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Post by SHADOWMASTER89 on Nov 11, 2015 15:29:22 GMT -5
That's fine and i'm hoping that Aeon will see more activity this month, but i'm at a bit of a standstill on it for the moment.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Nov 16, 2015 1:11:37 GMT -5
Just realized Nopcsa had no mindreading tropes, and Emily has virtually no cooking tropes. Remedied appropriately.
Also, added some entries for Fridge Brilliance, so it looks a bit less lonely.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Nov 20, 2015 10:28:47 GMT -5
Would you say Cast Herd applies for just the High School RP, or should we list it for the setting as a whole, since it has a lot to do with how ORP "Alliances" and the plots for casts are structured?
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Post by Tout-Perd on Nov 20, 2015 21:44:17 GMT -5
How much would people complain if I pared down some of the deadwood entries on the TVTropes page? I don’t see myself as using Joseph again any time soon (he’s more of a footnote in Miko’s domestic life than a character that’s compelling in his own right, his arc’s done, and I’ve got more interesting characters to use.), Tsubota’s been written out (according to little hints here and there, he left the Archipelago to go to college overseas, got out of the whole Summoner bit, and is now happily in a relationship. And Garth kinda took over his narrative voice, so there’s that…) Eragon might be worth removing too; he hasn’t shown in an RP in like 5 years, and I doubt he’s a great first impression on other readers. Summer can probably go too. She’s a really cool idea, but I strongly doubt Kevin will be revisiting her, especially since Summer is out of focus (and adding her again wouldn’t be too hard; she’s got like two tropes?) Basilisk can go too, he’s not really a character. I have half a mind to say that Valon’s coup de gras ended him for good.
Also thinking of cutting the mention of “Teach Him Anger” from Zebedee’s entry, since it’s a really small footnote that has no present influence on the character. Not sure how fitting Stoic Spectacles is for him, either, since while he’s stoic in comparison to Natalie, he’s far from stoic (more like level-headed, however much of a shade of difference that could be.) (Upon reading the entry, I see what they're going for with that entry for him. Stoic spectacles is a very non-indicative trope name for "Badass Mellow Longhaired Guy With Glasses, that indicate his maturity in comparison to the rest of the cast."
EDIT: Not trying to be revisionist or exclusionist or anything. I'm just trying to pare it down enough that it gets across the most important details at a louder volume.
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Post by ch00beh on Nov 21, 2015 21:25:48 GMT -5
kill ’em all
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Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 13, 2015 23:53:36 GMT -5
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourPhilosophyEnsembleThe four (plus Conflicted) are Cynic, Realist, Optimist, Apathetic, and Conflicted. I wonder how this fits to some big alliances: Cherrygrove: Cynic: Natalie Optimist: Zebedee Realist: Thyra Apathetic: Rie Conflicted: Garth (Sly is the Hiatused) Rogues and Brogues: Cynic: Blaise/Nopcsa Optimist: Helen/Jonas Realist: Rhys Apathetic: Rie Conflicted: TERRIAN (Seriously, read the attribute list: Common Attributes: Indecisive and conflicted, changeable, doesn't have or voice strong opinions, empathy, prioritizes peace and cohesion among the group, appeasement, self-doubt, lack of confidence, fear, need for approval, dependent, blind trust of others.) He has everything BUT Blind Trust. Alyssa could also be the Conflicted, but she's also the Hiatused.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 24, 2015 10:23:05 GMT -5
Five Man Band as applied to the main group of Disorientation: The Hero: Almudena The Chick: Garth The Lancer: Flint The Big Guy: Ben The Smart Guy: Deandre Sixth Ranger: Talia, arguably. She's doing the sixth ranger tradition of flitting around on the edge of the group and being morally ambiguous. Also added Emily and Garth to the main trope page for Let's Get Dangerous. Due to the way it's structured, they're now the two most visible entries on the page. If anybody wants to purdy it up to make their entries more appealing, by all means, go ahead. Finally, two Mandelbrot tropes, which I think Choobs or Pohatu can state better than I can (thus why I haven't added them myself) tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MirrorMonstertvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackAndWhiteInsanity
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Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 24, 2015 10:25:38 GMT -5
Also, I hearby propose that Julia's middle name becomes "Caputo", after reading this: "Staring at your own mirror reflection in a dimly lit room will often result in you seeing your own reflection distort or possibly change into something completely different. This is due to what's currently being referred to as the "Caputo Effect", which explains that when one focuses on their reflection while the eyes are being deprived of light, the mind will lose its facial-recognition ability, resulting in the subconscious taking over and making one see their reflection much differently. Things people have claimed to have seen vary from the faces of their own parents, to faces of unknown people, to outright monstrous faces. The general consensus is that this is where the Bloody Mary legend came from."
If it wasn't for Emet being such a deeply ingrained name in the Exodus, I'd go ahead and change its name to "The Caputo Effect", since that's pretty...tied to everything that happens.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Dec 24, 2015 11:07:29 GMT -5
I added Cast Full Of Gay to the YMMV page because my cast is practically devoid of any heterosexuals.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Dec 24, 2015 11:20:31 GMT -5
Cast Full of Gay is a YMMV trope?
Oh wait, yeah, it's not. I'll just port it over to the main page.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 24, 2015 13:16:43 GMT -5
Is it possible to create an "Author"/"Creator" tab for the Exodus, so we can cover author specific tropes?
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Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 24, 2015 13:19:33 GMT -5
If so, we should chronicle author appeal for all the big authors, as well as author specific tropes (El's cast full of Gay, sliding scale of Idealism vs. Cyncicism, so forth.)
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Post by Loogs on Jan 3, 2016 13:57:26 GMT -5
again, playing catch-up, i do think that these seemingly "old and irrelevant" character and plot points could use some sort of separate historical section--simply for history's sake. As embarrassing as it can be there's a charm to seeing where it was that we came from, at least for me.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jan 3, 2016 16:23:30 GMT -5
Do we have a Five Bad Band on the site? tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveBadBandIt's ARGUABLE that the clique in Dis is a five bad band (Jay is the Brute, Carlos the Evil Genius, Eve/Mel is the Dark Chick, and the Dragon/Big Bad position swaps around), but it's more like "preppy" than "evil". If they start actively bullying people, especially vulnerable people like Talia, this could become a real deal.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jan 3, 2016 16:33:52 GMT -5
Maybe the Winstone Mob, circa LTR: Big Bad: Massimo Dragon: Nico Brute: Cesare Evil Genius: Yoon Dark Chick: Reba/Channery
As of post Ish... Hmmm... Big Bad: Cesare Dragon: Nico? Brute: Reba Evil Genius: Yoon Dark Chick: Reba/Channery? I'm not sure if Channery still has her ties intact after the info got out to Yoon?
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Jan 3, 2016 16:37:38 GMT -5
The clique wouldn't fit as a Five Bad Band, I don't think. Sure, they're kinda jerks but that's about the extent of it - they act out because of their pasts but there's not really any malicious intent behind it. They're establishing themselves as not to be messed with, but they're not exactly gunning for the other students either.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jan 3, 2016 16:37:56 GMT -5
Yoon discovering Channery's power wouldn't put the Giarrettieras off working with her. Actually, I doubt Channery should have been as worried about Yoon learning her power as she was in Burgled Boullogne. She was assuming Yoon was still being kept on a pre-Ishkabibble-length leash, which is to say, really long. The Giarrettiera organization minds its affairs a little more stringently these days.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jan 3, 2016 16:48:55 GMT -5
P.S. Going by the description of the Dark Chick, Yoon is more like an Evil Genius/Dark Chick. I'd say pre-Ish mob was something like:
Massimo: Big Bad Cesare: Dragon/Brute Nico: Dragon/Evil Genius (Co-Dragons are a thing, remember) Yoon: Evil Genius/Dark Chick
Channery strikes me as more of a Super Powered Mook than a real member of the big bad five. Reba, I don't imagine, would have much time to be part of the organization pre-Ish, if she and Massimo just met in LTR.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Apr 22, 2016 16:31:49 GMT -5
I'm fleshing out the Drakengrad tab on the character page, contributions welcome.
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Post by ch00beh on Apr 22, 2016 17:24:17 GMT -5
The character page is getting super unwieldy to edit. I was gonna add a Genlab folder, but got scared and just added things to Rie and walked away. Can we like split it up or something? Or do I just have to deal with it.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Apr 22, 2016 17:39:21 GMT -5
No I think it's a cool idea to split the character pages up, I know a lot of works that do that.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Apr 22, 2016 17:46:42 GMT -5
I'm starting to think another cull is needed on the TV Tropes page. Glancing at the Sakura Alliance folder, I think only Rhometer and Vieve are relevant, and Rhometer only because he's kinda distinctive? Maybe reassign them (Vieve in Terminer, Rhometer in misc neutral maybe?) then delete the rest of the folder
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Post by Tout-Perd on Apr 22, 2016 18:13:49 GMT -5
how would we feel about splitting it up into a supporting character tab and main character tab? like we can move folks like Augustus tylor, George buckland, mafia thugs, retired characters, etc over to there.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Apr 22, 2016 18:21:29 GMT -5
I got to say, I like the alliance-based system. Plus, main vs. supporting character seems like it would be open to a lot of interpretation and ad-hoc cases. I would rather have pages for each of the alliances like Choobs is suggesting.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Apr 22, 2016 22:41:37 GMT -5
Everyone in favor of alliance-based pages? Objections?
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Post by Tout-Perd on Apr 23, 2016 0:46:23 GMT -5
i object on the basis that currently the tropets page serves as a great primer on the who's who of RP. if we split them off into like ten separate pages, we're going to look a lot more daunting to prospective readers than if we have one "starring characters" page, and one for support/retired/non-Orp characters. if we do that, we can trim the fat without losing any of the essentials.
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