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I am not ready to quit TV Tropes yet

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  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Nakama, The Mario, helping with the Troper Tales... Hm.

    You know what i hate? Bringing up something valid (asking for forum-specific mods) and then waiting for replies >:|
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Waiting for replies is definitely the only aspect of online communication I don't like.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Okay...

    Could we actually maybe work on an analysis to present here?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    OK, I'm back from a Magic game.

    Here's what I need, gimme links to the relevant Trope Talk threads INUH just mentioned.

    As for an analysis, I think Malkavian wrote a thesis on Batman a while ago. Might be helpful.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    We haven't made the Trope Talk threads yet.

    I'm just hoping that if we can provide an example as to what an analysis would be good like...
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    Glad to know you're on board anyway, Juan. Too bad I can't help because I'm terrible with analysis in general.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-08-14 20:58:32
    You can change. You can.
    Well, did you get around amking the research for the vampire one?

    ^I'm kinda good at em (Have to be if I don't wanna starve) but I'm honestly on a rut in terms of inspiration right now. And I don't get paid to write in English, so it's not like I have much of a motivation. >_>
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I could not find any examples that were not from Anne Rice or later.

    It may be easier if we focused on a broader Trope for the moment, like Face Heel Turn, which has a lot more information readily available.
  • NoimportaNoimporta
    edited 2011-08-14 21:04:50
    It doesn't necessarily have to be a long-winded analysis, you can just start discussing the trope and build it cooperatively from there.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    ^If that's the case, why not write collaborative analyses and post them on the respective trope's analysis pages?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    It doesn't necessarily have to be a long-winded analysis, you can just start discussing the trope and build it cooperatively from there.

    While true, it also needs to have a point.

    I don't have a point.

    You might see the problem.
  • NoimportaNoimporta
    If that's the case, why not write collaborative analyses and post them on the respective trope's analysis pages?
    Congratulations, you just found a use for this new system.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Now, now, condescension doesn't become you, Noimporta.

    Sarcasm, however...
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-08-14 21:36:50
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Don't we already have that Vampires Are Sex Gods analysis that was being kicked around in the Analysis thread? We could start up a thread by asking for help on it.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    > Making hard-and-fast, "crystal clear" rules actually makes rules-lawyering easier, not harder. Trust me on this.

    Grrr.

    Anyway, where would we make the thread?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    In the new subforum, when it opens.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    But that could take ages...
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Well, yeah, but we can't work on improving the subforum until it exists.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    But I'm trying to focus on the Analysis right now, so we can have something to offer up when the subforum opens up and we try to work on it.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Ah.

    Well, we already have a working start on that trope. Want to talk about another?
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I was thinking of taking a look at some of the more embedded tropes.

    For example, I was thinking of the Face Heel Turn, the Heel Face Turn, the Anti Hero, Redemption Equals Death, and Heroic Sacrifice tropes, which I'm fairly sure stretch way back into the past and have a boatload of info available.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    You know if you delete your account you can just make a new one, probably in secret and continue posting in the forums like nothing ever happened, right? You know that deleting your account is a laughable attempt at saying "See what I am doing? You caused this. I hope you are happy...I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY!!! T_T" while screaming into the internet sky like you aren't coming back, when in all honesty, when you get interested you'll just make a new handle.

    Stop being a bitch and request an IP ban.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^Those could all be interesting, though I'd have to do some research to comment further.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Yeah. I'll do some research today and report on the thread with my findings, OK?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Cool.

    I was thinking Enkidu of The Epic of Gilgamesh was the oldest Heel Face Turn for a bit, but he really starts out as more of a rival than a villain, I think.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    We may see... I'll go ask around on the forum to see if anybody knows about this.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    You know if you delete your account you can just make a new one, probably in secret and continue posting in the forums like nothing ever happened, right? You know that deleting your account is a laughable attempt at saying "See what I am doing? You caused this. I hope you are happy...I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY!!! T_T" while screaming into the internet sky like you aren't coming back, when in all honesty, when you get interested you'll just make a new handle.

    That would be true if it wasn't because of the "one IP = one account" rule.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Sockpuppets you know. I made 5 accounts, 3 of them are deleted. I can still log into both of them...so.....?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^Now try to make an account from an IP you've made one with before. It's a new restriction to cut down on spammers.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Yeah, I mean, if I nuked Juan Carlos, I could use one of the sockpuppets. But there's no point in me walking as "Obi Juan Kenobi" or as "Tommy Wiseau"

    And it's mostly to avoid those annoying "Maybe I should return" things. It's final and it's definitive. Sure, you can ask for the ban, but in the case of, say, English Ivy, who still uses #yackfest and still would get linked to TvT a lot, there's really no point in doing it.
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