ladyofprocrastination
Since: May, 2011
Nov 20th 2011 at 5:54:30 PM
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1) I didn't get that vibe from the examples. Which ones are you talking about?
2) Both or either. It's about signs that the house is lived in, which include both filth, although I wouldn't put it so harshly, and clutter.
3) It's noteworthy because the trope is justified in the case of a neat freak's home.
Got some questions about this page:
1) Why the assumption that if a fictional family is not well-off that they must also be slobs? Because that's the way a number of the examples read.
2) Is this about filth (unwashed dishes and laundry, food left around, etc) or clutter (coats on a chair, lots of papers or books or stuff, stacks of magazines or mail) or both?
3) Why is it noteworthy that a home is spotlessly clean if the character living in it is described as or shown to be a neat freak or obsessive cleaner? That seems like it would be the expectation rather than something worth commenting on.
Edited by Madrugada ...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it. Hide / Show Replies