Having discovered this page four and a half years later, I second this motion.
There's no reason to demonize this brand of asexuality.
100%. Not only is it incredibly inflammatory to the actual 2D lovers of this wiki (and statistically there definitely are some), but it’s only Witty, not Clear or Concise.
Galatea Effect may not be the best name for it though, since it might rub up against Pygmalion Plot in unintended ways. There’s definitely thematic similarities between 2D love and pygmalionism, but they’re not the same thing.
Edited by Lakitude I’m a bad Lakidude with a bad Lakitude!
Maybe Fictional Crush or Fictional Attraction would be better? This whole page is so unnecessarily negative too, I really think the whole thing should be reworked.
I find myself unable to navigate the forums to make another request, even though I promised to make no snide comments about allos. If nothing else, this is healthier, STD-free, impossible to do without consent, and overall far less gross than ...you know. So please, can we change the trope name?
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I ran a wick check for it a while ago, and it was decided that there wasn't enough misuse to justify a rename. And judging by the rest of this page, I was not the first. I still think it should be changed, but I'm not able to make that decision.
I was a germophobe before it was cool.
Would James Franco and his body pillow Kimiko-tan in 30 Rock be an example?
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Inappropriately tagged?
, started by rjung on Oct 5th 2010 at 12:17:18 AM
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: To restore, perchance to rename, started by Prfnoff on May 14th 2011 at 5:06:39 AM
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TRS thread that voted to allow in-universe examples but lacked consensus for a rename.
Why is this called PERVERSE Sexual Lust? That is simply revealing certain cultural biases and veering into Acceptable Targets. Was this trope named after a quote or something? Otherwise, I don't see a justification for calling it perverse if we are trying to be neutral.
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Did you actually read the page? It's in direct reference to the forums for It's Walky (and of course is now associated with the entire Walkyverse.)
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I've read the page and still it doesn't really match up. PSL can be used to describe ANY sex offender, from Bestiality Is Depraved to pedophiles. But when the topic of IRL men falling in love with Fictional Characters, it's easier to thik a "Pygmalion and Galatea Effect" than the over-generalised PSL. And nobody cares about It's Walky.
All tropes ultimately come from Real Life. So Real Life should be troped as well.
what about in-universe examples? its worthy add some here or can it lead to natter?
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I was wondering about that too. Is there any particular reason there are no examples at all instead of in-universe examples only?
I concur: we should include examples of in-universe examples.
I'd also like to nominate cases like Erin Esurance, who recently got axed because PSL had so completely taken over her image. I'm not sure whether having the widespread existence of PSL explicitly confirmed by the creators provides extra validation above and beyond the "I think this cartoon character is hot" of most non-in-universe examples.
You might want to offer that up in Ask The Tropers or Trope Repair Shop.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
This was what happened the last time it went through Trope Repair Shop. More precisely, it's why nothing happened.
please don't. Some people can watch anime hot dudes AND have lives.
YOU! OBEY THE FIST!
Not trying to be a bug, but when will the examples be moved over to the fetish fuel wiki? There was a huge troper tales section that got cut and was supposed to be moved to the other wiki.
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I think that wiki is it's own thing, we aren't related to it all except for the fact that it was created due to Fetish Fuel being cut from here. If you guys have the source from Google Cache or wherever (probably gone by now) you should go ahead and add it over there.
I've never been over there, never really plan to, so I can't help. Sorry.
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where did this picture come from? Is it from a con or something? anyways its hilarious, kudos to whoever put it there.
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Pretty sure that's
◊ from an image generator. As in, you supply an image (Kamina), it sticks it over whatever was really there.
I propose this be renamed. Perverse Sexual Lust is a term that can be used to describe all perverse fetishes (e.g. coprophilia, pedophilia, Bestiality Is Depraved). I think a better name for this is the "Galatea Effect" or "Galatea Syndrome" from the Classical tale of an IRL human falling in love with his own fictional construct. PSL is too vague but Galatea Effect falls precisely with the core concept: real humans falling in love with artificial characters. Or, if you want to be more Japanese-ish, let's coin "Mai Waifu" instead.
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