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I suppose trope has a negative connotation but I view them as tools in a writer's toolbox, not as an indicator of lazy writing. Having said that, tropes are us
by ShamelessC 7y ago
I suppose trope has a negative connotation but I view them as tools in a writer's toolbox, not as an indicator of lazy writing.
Having said that, tropes are usually a little more specific or identifiable than just the concept of "mean characters", so it probably wasn't the best use of the word.
- unixhero 7y agoActually it's not just this comment here, I see trope being used everywhere. Google ngram search for the word: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Trope&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CTrope%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Trope&year_sta...
- ShamelessC 7y agoWhy exactly are you upset by this? It's a word that describes commonly used narratives. It's incredibly common to tweak or reuse commonly known narratives and there's nothing inherently negative about that.