TV Tropes, magic, and you!

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Over There: Jun 28, 2013; by Azathoth

What is the deal with everyone saying TV Tropes is an amazing website where you can get lost for hours? It's never kept me on there for more that 5 minutes.

They even have a xkcd comic about it.
http://xkcd.com/609/

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Tsinava: Nov 15, 2009; by Ralp

It's okay for finding spoilers to stories that you hate and don't want to read and don't want others to read either.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:16

ElectricSheep: Jan 14, 2006; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

those people are weird and strange

at least according to this troper

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:17

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

TVtropes is the stupidest loving bullshit

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:19

Dead Precedents: May 5, 2005; Precedents come and go, but death goes on forever.

I think the best trope on TV is F-Trope.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:42

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

For real, I can't stand people who use TVtropes. I know, I know, why do I care so much. I love to hate stuff, that's all.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:45

.lnk to the past: May 3, 2005; psoting while drunk

sweet the only thing i like better than tv tropes is xkcd

# ? Dec 28, 2014 06:59

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

Once again goatkcd proves to be an improvement over the original

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:10

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

Chill la Chill posted:

Once again goatkcd proves to be an improvement over the original

I don't think this has ever not been true

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:17

BeefThief: Aug 8, 2007

neat.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:21

Gunky Junket: Oct 30, 2014; by Ralp

TV Tropes can go get hosed; but I LOVE magic! Not that pull a rabbit outta ya hat bullshit, I mean that special magic.. that rocks.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:35

GrrrlSweatshirt: Jun 2, 2012

Gunky Junket posted:

TV Tropes can go get hosed; but I LOVE magic! Not that pull a rabbit outta ya hat bullshit, I mean that special magic.. that rocks.

what the gently caress is wrong with taking a rabbit out of a hat huh

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:38

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

Rabbits are small but do not belong in hats, unlike cats

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:44

The Dennis System: Aug 4, 2014; Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.

TV Tropes is p entertaining.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:54

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project

Successful enough I guess.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:54

Glasgow Kiss: Dec 12, 2007; Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.

here's a short biography of adolf hitler with links to more tv tropes

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler?from=Main.AdolfHitler

# ? Dec 28, 2014 07:59

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

a lot of the "tvtropes is addicting" stuff happened before the dark times i think

i remember that site being pretty addicting and then now i go on there and it's like WELL IN THIS FANFICTION FOR A WEBCOMIC

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Quellar: Dec 21, 2007; quit staring at me

I hope that someday, I, too, will have a Crowning Moment of Awesome.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 08:05

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

Quellar posted:

I hope that someday, I, too, will have a Crowning Moment of Awesome.

In the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/DC Universe Crossover "Lost Ones" Vilgax hires Slade to kill Ben, he decides to go after Gwen For the Evulz and she fights him on an even playing field, even though she gets the crap beat out of her. She counters his Breaking Speech about her guilt for killing the Forever Knights who murdered Kevin, culminating in an Actor Allusion with the words, "Shut up! Just shut up and leave me alone! I�m not some sad little girl you can control, you Manipulative Bastard!". Shortly after she gives Slade an Eye Scream with a pen through his empty right eye socket, and that was after she kneecapped him with a golf club. Considering the fact that Gwen and Terra are both played by Ashley Johnson, it's just so much more awesome.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 08:07

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

FordPRefectLL posted:

a lot of the "tvtropes is addicting" stuff happened before the dark times i think

i remember that site being pretty addicting and then now i go on there and it's like WELL IN THIS FANFICTION FOR A WEBCOMIC

Troper Tales is a massive block of text of stdh and people posting their "I've got a great idea for a novel/webcomic DO NOT STEAL"

It's like if the wiki editing arguments were given their own page as "notable".

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In Daria fanfic, two OC's are living, breathing CMoAs every time they show their faces! Jim Vitale (especially when written by Scissors MacGillicutty) and Black Majesty (when written by Roentgen). The pinnacle of the Big Bad, both are superb examples of the Manipulative Bastard who lives by The Plan- and while Black Majesty is probably Like a Badass out of Hell, Vitale is a fusion of Bunny-Ears Lawyer and Badass Normal with his own CatchPhrases (anyone who he calls 'asshat' is in for a world of 'ow', people he calls 'sport' should watch their backs, and as he says, 'the law is just what lawyers do with it'), his own version of the Kubrick Stare, a Compelling Voice and takes any woman in sight that he wants - because All Girls Want Bad Boys, and he's a amped-up version of Draco in Leather Pants.

pentyne fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Dec 28, 2014

# ? Dec 28, 2014 08:11

Torka: Jan 5, 2008

many years ago it used to be a fairly cool and interesting encyclopedia of fiction cliches, before the weeaboos and tumblrs (who were always there but used to have no power) took over the place

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Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

i googled troper tales and apparently tvtropes own community voted to shut it down

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pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Speaking of magic for some reason Kim Possible fanfiction seems to carry a curse that kills its writers.

quote:

Commander Argus

Recommended by theschwab34, The Exegesis Fairy
Pairings: Mostly Kim/Ron.
Sadly, he has died, but his stories will live forever.

cpneb

Recommended by Dragonicia, theschwab34
Pairings: Mostly Kim/Ron and Wade/Joss, though there are gems of others pairings throughout his series including some rather cracktastic ones.
This author was one of the big authors of the fandom. His stories, like he was, are full of heart, humor, and a touch of naughtiness. There are several universes that he has created, each one having a deep history. His ability to convey and evoke emotion are second to none. You would be hard pressed to not find something in his writings that you like. Sadly, he died April 2010 and with him went some of the heart of the Kimmunity.

Screaming Phoenix

Recommended by TheSchwab34
Pairings: Mostly Kim/Ron
Sadly he has passed away but his writings will forever keep his spirit alive. A huge Kim/Ron shipper.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 10:36

Flesh Forge: Jan 31, 2011; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

pentyne posted:

Speaking of magic for some reason Kim Possible fanfiction seems to carry a curse that kills its writers.

wonderful

# ? Dec 28, 2014 11:53

Horniest Manticore: Nov 23, 2013; Hello, you!; Lipstick Apathy

tvtropes AND xkcd in one thread????

# ? Dec 28, 2014 12:03

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Gay Roads posted:

tvtropes AND xkcd in one thread????

together at last

# ? Dec 28, 2014 12:22

Beef Turret: Jul 9, 2009; by Lowtax

# ? Dec 28, 2014 12:26

AKA Pseudonym: May 16, 2004; A dashing and sophisticated young man; Doctor Rope

It's fun to read about themes and similarities that occur across many different works of fiction. I don't care about anime or whatever so I just don't read that poo poo. I don't even know where people find all that "this troper" stuff.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 12:51

AMINAL: Dec 6, 2014

eh

scp-foundation is where it's at. at least for wiki type sites

# ? Dec 28, 2014 13:15

Stoic Commie: Aug 29, 2005; by XyloJW

it's neat, what a neat thing

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GrrrlSweatshirt: Jun 2, 2012

AKA Pseudonym posted:

It's fun to read about themes and similarities that occur across many different works of fiction. I don't care about anime or whatever so I just don't read that poo poo. I don't even know where people find all that "this troper" stuff.

if u want that kind of thing just read some joseph campbell instead of checking out what a brony wrote about xanadu gambits in his fan fiction of a fetish webcomic

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Waltzing Along: Jun 14, 2008; There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

I went there for the first time because of this thread. I clicked on one trope. Oh...that's exactly what I expected. Ctrl-W.

# ? Dec 28, 2014 19:58

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