kaini Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story, whistle up a hearty spoonful and splosh it in front of you to devour to your heart's content. Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite". In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them. The wiki is called "TV Tropes" because that is where we started. Over the course of a few years, our scope has crept out to include other media. Tropes transcend television. They exist in life, as we will be quick to tell you. Since a lot of art, especially the popular arts, does its best to reflect life, tropes are likely to show up everywhere. We are not Wikipedia. We're a buttload more informal. There Is No Such Thing As Notability, and no citations are needed. If your entry cannot gather any evidence by the Wiki Magic, it will just wither and die. Until then, though, it will be available through the Main Tropes Index. We encourage breezy language and original thought (and won't object to the occasional snarky comment, either). awesome awesome wiki. if you click the link prepare to lose hours of your life. for bonus points, i bet you can find a trope that describes any member of WATMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 tl;dr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 unusual to see such faggotry from you, andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoNeedsElectricity Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Every random page I've been to so far has been about anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 scroll down. it lists tropes in alphabetical order, so anime will usually be first. there is a huge amount of anime references on there, because it's a wiki and the internet is full of basement-dwelling nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoNeedsElectricity Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Figured as much. I learned more about "hot mommies" and blue haired heroines than I ever cared to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I've only been to that site once, and I did nothing else at work that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I discovered it through xkcd, fucking love TvTropes. Perfect for a really long wiki walk in the wee hours of the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 link up a particularly interesting thing to get started there, i'm struggling trying to figure out what is going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 link up a particularly interesting thing to get started there, i'm struggling trying to figure out what is going on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManipulativeBastard http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosGambit http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoticSmirk http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ToiletHumour http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobodyPoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 link up a particularly interesting thing to get started there, i'm struggling trying to figure out what is going on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ToiletHumour does this really need defining? most of these seem to link to really nerdy anime references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 link up a particularly interesting thing to get started there, i'm struggling trying to figure out what is going on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ToiletHumour does this really need defining? most of these seem to link to really nerdy anime references. scroll down. it lists tropes in alphabetical order, so anime will usually be first. there is a huge amount of anime references on there, because it's a wiki and the internet is full of basement-dwelling nerds. here's a good jumping-off point: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArchetypalCharacter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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