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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Raa on August 31, 2008, 10:58:21 am

Title: TV Tropes
Post by: Raa on August 31, 2008, 10:58:21 am

www.tvtropes.org (http://www.tvtropes.org)

I discovered this website whilst being bored a few days ago and just now realized that this may help with one's roleplaying skills. It may be about television/film tropes, idioms, and "cliches", but reading it (which might take a while--they'res tons of articles) will help you avoid using Mary Sue characters, cliche plots, overdone backgrounds, and etc...

Each of the articles first gives you a description of their trope/idiom, then a (usually) massive list of popular shows/movies/games/whatever that has an example in it. Well, enjoy.

Here's some you could get started with (you should probably read each of these, as they're common in this game):

Freudian Excuse (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse)
Black Knight (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackKnight)
Epiphany Therapy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpiphanyTherapy)
Parental Abandonment (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentalAbandonment)
Rape Is The New Dead Parents (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsTheNewDeadParents)
Doomed Hometown (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoomedHometown)

Title: Re: TV Tropes
Post by: Beniel on August 31, 2008, 12:11:34 pm

Hehe, I had a browse through some of these articles and I was quite amused

Thanks Raa  :)

Title: Re: TV Tropes
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on August 31, 2008, 03:49:20 pm

I started a PlaneShift page there, so maybe players could also add some stuff to that.

Title: Re: TV Tropes
Post by: nedoko on August 31, 2008, 06:28:40 pm

I'm reading this now and enjoy it. I also think it will sort of advertise PS to some extent.

Title: Re: TV Tropes
Post by: Hiraghm on September 01, 2008, 12:45:47 am

What's wrong with Mary Sue?
 :o