coolest website ever - trope wiki

sunandshadow · Jun 1, 2008

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
This is a wiki-style encyclopedia of tropes, plot types, character types, and other ideas that recur noticeably in several pieces of fiction. Despite the name a lot of the examples given are from novels. Not sure what else I can say about this except it's like, "the website I always wanted" and I could barely pull myself away from it long enough to post about it.

TPCSWR · Jun 2, 2008

Addictive, aint it?

Also very helpful.

Stormhawk · Jun 2, 2008

I love this website soooo much - I've lost so many hours there.

In fact >_> When I rebuild my site, I'm going to add links to certain tropes on my reference/character pages.

CybaSumo · Jun 2, 2008

wiki has a high reputation of providing information on almost any particulars.

Feathers · Jun 2, 2008

Sweet.

MumblingSage · Jun 2, 2008

Bewaare! Be very ware! That thing sucks souls!

I should know. I've spent countless hours that could otherwise be productive on that thing. All I've gained was hours of entertainment, a wider vocabulary, and some nice webzine links.

(I'm also an 'Entry Pimp' for Samurai7. See 'Entry Pimp' and 'Samurai 7' pages for more info

)

slcboston · Jun 2, 2008

oh dear lord...

shouldn't this have a "warning: addictive" label on the front post?

slcboston · Jun 2, 2008

this was the part i loved the most:

If your entry cannot gather any evidence by the Wiki Magic, it will just wither and die.

Which leads me to wonder, is there a Wicca Wiki out there somewhere? (I'm sure there must be, I'm just musing...

)

EDIT: Sure enough, and linked from the phlebo-whatsis page in forensics: http://www.themystica.com/mystica/default.html which isn't quite what I had in mind, but close.

)

NatJM · Jun 2, 2008

Ah, should stay on this page or should I go to the wiki website?
Should I stay or should I go now?

Shweta · Jun 2, 2008

It seems awfully unfair to keep the coolest website ever restricted to the novelists

Moving to the roundtable.

Soccer Mom · Jun 2, 2008

I'm happy to have the website visit the Roundtable.

I looooooooooove that place.

:must resist urge to spend evening in there:

sunandshadow · Jun 2, 2008

Shweta said:
It seems awfully unfair to keep the coolest website ever restricted to the novelists Moving to the roundtable.

That's cool. I couldn't decide which forum was the best place to put it.

MelodyO · Jun 3, 2008

Oh my gosh. If I never finish my WIP now, I blame you!

Memnon624 · Jun 3, 2008

You can't help but love any site that has an entry called Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass. I shall never finish anything ever again.

Thanks

Scott

DWSTXS · Jun 3, 2008

what is this? another form of internet crack that I'm about to become addicted to?

well, I guess I better go look at it...

CBumpkin · Jun 3, 2008

sunandshadow said:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
This is a wiki-style encyclopedia of tropes, plot types, character types, and other ideas that recur noticeably in several pieces of fiction. Despite the name a lot of the examples given are from novels. Not sure what else I can say about this except it's like, "the website I always wanted" and I could barely pull myself away from it long enough to post about it.

I love you. :e2seesaw:

I hate you.

Marian Perera · Jun 3, 2008

Yay! Good stuff for blog!

Blondchen · Jun 4, 2008

Memnon624 said:
You can't help but love any site that has an entry called Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass.

Wow. I think I dated Crouching Moron AND Hidden Badass.

CBumpkin · Jun 4, 2008

Here's the Wikipedia link to Plots and Plot Devices that I've found useful. This page changed, though. It used to be bigger and better. I pulled it up one day and saw the changes and wasn't very happy about it. Still, it's a very useful site.

MelodyO · Jun 4, 2008

CBumpkin said:
Here's the Wikipedia link to Plots and Plot Devices that I've found useful. This page changed, though. It used to be bigger and better. I pulled it up one day and saw the changes and wasn't very happy about it. Still, it's a very useful site.

That was a great site - very informative and funny to boot. Thanks for giving us the link.

Soccer Mom · Jun 8, 2008

I love trying to check my stories against the tropes. Even though it sometimes makes me cringe.

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