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Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 27th 2022 at 1:49:11 PM
the Retromancer
- Abuse Indoctrination: Someone who has been in a slave-like relationship for so long, they ignore clear opportunities for doing something for themselves or getting rid of the tormentor.
I'm not sure if this is a trope here, but is there a name for the above type of outfit^ where the sleeves aren't attached to the rest of it?
Actually, I think there has to be a name for this red fabric type of dress too, since I've seen it so many times in fiction
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
...Those would be gloves
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Very Spooky
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Not quite, but I don't think it's tropeworthy; not every idiosyncratic fashion choice is notable.
(As for the dress, we have Lady in Red, though it might not be quite what you're looking for.)
back lol
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
I'm not sure how what that woman is wearing wouldn't qualify as gloves tho. They can't be sleeves, her hands are covered.
Edited by WarJay77 on Apr 24th 2024 at 11:31:08 AM
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the Retromancer
I don't see a trope here unless it's implying she's rich.
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https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1430932541076981900&page=1
"Not Tropeworthy: Detached Sleeves" from 2015.
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Am I a weirdo?
How about the old "dn ǝpᴉs sᴉɥʇ" gag? Every time a "this side up" sign appears in fiction, it's always upside down, usually to imply that the character responsible for the item's state is careless, illiterate, or just plain dumb. The only problem is that I only know of two examples off the top of my head.
Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
x8 Those are Opera Gloves, which was deemed not tropeworthy somewhere around 2016
low-poly Shinri
Teacher Peer: A teacher, mentor, or some other similar role a person takes up who is also within the same age group or generation of the person or people they are teaching.
Can this work?
Edited by TrueChaos on Apr 25th 2024 at 12:37:25 PM
Couple suggestions:
- B Plot Cameo: A character in the A Plot of a story (usually a TV show episode) appears briefly during the B Plot—though usually not as overlap between plot lines and rather just because their plot either ended or they just happened to show up at that moment.
- Character Sequel Reintroduction: A scene in a work's sequel when dramatic attention is drawn to the reintroduction of a major character, usually the protagonist.
Am I doing this right?
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
The first one confuses me, mostly because in most works I know the A plot and B plot aren't completely separate; the characters still interact, they just have separate stories.
Second seems workable though.
Edited by WarJay77 on Apr 25th 2024 at 3:19:55 PM
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I mean there are times where those plots are totally separated for the most part though and then a character from one does show up in another. I get that it sounds broad though. I guess the cameo in that case would apply to when they otherwise weren't in that plotline at all, even for crossover.
The Good Castles, Evil Castles draft got me wondering if maybe we are missing some supertrope about architecture used for characterization.
Or maybe environments/places in general? Then it can include things like Villainous Badland, Heroic Arcadia.
Would "an established weakness to a mythical creature turns out to be false in the work's universe" viable for a trope page? Ex. Crosses doing nothing on vampires, silver bullets having no effect on werewolves.
Useful Note
Those just sound like Aversions or Subversions of Holy Burns Evil and Silver Bullet.
Not sure if it's just a Downplayed All Myths Are True.
Since what's the important difference between How To Spot vs. How To Attack vs. How they spread, etc?
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Also covered by all the "Our X Are Different" tropes
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the Retromancer
Description First Introduction: A character makes an impression by someone else talking about them or work behind the scenes long before they are introduced, non-visual Early-Bird Cameo
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The Big Man
How about Teleportation Rings: Rings or at least similar looking items has teleportation abilities.
Brutal
What about X Is Peering Through Glasses or something? Be kind of like Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You.
Trope name: You Can Never Have Too Many Bows. Laconic: A character design that consists of a lot of ribbons/bows.
Bows are quite common when it comes to fashion choices. They're cute, expressive and easily tie up loose hairs. They're also aesthetically pleasing to look at. However, some creators take the concept farther than just a hair choice and incorporate them into other parts of the character design.
The end result is a character that looks very frilly, fashionable and well-dressed. This often overlaps with Girlish Pigtails, though it can also overlap with The Fashionista. Subtrope of Opulent Outfits.
Examples Anime & Manga
- Idol Densetsu Eriko tells the tale of a young girl becoming an Idol Singer (and is even based on a Real Life singer), and runs on Costume Porn. Eriko receives several costume changes throughout the course of the series, most of which are cute and pastel-like in contrast to her rival Rei's Dark Feminine, and one of them is an outfit studded by ribbons including all over her skirt and boots, alongside big ones in her hair.
- Smile Pre Cure: The Cure's Magical Girl outfits consist of one big ribbon at the chest, two smaller ribbons around the boots and another ribbon on their purses.
- hololive: Ollie is a cute zombie girl who wears a giant black frilly bow on her head, a pair of bows each on her Giant Poofy Sleeves, a gigantic bow at her chest, another bow at the hem of her dress and another bow on her wrist.
Do we actually have "Art-Style Gag"? I could've sworn that we had a trope about "jokes based around the artstyle of a show", usually based around stylized cartoons, like that gag from The Simpsons over the characters wondering where their hairlines start, but do we not actually have it?
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