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paulrpotts 10y ago
TV Tropes is amazing. I have some experience writing short stories but diving into the tropes has been a real mind-expanding experience. I can't watch TV shows or movies now without automatically deconstructing the screenwriting. This, ultimately, has become a real time-saver, because since gaining that super-power, I find most TV too boring to watch, and so don't feel at all bad about saving my time for better things.
- JoshTriplett 10y ago
  Likewise, but I also find that it leads me to the occasional book, TV, or movie that I enjoy. I'm a sucker for a few particular tropes, and I'll go down the list for those and seek out everything on them. TV Tropes has had funding issues in the past. I can't help but think that they could make a significant amount through 1) affiliation with Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, or other providers of media, and 2) integration with Amazon X-Ray or Google Play's equivalent.
wcummings 10y ago
RIP my productivity, tvtropes is like heroin to me.
CalChris 10y ago
There is nothing in the universe quite like a troll on TV Tropes. Maybe a troll on Wikipedia but they're probably all the same person. Warning: if you say lampshading IRL, no one will understand you. If by strange coincidence you ran into a fellow Troper, you'd have to type it out.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  Troperese is a legitimate language, understood by Tropers worldwide. Referencing lampshading is a sort of shibboleth, and it can be used to determine of a potential troper is One Of Us, as can a Fake Thomas Jefferson. An obscure reference could do the trick, and Wicks are another fun one to try.
- mkl 10y ago
  "Lampshading" existed as a term used by writers etc. well before TV Tropes came along. I'm pretty sure I first heard it on Usenet in the 90s in a newsgroup primarily for SF writers, where it was well understood. Many terms on TV Tropes are pretty recent, but a lot were already established elsewhere.
- taneq 10y ago
  Really? My crew use lampshading all the time.
logfromblammo 10y ago
Or the forked version at https://allthetropes.org https://allthetropes.org if you are sensitive about censorship.

TV Tropes is amazing. I have some experience writing short stories but diving into the tropes has been a real mind-expanding experience. I can't watch TV shows or movies now without automatically deconstructing the screenwriting. This, ultimately, has become a real time-saver, because since gaining that super-power, I find most TV too boring to watch, and so don't feel at all bad about saving my time for better things.

JoshTriplett 10y ago
Likewise, but I also find that it leads me to the occasional book, TV, or movie that I enjoy. I'm a sucker for a few particular tropes, and I'll go down the list for those and seek out everything on them. TV Tropes has had funding issues in the past. I can't help but think that they could make a significant amount through 1) affiliation with Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, or other providers of media, and 2) integration with Amazon X-Ray or Google Play's equivalent.

wcummings 10y ago

RIP my productivity, tvtropes is like heroin to me.

CalChris 10y ago

There is nothing in the universe quite like a troll on TV Tropes. Maybe a troll on Wikipedia but they're probably all the same person. Warning: if you say lampshading IRL, no one will understand you. If by strange coincidence you ran into a fellow Troper, you'd have to type it out.

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Troperese is a legitimate language, understood by Tropers worldwide. Referencing lampshading is a sort of shibboleth, and it can be used to determine of a potential troper is One Of Us, as can a Fake Thomas Jefferson. An obscure reference could do the trick, and Wicks are another fun one to try.
mkl 10y ago
"Lampshading" existed as a term used by writers etc. well before TV Tropes came along. I'm pretty sure I first heard it on Usenet in the 90s in a newsgroup primarily for SF writers, where it was well understood. Many terms on TV Tropes are pretty recent, but a lot were already established elsewhere.
taneq 10y ago
Really? My crew use lampshading all the time.

logfromblammo 10y ago

Or the forked version at https://allthetropes.org https://allthetropes.org if you are sensitive about censorship.