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Post by PuzzleChick on Mar 30, 2011 14:34:16 GMT -8
^ DO EET.
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Post by PiedPiperPluto on Mar 30, 2011 16:05:41 GMT -8
I'll need to re-read the chapter for Joan/Erin's dialogue. BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. *puts on slash goggles*
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Post by Anya the Purple on Mar 30, 2011 17:01:40 GMT -8
^You can take yours off? I can't. Also, PUZZLE YOU MUST POST THAT UP HERE ONCE YOU WRITE IT.
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Post by PuzzleChick on Mar 30, 2011 17:41:41 GMT -8
I think I was born with my slash goggles...they seem to be physically connected to my brain. AND NOW. I PRESENT TO YOU MY CRACKFANFIC OF THE MOST AWESOME CHARACTER CONTEST. (One day I'll actually, y'know, get a life and I'm sure it will be glorious, but until then, writing crack slashfic for a hatedom seems like a pretty good way to pass the time. ) It was a lovely spring day when the first annual Most Awesome Character In Brewdening Love contest took place. On the judging panel was anyone who had ever shown interest in the fanfiction: that being every crew member of the SS Snark…and Erin.
The moderator took the stage to begin the event.
“Each round one character will be voted off. The character will be decided by majority vote. You have all been given white boards and markers – and don’t think I don’t see you drawing obscure fandom references along the edges, guys – to cast your votes.”
The first round began in a furious din of marker squeaking. Within seconds every judge had made their choice.
Everyone had voted for Joan, except Erin, who had written “BRIN!!1!” in huge letters. Due to the fact that to the moderator’s knowledge there was nobody in the contest named Brin – and anyway, the majority was clear – Joan was booted off to wild applause.
It continued in a similar vein. Next was Ward, followed by Jacob and Fernando in a single round.
(Technically voting off two people at once was against the rules, but there was a moment of chaos when nobody could quite figure out if Jacob and Fernando were two people or one, and it was only complicated by the fact that a third party named “Fatnando” popped up at the last second, and the moderator decided to just chuck them all out and let them fight it out in the back parking lot.)
God was voted off quickly as well (for being a jerkass who was just an impostor God, proclaimed the collective white boards of the SS Snarkers, as the real God was far more awesome than that faker). MC lasted a surprisingly long amount of time (due to her talent of baking delicious cookies, as was later determined.) and everyone was confused when Erin attempted to vote Bella off, resulting in a null vote as an impromptu discussion of exactly how stupid Erin could be derailed an entire round. (At this point Erin stopped voting and devolved to drawing extraordinarily disturbing portraits on her board.)
At long last, there were only two remaining characters left: Brian and Hugo. The moderator, congratulating them on making it to the final round, invited each of them to explain exactly why he should be the winner. Brian, gifted as he was with a name that began with B in a world where the alphabet placed B before H, was allowed to go first.
“Um, well,” he said, shifting his weight uncomfortably, “I’m really honored and all. And I did punch Joan in the face that one time…”
A resounding cheer from the Snarkers drowned out the rest of his sentence.
“But really I don’t think I deserve to win,” he continued earnestly. “I think Hugo should win, he’s much cooler than me.”
“Nonono,” Hugo cut in, jumping up. “Thank you, really, but don’t even bother with voting. Brian deserves to win.”
“This guy,” Brian continued, raising his voice, “has had six jobs. Six. And not dumb ones, either. He’s been the Mayor!”
“Brian rescued me from Joan and tried to set her on fire–”
“He was a hospital worker. He’s saved lives!”
“Did you know that Brian is in the FBI? Because he is. And that sexy uniform should earn him an automatic win.”
“You want to talk sexy outfits? Hugo had been a policeman. And a firefighter!”
“No, wait, he’s not just in the FBI, he IS the FBI.”
“Hugo took Joan in and actually cared about her. Look, I’m not cool enough to do that.”
“Brian is a pyromaniac. And he makes fantastic barbecue.”
“Hugo can sail a boat, and fish, and do construction work. At the same time.”
“Did I mention that Brian once punched Joan in the face?”
“Hugo,” Brian all but whined, “I don’t deserve this award, you do.”
“No way,” he said, “you’re by far more awesome than I.”
“No, you’re the most awesome ever,” Brian said, reddening and peeking up from under his eyelashes.
“No, you’re the most awesome ever,” Hugo returned, blushing to his roots.
“No, you’re–”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU’RE ALL SINNARS!!!1!!!1SEXAH1!!” Erin shrieked, throwing her white board – complete with a drawing so hideous that one sight of it would cause your eyes to spontaneously combust – at the stage. Brian dove in front of Hugo to shield him from the eyeball-roasting horror. Hugo shoved him out the way to take the hit instead, because a world without Brian was not a world worth seeing.
Then the collective of Snarkers all rose as one, hoisted a laser gun, and shot the white board in midair, reducing it to dust. In the frenzy, Erin escaped to go whine at all the already-eliminated characters, (all of whom were now congregating in the back lot, taking bets on who precisely Jacob/Fernando is.)
Back inside, the moderator, emerging from his shelter behind the podium, announced it was time to choose a winner, but the Snarkers had to refuse his request. It simply was not fair, they decided, to have to choose between two such awesome characters.
Thus, the decision was presented to Brian and Hugo. Who among them should have the trophy? And it may have caused a never-ending cycle of blushing and compliments, if Hugo – ever the more practical of the two – hadn’t suggested shyly, “Why don’t we just share it?”
Brian brightened. “Yeah, we could do that. It will be a testament to how I’m only truly awesome when I’m with you.”
“Or perhaps a testament to how I’m only awesome when I’m with you,” Hugo said, taking his hand.
And so, they took their trophy and skipped away into the sunset together with fingers enlaced, never to be bothered by Joan again, while the Snarkers cheered and duly re-boarded the SS Snark, to sail away for more epic adventures.
The End.
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Post by PiedPiperPluto on Mar 30, 2011 17:46:01 GMT -8
^You can take yours off? I can't. Also, PUZZLE YOU MUST POST THAT UP HERE ONCE YOU WRITE IT. I can only take my slash goggles off when in the presence of canon slash... like Brugo. ;D EDIT beccause I did not see that fic before I posted and OMG PUZZLE I LOVE YOU. :DDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Post by Chibithulhu on Mar 30, 2011 19:58:23 GMT -8
^ That was the most hilarious thing I've read all day. Thank you, Puzzle.
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Post by Lyra on Mar 30, 2011 21:00:02 GMT -8
Daww, the ending was adorable. The running gag with Jacob/Fernando had me in stitches as well, mainly because when I read the original story I kept picturing Jacob transforming temporarily into Fernando when he was addressed as him.
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Post by PuzzleChick on Mar 31, 2011 6:24:57 GMT -8
Thank you guys! ='D I'm glad you liked it.
And Lyra, I thought the same thing when I read the fic. xD It's like Jacob and Fernando are multiple personalities or something. So I couldn't resist a dig at them. (To this day I'm not entirely sure what Erin intended them to be...)
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Post by Chibithulhu on Mar 31, 2011 9:44:39 GMT -8
Clearly, Fatnando is the only real one among the three.
I think it says in Jacob's first appearance in the job that sometimes Fernando was their housekeeper/whatever it is that job was and sometimes it was Jacob. After that, she kind of just forgot entirely and then I figured it's just everyone goes insane.
One thing, though. Why'd Hugo say Brian burnt down "Joan's" house? Did he have another, separate house so he could spend more time with Brian, avoiding Joan?
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Post by PuzzleChick on Mar 31, 2011 12:20:10 GMT -8
^ Well, that fic was more AU than canon, so I kind of had this idea that it would be amusing if all the characters were self-aware and acting according to a script in canon. And this was their chance to break script. (That's why Joan/Ward/etc never freaked out or had speaking lines. Because they knew they were horrible characters, so they didn't argue. If it was totally canon, Joan would have had a bitchfit.) THUS, they're aware that the world they're acting in is merely a set created by Erin, and the house didn't really belong to anyone because it was just a prop. Because it was the house Joan was living in in that scene, he called it hers.
...It made more sense in my head. xDDD (ETA: changed it to "saved me and tried to set Joan on fire." That sounds a lot better. xD)
Although I like your suggestion, too. xD That would explain why he was so unconcerned about it being burnt down in the fic and never actually noticed it had been replaced. (Maybe "at work" is code for "at my other house.")
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Post by Anya the Purple on Mar 31, 2011 17:32:27 GMT -8
Puzzlemthat was such a win! I was cracking up the whole time! You get more karma!
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Post by Lyra on Apr 1, 2011 14:32:08 GMT -8
All of the sudden, I've been in a Brewdening Love mood again, hence my current user-title-quote-thing. A part of me wants to start slowly rewriting the TV Tropes article to be more acceptable for the site so we can continue adding tropes, but I don't want to stir up any old controversy.
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Post by PuzzleChick on Apr 1, 2011 17:09:26 GMT -8
Thank you Anya! My next fic for them may be on the more bittersweet side, so I'm glad you all enjoyed the crack. x3
I don't know, I kind of love the controversial, obviously-biased TV Tropes page that it has, now. Somehow, taking the bias out just doesn't seem right. On the other hand, it would be fun to add to it...
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Post by Lyra on Apr 1, 2011 17:23:57 GMT -8
^Meh, I'll leave it, especially since we may never get new material again anyway. I love the bias- it gives it personality as opposed to the wannabe-Wikipedia feel the site has lately.
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Post by SkeksisGirl on Apr 1, 2011 19:40:05 GMT -8
Will someone PLEASE tell me what the fuck I missed with TVTropes getting a huge stick up their ass?
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Post by PuzzleChick on Apr 2, 2011 6:09:34 GMT -8
^ I wouldn't mind knowing either, considering I didn't even realize they'd moved things until somewhere here mentioned it. Apparently they're trying to be less biased or something.
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Post by Lyra on Apr 2, 2011 7:08:03 GMT -8
^I wish I knew- I spend a lot of time on the site, and it just sort of started becoming more strict. I think it has to do with the forums- I noticed that most of the people who whine about the "bile" are the same people, and everyone listens to them and calls anyone who doesn't an idiot, basically. I think they want to try and be taken more seriously due to certain parts of the Internet scoffing at them for originally using anime as the page image for every other trope and often attracting fan complaining with the now-subjective-once-not-YMMV tropes, but now they're losing a lot of their original, informal charm in the process.
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Post by SkeksisGirl on Apr 2, 2011 8:04:02 GMT -8
::Rolls eyes.:: I LIKE TVTropes because it's sarcastic and doesn't take itself seriously.
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Post by PuzzleChick on Apr 2, 2011 8:08:29 GMT -8
My favorite part of it was the informal charm and silly jokes. :< Like when someone spoilered out Jesus on the "I Got Better" page, that was hilarious. And I loved how the Twilight page was completely in favor of the anti-Twilighters. And I mean...I always took them seriously. I had some good laughs at it, but whenever I wanted to know about a series I always checked there and trusted what I read.
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Post by Alastor on Apr 2, 2011 8:49:24 GMT -8
I noticed it all started up around the time FastEddie locked Orwellian Editor and Small Name, Big Ego over "we don't need to list this" and SPOON started getting more power despite faulty reasoning (Tropes should be direct with the name! THEN WHY THE FUCK DO WE LINK TO THEM?!). The site has gone through so much Badass Decay, it's lost it's So Cool, It's Awesome witty feel. Yeah, I was for moving BD's tropes, but it could've been that or it being nuked.
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Post by PiedPiperPluto on Apr 2, 2011 13:27:49 GMT -8
I don't really know much about the reason for the switch, but I wish they hadn't decided to suddenly try and be neutral. If I want neutrality, I'm going to Wikipedia.
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Post by Lyra on Apr 2, 2011 16:00:12 GMT -8
If I want neutrality, I'm going to Wikipedia. THIS.
I'm not one of those They Changed It, Now It Sucks folks, but I barely feel motivated to go on TV Tropes anymore because half of the time stuff I add is deleted or heavily rewritten to be more generic. They've started completely removing examples from SUBJECTIVE tropes because they don't want to offend anyone. Heck, I remember a while back I added a Wild Mass Guess to a Wild Mass Guessing page, and it got deleted for not being realistic. ISN'T THAT THE POINT OF WMG!? /endrant
In hindsight, I'm actually GLAD they moved the Brewdening Love page since otherwise it would have been zapped by the generic ray like the Maradonia page or outright deleted.
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Post by Lyra on Apr 2, 2011 19:55:29 GMT -8
^They... DID!? B-but Manos is the classic So Bad It's Horrible movie! That's what it's known for! It would be like not having Plan Nine From Outer Space on the So Bad It's Good page!
*goes to check*
HOLY CRAP. Why!?
*goes to check History of the page*
I can't find the explanation... Must have happened a while back.
Seriously, though, what the heck?
To keep this post on-topic, looks like Erin only became active to repost old stories and may be gone again.
EDIT: There was no mention of Manos's absence in the Discussion on the page... Maybe it's a mistake... Hopefully.
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Post by Alastor on Apr 2, 2011 22:58:54 GMT -8
I have more fun at wikipedia nowadays. Fun. Wikipedia. At least, wikipedia has the amusing factor when read as Geogre Takei's voice. Tvtropes also has had a lot more people bitching about natter and this 'bile'. Which is, appearently, the sarcasm. It's gotten to the point I only go near the subejective tropes and Just For Fun. The site had the fun feel as an aim, like hanging around the house with a old friend. Had. Now? Wikipedia lite.
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Post by SkeksisGirl on Apr 3, 2011 4:35:51 GMT -8
Bile my ass... Sarcasm is mother's milk to me at times. I mean... what's next... they delete the entry for the Joker and Deadpool?
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Post by Lyra on Apr 3, 2011 6:54:17 GMT -8
I have more fun at wikipedia nowadays. Fun. Wikipedia. At least, wikipedia has the amusing factor when read as Geogre Takei's voice. Tvtropes also has had a lot more people bitching about natter and this 'bile'. Which is, appearently, the sarcasm. It's gotten to the point I only go near the subejective tropes and Just For Fun. The site had the fun feel as an aim, like hanging around the house with a old friend. Had. Now? Wikipedia lite. Wikipedia's fun because you learn all sorts of useless trivia. Also, occasionally you can look in the history and see people screwing up the page in hilarious ways, like making the time-space continuum article about Dialga and Palkia.
I think you pretty much hit why I used to love TV Tropes so much on the head. I noticed that most of the "bile" is anything that involves sarcasm, joking, or just other hilarity.
Subjective's starting to get hit with this treatment too, althought rather than blanding them up, they are outright deleting examples. Remember how fun it was to read Nostalgia Filter and how people whined about anything new? Well, say goodbye to that- now we can only include FICTIONAL examples! Remember It Was His Sled and reading about obvious twists? Goodbye to that page- now it only defines the trope! And now, you can't even link to certain articles like So Bad It's Horrible and Wall Banger. Some are more lucky and get their content merely moved to YMMV or Troper Tales, like Hate Dumb and Unpleasable Fanbase.
Just for Fun and Troper Tales are safe for now, but I wouldn't count on that lasting.
EDIT: I also noticed that quoting Nostalgia Critic on a movie's page is considered bile because it's not from the actual movie. But wait- what about all those movies with a portion of their page dedicated to the MST3K episode of them? (No offense to MST3K- it's one of my favorite shows of all time) Quoting a review is not the same as adding tropes from it to the page. I remember the Quest For Camelot page having the "EXPLAIN!" joke on it, but someone removed the linking to the Nostalgia Critic page, which COMPLETELY RUINS THE JOKE.
Someone needs to make a TV Tropes vent thread in the Vent Station...
EDIT2: I also noticed that they're changing trope names because they are "non-indicative," like You Fail ______ Forever being changed to Artistic Lisence- _______. Their are two problems with this: 1. BOOOOOOOOOOORING! Seriously, we already have one Wikipedia, thank you. 2. People get used to the old names, especially the one listed above. And how is it not a good name? Does it hurt the poow widdwe athow's feewings because it suggests that they don't know biology/sex ed/logic?
EDITwhocares: I just checked the Face The Strange page (which is the only page I've actually started up) out of fear, but- knock on wood- not only was it safe, but some of the other tropers have given it more personality.
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Post by PuzzleChick on Apr 3, 2011 7:46:04 GMT -8
^ They're changing trope names, too?? But You Fail ___ Forever is like a catchphrase, how can they change it?
This is all making me a sad Puzzle. I need Erin to come back to provide lulz.
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Post by Lyra on Apr 3, 2011 8:43:56 GMT -8
^Yes, they are. Next they'll probably change Ruined FOREVER to something less offensive like Not What The Fandom Wanted if they don't outright delete it.
And yes, Brewdening Love has been too quiet. It seems to be a game Erin is playing with us- she comes on every few weeks saying she's coming back and reposts old stories and some art, and then she vanishes.
EDIT: Ruined FOREVER still has the old TV Tropes flavor to it- read it before it inevitably gets nuked for actually being entertaining having bile and natter. However, on its Dark Wiki page, one of the jokes got totally ruined. It mentions (jokingly) things that have ruined TV Tropes FOREVER in the past, and one is "Failing Artistic License - Indexes Forever." It clearly originally said the much, MUCH funnier, "Failing You Fail Indexes Forever Forever."
EDIT2: Actually, reading the Darth Wiki Ruined FOREVER page is a bit of a Funny Aneurysm moment. Although none of those things have Ruined it FOREVER, it's definitely ruined a lot of the site's charm. Specifically- *"Cutting examples"- Yes, they actually cut examples EVEN WHEN THEY APPLY if they aren't "notable" enough. *"Making This Troper a red link"- Red linking in general is dumb. Part of the fun of troping was inserting tropes into conversations. *"Renames"- Already detailed that earlier. It's kind of pointless changing a name for people supposedly not knowing what it means if everyone keeps using the old name afterward, clearly showing they know what it means. *"Locks"- I actually understand locks if a page is getting trolled to Hell and back, but the problem is that locking is usually followed by the locker wringing the personality out of the page. Just look at the Garbage Pail Kids or Maradonia page. *"Cutlery Wars"- I was actually unfamiliar with this until Alastor brought up SPOON. I think PLATTER is a great idea- we want witty names, but also indicative and not too obscure. However, SPOON clearly rules TV Tropes right now if the name changes are anything to go by. (just to give you an idea for those of you who aren't familiar- "SPOON" stands for "Society To Prevent Overly Original Names") *"Anime"- I do admit it was a tiny bit annoying seeing anime as a source of every last page image, but the anti-anime purge is more obnoxious. Even if an anime picture applies perfectly to the trope, it gets removed because it's anime. *"Being too much like Wikipedia"- Yes. Yes it is. *"Natter"- I understand cleaning up some pointlessness, but the Natter/Bile purge is insane lately. *"The Decrowning of Moments of Awesome"- Seriously, what's more catchy- Crowning Moment of _______ or _______ Moments? Still not as bad as the You Fail X Forever/Artistic License thing, though. *"The Permanent Red Link Club"- Again, already covered. *"Meddling with anything to do with Subjective Tropes, Subjectives YMMV/This is a YMMV trope. Moving to the YMMV page./The utter mutilation caused by YMMV."- Really, this has been the biggest downfall on the site, and the closest to something that actually HAS Ruined it FOREVER. This is where the natter/bile debate truly began. I respect their intentions, but now it's become Political Correctness Gone Mad. *"Trope Decay of So Yeah."- I still fail to see how people using it as a Verbal Tic was decay. Wasn't that the point? To finish off something that you didn't know how to? *"Nuking the strikeouts. Really."- THEY DID? What.
Okay, ranting over, I promise.
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Post by Chibithulhu on Apr 3, 2011 11:55:49 GMT -8
I asked on the discussion page what happened to Manos, considering I re-added it the first time I saw it was missing... Snf.
Wait, cutting examples because they aren't notable enough? But There's No Such Thing as Notability! That's the entire POINT! Augh... Sad now.
Let's talk about something happy, shall we? Like... OOOH! The renaming of the Volturi in the last chapter. I mean, she says she'll rename them to sound hot, but then re-renames one because he isn't? That's just... crazy.
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