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bktheirregular) wrote2007-08-15 08:01 am
bktheirregular) wrote2007-08-15 08:01 am
Warning
Do not go to this site unless you want to burn up an AWFUL lot of time checking and laughing:
http://tvtropes.org
Couple of examples to get started:
Firefly
The Rule of Cool
A sample quote regarding Psycho Serum:
The Spice in Dune is a cornerstone product, it gives a host of benefits like longevity, higher intelligence, and the possibility of Psychic Powers, all with only a few tiny drawback. These include: addiction, all blue eyes, Psychic Dreams For Everyone, death from overdose, death from withdrawal, mutation into zero-g floating fish people (for Guild Navigators) and a crippling galaxy wide dependence. Though the last is more a political problem, really.
Strikes me that a lot of aspiring writers could use a look-see through the site, to find stuff to be cautious of in one's own writing. Between the giggle fits, of course.
http://tvtropes.org
Couple of examples to get started:
Firefly
The Rule of Cool
A sample quote regarding Psycho Serum:
The Spice in Dune is a cornerstone product, it gives a host of benefits like longevity, higher intelligence, and the possibility of Psychic Powers, all with only a few tiny drawback. These include: addiction, all blue eyes, Psychic Dreams For Everyone, death from overdose, death from withdrawal, mutation into zero-g floating fish people (for Guild Navigators) and a crippling galaxy wide dependence. Though the last is more a political problem, really.
Strikes me that a lot of aspiring writers could use a look-see through the site, to find stuff to be cautious of in one's own writing. Between the giggle fits, of course.