Tropes Abound! [pseudo meme!]

Mar 06, 2010 18:41

So I spent most of my waking hours yesterday on a site called www.TVTropes.org: a wiki-like website detailing as many tropes, archetypes, stereotypes, and not-necessarily-cliches of writing as you can think of. If you've seen it done at least twice, it's probably listed there. It breaks down series into all their basic building blocks and is a bit ( Read more... )

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tangerinelite March 7 2010, 04:26:23 UTC
I laughed at "chinese laborer" as I thought of poor Lewis..actually, I'm even surprised they even have a page for that.

I've heard about tvtropes/how addicting it is but I've never properly understood what it was till now. a lot of these you listed are way interesting to read (Florence Nightingale? The Woobie?)

Just recalling an old story that a friend and I made long long ago in the dawn of time, I can see how a chockfull of tropes would fit. I'm inspired to create a list XD

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oni_bu March 8 2010, 06:10:26 UTC
Ahhhh if you made a list for your story, I would diiieeeeeee

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the_k_box March 7 2010, 15:29:21 UTC
Ungggh, TV Tropes. Once you enter, you can never leave. D:

I did it, though. xD

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oni_bu March 7 2010, 20:27:33 UTC
AWW hahaha I know! I know right!!

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thepapermouse March 11 2010, 23:46:00 UTC
i heart this post

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