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Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:08 am**

Caveat Lector wrote:
Pyonkotchi wrote:The Tropeless Tale
Challenge accepted!

The Tropeless Tale wrote:Mushroom. Blue. End.

There's a trope for that.

Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:43 pm**

I also found this video on Gravity Falls that may be helpful (watch halfway in).

TL;DR: Basically, they're saying that it's the character that leads the identity, not the trait/politics/argument/cliché/etc. So as long as the character carrying the cliché is interesting and entertaining, you can get away with a surprising amount of stuff.

Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 3:32 pm**

papillon wrote:
Caveat Lector wrote:
Pyonkotchi wrote:The Tropeless Tale
Challenge accepted!

The Tropeless Tale wrote:Mushroom. Blue. End.
There's a trope for that.

Well...er...it has meaning, and is clearly about a blue mushroom, therefore it is not incomprehensible, therefore it is not a trope! I think.

Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:10 pm**

No plot? No problem!

-Nat

Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:45 pm**

There IS a plot! It's about a mushroom that's blue!

Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:53 pm**

Pfft, but there isn't a plot as nothing actually occurs.
But I think the point is that there is a difference between overused tropes and needed tropes. Everyone likes different genres, after all, and genres are defined by tropes

-Nat

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