://www.wattpad.com/story/226295929-blackcrusader