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openAdding My Own Work Webcomic
Apologies if this has been asked before, I searched but to no avail. I've recently started a webcomic (just a little gag-a-day thing, albeit every few days) and I'm interested in starting a page for it here. However, I don't want to just add one when I've only got a few strips as I don't think that would be very good, ettiquette-wise, and I can only imagine how cluttered the site would be if everyone made pages for their brand-new, single-issue webcomics. What would be an acceptable minimum number of strips before I made a trope page? Thanks in advance.
(This question sounded a lot better in my head)
openMary Sue tropes Webcomic
Would it be okay to list some additional Mary Sue tropes for Ensign Sue Must Die? They're listed as Flame Bait, however, this work's use of them is clearly intentional and used for parody.
openMy First Page Webcomic
So, I've made my first ever Works page. It's for a Mario/Pokemon fancomic called Bad Things Will Happen, a story which is one of the best I've ever read.
However, the page...needs work. A lot of work.
So this is why I'm asking...Could someone maybe help me with the page? I understand if you can't, or if I'm asking in the wrong place...but I'd really appreciate some help.
-Lily, aka BOOM!
openDrunk Duck, The Duck Webcomics Webcomic
Back in 2013, there was a thread to clean up links to drunk duck to their new address (theduckwebcomics) unfortunately, this was never finished. Whilst changing Crowning Moment Of Awesome over to Awesome Moments as it says on Administrivia.Wick Namespace Migration I came across this problem - All the external links on Webcomic.Thog Infinitron and YMMV.Thog Infinitron are broken, and I'd have to wade through the webcomic to fix them, anyone more familiar want to have a stab? (and check other The Duck comics' pages to see if they've been changed over or not.) That 2013 thread was locked.
Link to old thread here:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13853119790A89363900&page=1#1
open A sequel that's more of a coda. Webcomic
Is there a trope name for story that's technically a sequel but really doesn't stand very strongly as a unique story? It's the case where the reader really has to have read the first installment in order for the sequel to make sense? Basically, the sequel is really more of an extended coda to the first installment.
open New Here and Dumb Webcomic
How can I make a page for a comic I read? I'm really stupid and can't figure out how, sorry!
openNew Here and Dumb Webcomic
How can I make a page for a comic I read? I'm really stupid and can't figure out how, sorry!
openFinal Smash Webcomic Webcomic
Article Link: Final Smash!
Troper Orange Kyle 91 apparently has "blanked" the page at the request of the comic author (saying there is proof the creator requested removal of the page which breaks "The Fic May Be Yours, But The Page Is Ours" rule).
I have reverted the blanking and PM'd the troper about the rule and this Ask the Tropers thread, but I figured I should note this occurrence here for the future.
EDIT - Oh I forgot to mention, the comic author apparently has cancelled the comic, but mirrors do exist elsewhere I believe.
Edited by Ngamer01openorder of the stick ymmv Webcomic
So, Miko Miyazaki's listed as a designated villain. I believe that the example is inaccurate. It clearly misrepresents elements from the story to try and absolve her of responsibility. Most egregiously, it tries to blame Shojo and Roy for not "explaining the situation" and for leaving her out of the loop regarding Shojo's schemes despite the fact that she's clearly gone off the deep end and isn't known to listen to reason, thus giving them plenty of reason not to tell her anything. I think we should delete the example but St Fan said to bring it up here first. So, what do you think?
openFriendlyHostility link is bad Webcomic
Apparently, it used to link to a webcomic, but currently "friendlyhostility dot com" takes you to a sex shop site. Our page on the comic Friendly Hostility contains this link. Does anyone know if the webcomic still exists, and if so, if we can change the link to the current webcomic page rather than the sex shop?
openmaking new namespace? Webcomic
Can someone tell me how to do new namespaces? I've tried, but I can't figure it out. I'm trying to create a pantheon page for Erma, (since she has a spot in the pantheon, but no page). Any help?
Edited by Bluman08openWho wrote the "Silver Crisis" Trope page? Webcomic
As the creator of SC, I am impressed to see how accurately someone was able to identify all the tropes I put into the project.
Edited by MegaBlastaopenOrder of the Stick / Deleted Moment of Awesome Webcomic
So I noticed someone removed an addition I'd made to the Awesome page that went as such:
- Thor appears. We finally get a good look at what a god's natural state is, and he is the size of a frickin kaiju. If you look at his right boot, you can see two barely visible figures on the fur trim of his boot. That's Durkon and Minrah, who had mistaken Thor's leg for a tower and had walked for a good distance on said fur, not realizing where they stood. The gods of this setting are literally a big deal.
The reasons given were:
Shouldn't an Awesome Moment require the character to DO something besides just happening to be large?
I don't want to get into an edit war with this person, but I feel it applies since this is the first time in over 1130 strips that we finally get to see a god in person. And not only that, but the characters we've been following have been walking on them like they were a mountain because that's how big the character is. It's an awesome, dramatic reveal of just how immense the gods are that I think qualifies for inclusion.
So I just want to get the green light to add it back with a tag line stating that it does deserve to be there, or receive confirmation that this moment doesn't really fit. Either way, I put this before all of you.
openSomething to do with having multiple namespace Webcomic
Hi, um, never quite did this before but, um, I do have an inquiry of about the Kill la Kill AU page also having the namespace of "Fanfic".
Can a page have two namespaces if tropes for both of those namespaces are covered on the same page?
I mean, I've seen other pages where tropes for both namespaces were covered on the same page (more specifically/commonly, Anime/Manga pages) and I haven't really seen either namespace get cut.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks a million for your time.
openHow Strict are Source Requirements for Word of God? Webcomic
Another user and I were discussing a possible entry for Word of God for Sleepless Domain, which confirms that two characters are twins. However, the only source either of us had was a comment in the comic's Discord channel. Not something that could be easily pointed to as a source. Would that disqualify it as a source for this entry?
Edited by sgamer82openTo report or not to report, that is the question Webcomic
I heard that the page on Shredded Moose had been cut under the content policy, but there seems to be a page on it now. While I'm not quite familiar with the webcomic, and the page itself looks pretty clean, if the P5 decided it was inappropriate, I feel a little weird about the article being here. Should I report it?
openMaintaining a page of my own work Webcomic
Two months ago, I created a page for my webcomic, SWAP Ensemble . I have been maintaining the page (and the corresponding character page) to the best of my ability, but I would like a fresh set of eyes to find mistakes and remove any creator bias.
Edited by k5972
I'd like to make a page for Tillie Walden's On a Sunbeam, which, from what I know, started as a webcomic before being published as a graphic novel by a publishing company. It's the same story, and the same art, just in book form. Should I list it as a webcomic or as literature? Thank you!