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Awhile ago, we decided Genre Savvy only applies to familiarity with In-Universe fiction. Now that We are applying this to Dangerously Genre-Savvy, how are the two tropes different?
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Dangerously Genre-Savvy is, and always has been, villain focused.
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So Dangerously Genre-Savvy is a villain who is Genre Savvy? Why does it deserve to be its own trope?
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Can a hero be Dangerously Genre-Savvy?
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Of course! It's just that being Dangerously Genre Savvy has a tendency to be underhanded, so it's mostly the realm of Villains. But yes, it's very possible! Sherlock Holmes is one!
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No. Dangerously Genre Savvy is a villain trope. Characters can exploit being Genre Savvy without falling under it.
It feels unfair that only villains get get dangerously genre savvy. Why can't heroes or not-villains be?
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You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
For the Comic Books section, I think Mammoth Mogul of the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics should be included. He is an extremely old super-genius magical mammoth who wants complete control over the planet Mobius. Sonic's efforts to thwart him always work out in the end, sure, but get this: Mogul gives up. He realizes he can never beat Sonic or his team with his plans no matter what. Where's the "Dangerously" in that Genre Savvy, you ask? He gives up establishing his rule of Mobius then in favor of going into hibernation until his foes are dead of old age, therefore leaving him with no opposition later. Can you believe that? He's waiting out the run of the entire story (as it is unlikely to continue very long after Sonic dies of cardiac arrest), thereby avoiding every possible trope and cliche to succeed. How's THAT for Dangerously Genre savvy?
I would do this myself, but I've never edited before and I've noticed that all the other entries have links to like, 5 other tropes that correspond with it. I'm not really well-versed in the tropes associated with this example, so I don't think I should edit the page.
Removed Xykon and Redcloak. Both are Genre Savvy, but neither one is Dangerously so; they lampshade genre conventions rather than subverting them, and Xykon in fact appears to be Contractually Genre Blind. (Tarquin, on the other hand, is the living incarnation of this trope.)
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Let's see. That comic was posted at 6:40 PM Eastern time on December 28th, judging from the OotS forums. Three hours later, it had been added as the image for this trope.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
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