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Anyone else thinking Korra has {{MostCommonSuperpower}}? Her...assets are a bit large for your average 17-year-old.
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Anyone else thinking Korra has {{Most Common Superpower}}? Her...assets are a bit large for your average 17-year-old.
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying BrevityIsWit) and badly written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying too-lazy-to-write-a-full-definition). There are well-written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that illustrate a point) and badly written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that just confuse the issue). One is not automatically \\\'\\\'better\\\'\\\' than the other -- it\\\'s just that a particular sub-set of the group that dislikes long tropes and examples is more vocal and persistent in their editing, basically subscribing to the idea that \\\"if I keep repeating it, it will become Law.\\\"
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is about creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people equates to \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is about creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people equates to \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying BrevityIsWit) and badly written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying too-lazy-to-write-a-full-definition). There are well-written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that illustrate a point) and badly written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that just confuse the issue). One is not automatically \\\'\\\'better\\\'\\\' than the other -- it\\\'s just that a particular sub-set of the group that dislikes long tropes and examples is more vocal and persistent in their editing, basically subscribing to the idea that \\\"if I keep repeating it, it will become Law.\\\"
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is abour creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people equates to \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is abour creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people equates to \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
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To me at least, chatty has connotations of friendliness, not tedium, although I would understand the implicationd of being insubstantial/lightweight.
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To me at least, chatty has connotations of friendliness, not tedium, although I would understand the implication of being insubstantial/lightweight.
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \
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I still think this is a personal preference thing. There are well-written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying BrevityIsWit) and badly written \\\"short\\\" tropes (exemplifying too-lazy-to-write-a-full-definition). There are well-written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that illustrate a point) and badly written \\\"long\\\" tropes (with examples that just confuse the issue). One is not automatically\\\'\\\'better\\\'\\\' than the other -- it\\\'s just that a particular sub-set of the group that dislikes long tropes and examples is more vocal and persistent in their editing, basically subscribing to the idea that \\\"if I keep repeating it, it will become Law.\\\"
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is abour creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people is \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
(Again, I ask honestly: Is this part of a defined hierarchy, official policy, or just personal BerserkButton?)
I think ExampleAsAThesis-is-evil is one more unnecessary bugbear. There are common sense rules of good writing: don\\\'t {{natter}}, try to avoid upsetting people, acknowledge [[YourMileageMayVary different points of view]], don\\\'t be a {{troll}} and check your spelling. However, the wiki is abour creativity as much as it is about information -- and what psuedo-rules like this are telling people is \\\"There is one way to write a trope, and you shall not deviate.\\\" In that case, just make the trope creation page a form that people fill in -- but if you do, at least take the \\\"we encourage original thought and breezy language\\\" part off of the home page.
Mods and Trope Editors are kept busy enough without having to chase down every trope that doesn\\\'t conform to the Trope Ideal \\\'\\\'du jour\\\'\\\' (who would have thought TV Tropes would be dominated by fashions?). If you don\\\'t like the way a trope is written, but it\\\'s still obvious what the trope \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', tolerate it. The world won\\\'t end. I\\\'m working my way through the examples on this page, and I\\\'ve yet to see any instance where the example doesn\\\'t assist in defining the trope. In fact, for all the furore over these tropes being \\\"too long\\\", most of them are short!
