People who bitch about works of classic literature not having longer wiki pages.

GuyInWhite

People not putting a bunch of information about works like "Catcher in the Rye" on TV Tropes does not equal the death of all culture.

The notion that something is less valid as "culture" because it isn't as "deep" as a work of literature that everyone praises but no one reads is just fucking stupid.

RedEyedAbyss

Komodin said it best:

"Should I provide a reminder as to what is the main audience of TvTropes?"

Though to play devil's advocate, posturing about how supposedly deep and profound a popular, frivolous entertainment work is (particularly in regards to anime) grinds my gears just as much. Just enjoy the damn show. Trying to cover it up with I Read It For The Articles only exposes it as a Guilty Pleasure.

Stormtroper

The notion that Tropes Are Good might be involved.

TravisBickle

Though to play devil's advocate, posturing about how supposedly deep and profound a popular, frivolous entertainment work is (particularly in regards to anime) grinds my gears just as much. Just enjoy the damn show. Trying to cover it up with I Read It For The Articles only exposes it as a Guilty Pleasure.
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This guy knows exactly what's up.

Also, to be fair, that information was something I researched a year ago that I just threw in for padding, and my point wasn't "you're dumb for liking this instead of loving *Vintage Literature Goes Here*" or anything of the sort, but simply my own amazement at what a hardcore fanbase they have that can write so many pages about a website's video reviewers simply based off skits from bi-weekly 20 minute videos that the output rivals many novels. As StormTroper pointed out, I'm sure Tropes are Good fits in somewhere, but it's my place to judge, really.

nohaynicklibre

-HOW CAN THIS GREAT  WORK OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE NOT HAVE ENTRIES ON THE WIKI

-Well, why don't you add some?

-I HAVEN'T READ IT

Ponicalica

«Also, to be fair, that information was something I researched a year ago that I just threw in for padding, and my point wasn't "you're dumb for liking this instead of loving *Vintage Literature Goes Here*" or anything of the sort, but simply my own amazement at what a hardcore fanbase they have that can write so many pages about a website's video reviewers simply based off skits from bi-weekly 20 minute videos that the output rivals many novels. As StormTroper pointed out, I'm sure Tropes are Good fits in somewhere, but it's my place to judge, really.»

But after that line, you made a comment about how it was the death of culture.

TravisBickle

Ponicalica says:
But after that line, you made a comment about how it was the death of culture.

...Yeah, I'm REALLY starting to wish I had read over that post I copied instead of just copying a year old "preaching to the choir" post verbatim, because that line I only half realized was there is really coming back to bite me in the ass >.>

Noimporta

but simply my own amazement at what a hardcore fanbase they have that can write so many pages about a website's video reviewers simply based off skits from bi-weekly 20 minute videos that the output rivals many novels.

There are many reasons for that: They're newer, so they have an active fandom, they're internet media, so their fans are generally somewhat internet savvy, and the internet is the only outlet for their fandom, the fact that they are serialized work in their favour, since you have all the tropes from each episode fresh, which is not always the case after reading a whole book, the fact that they encourage a fandom environment, etc.

Deboss

>People not putting a bunch of information about works like "Catcher in the Rye" on TV Tropes does not equal the death of all culture.

Curses, I'll have to try something different.

Chagen

I am remined of ED's factual statement that Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha was, according to TvTropes, 26 times more important than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

RedEyedAbyss

I remember people making similar remarks about Wikipedia, saying they think Pokemon or Star Trek is more important than Shakespeare.

Nyktos

@Abyss_Worm: So, why exactly is animation from Japan incapable of being deep and profound?

RedEyedAbyss

I'm not saying it can't be. However, when you're trying to hold up Kodomo No Jikan as an example in that regard, that's not exactly good for your credibility.

I target anime specifically because "deep and meaningful" posturing happens the most to anime on TV Tropes. The old examples list for I Read It For The Articles was mostly mocking in tone except for the anime examples which were mostly straight justifications.

Nyktos

Well, fair enough then. You're probably right that anime gets it more often.

Vorpy

Because Catcher in the Rye sucks?