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Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 24th 2024 at 1:49:19 PM
the Retromancer
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Nobody has decided that, the description was short from the beginning.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
the Retromancer
Due to having one trope as Related, which was admin-nuked.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Before that, it was even longer. (Obviously I don’t want to go back to those days.)
It's not really longer if you exclude the part about Japanese culture.
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
If you want to change the description, that's outside this thread's scope. Description changes are a job for this thread.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 29th 2024 at 2:31:25 PM
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Depends on what sort of changes are being proposed, though. That thread is only for changes that don't alter the trope as defined.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
That's what I meant, but I could have been more clear about that.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
So for a while I've been trying to get help with the Incorruptible Pure Pureness rewriting phase. Thing is, I don't actually think there's any solid way to make the IUEO stuff clearer than it already is, but really don't want to jump ahead without a single other troper weighing in on that concern. (Someone did post, but they noted a different issue with the description instead)
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
A slot's open and Comic Book Run is next on the queue but it seems like the wick check isn't done yet.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Mrph's on break rn due to COVID, so...
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Animu
Go with Katanas Are Just Better then.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Did that.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Animu
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I was thinking for a moment to open my thread on the threesome tropes but I felt that is less on an Issue than the trend of weapon tropes being sinkholed everywhere they are mentioned.
I made a note on Comic Book Run that it's on hold until the wick check is completed, but then I looked at how many wicks that trope's got and it's just 21. I thought something like that didn't require a wick check.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
It likely doesn't, but if it exists, may as well complete it. It can still be helpful.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Not sure how to go about doing this, but I'm thinking of removing One-Steve Limit from No Straight Examples, Please! and give it an outright Example Sectionectomy.
As it is defined, One-Steve Limit is a Tropes in Aggregate where no characters share names with each other (despite having very common names) to keep each of their identity unique. With it being No Straight Examples, Please!, most of the trope usage boils down to aversions where two or more people do share the same name. We already have numerous tropes for "characters sharing names as a joke or other for plot-relevant reasons", so listing "aversions of One-Steve Limit" is redundant to the former, but also Chairs when the shared names don't have any narrative significance.
@8816-7: The threshold for Starving is lower for tropes that are less than three years old. Comic Book Run's creation date is listed as April 2021, so its third birthday was just last month, so it almost certainly wasn't old enough to qualify as Starving when it was placed on the queue.
Also, since part of the problem is misuse, checking to see how much there is would still be useful.
Edited by MorganWick on May 3rd 2024 at 2:44:57 AM
What exactly is the threshold for Starving tropes? I checked the FAQ and couldn't find anything.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
See Wick
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Can shapeshift (probably)
You'd need to check Wick. ![[nja]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/user_ninja_2074.png "[nja]"){kind=small}
Edited by Coachpill on May 3rd 2024 at 3:22:23 PM
Silver and gold, silver and gold
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This may be out of pocket but I'm wondering if Recycled In Space should be greenlinked or something. It was made JFF a while ago and replaced with Recycled with a Gimmick but we never got around to the cleanup part. People still use it.
Edited by WarJay77 on May 5th 2024 at 1:18:51 PM
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Went ahead and did that.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Sweet
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
I dunno if this is the right place to put this but...
I'm okay with Panty Shot being definition only, but who decided, and specifically why, did they decide that the page be a three-sentence stub?
Am I that troper? Maybe, maybe not, the world may never know.