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I fully understand that we don\'t want ConversationOnTheMainPage, that TropesAreNotBad, TropesAreTools, etc...but sometimes a trope\'s entry page will cast the trope in a negative light, citing how it\'s a heaving mass of DoubleStandard, UnfortunateImplications, racist, sexist, homophobic, or just plain bad in some other way. For instance, I can see someone being tempted to make a JustifyingEdit when they see their favorite work listed in FauxActionGirl (which is generally thought to be an inherently negative trope). And while NonActionGuy isn\'t negative per se, the basic principal of the trope (a guy who is terrible at physical combat, or the laconic \
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I fully understand that we don\\\'t want ConversationOnTheMainPage, that TropesAreNotBad, TropesAreTools, etc...but sometimes a trope\\\'s entry page will cast the trope in a negative light, citing how it\\\'s a heaving mass of DoubleStandard, UnfortunateImplications, racist, sexist, homophobic, or just plain bad in some other way. For instance, I can see someone being tempted to make a JustifyingEdit when they see their favorite work listed in FauxActionGirl (which is generally thought to be an inherently negative trope). It\\\'s a little hard to interpret an entry as saying \\\"this tired {{cliche}} gets overused by cheap idiots\\\" or \\\"this trope \\\'\\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\'\\\' bad, and characters/works who embody this trope are major [[DarthWiki/WallBanger Wall Bangers]] for us!\\\" I\\\'m not calling {{hypocrisy}} here, just...making a point.
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