Lily
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Post by Lily on Apr 3, 2014 15:53:04 GMT
I usually look up anime characters (oh gosh XD), and the article for that one character links to other interesting tropes that I can't help but click and then one thing leads to another which is why it's really distracting.
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aimeili
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Do I have to recycle the words of the prompt before you understand the subtlety of its inclusion??
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Apr 4, 2014 3:38:16 GMT
Post by aimeili on Apr 4, 2014 3:38:16 GMT
Me too, haha. I once started at the fullmetal alchemist page, and just spent a few hours going on from that. It's amazing the things you find.
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Lily
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Apr 4, 2014 7:07:51 GMT
Post by Lily on Apr 4, 2014 7:07:51 GMT
It's amazing the things you find. True to that... hahaha! And the names of some of the tropes are hilarious.
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bunni
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Post by bunni on Apr 5, 2014 3:56:19 GMT
Okay, so I see this word almost everywhere. However, I really do not get what is truly means. It comes off as like a 'category' of sorts which I'm sure it isn't. Upon googling the meaning of the word, trope means 'a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.' That definition does not help me at all. So, my question is, what is a trope? Also, if a character falls into one of the tropes, is it a generally good thing or a generally bad thing? The origin of the word trope is from the Greek tropos. It means 'a turn, direction, course, way; manner, fashion'. If you were to draw your favourite book genre as a chibi, then it's tropes would be the clothes your genre likes best. Its fashion, so-to-speak. One of my fave tropes is known as the Magical Girl. Take, for example, Card Captor Sakura (adorbs picture below). She adheres to her trope, but that doesn't make her story typical. Using a trope isn't like using a cliché (or like using one unwittingly anyway). A trope can be considered a literary convention, or something touchstone to a genre. That's not bad, because tropes can be done very well, and be a shortcut for readers too. I love the Magical Girl trope, which generally puts a young woman or girl at the center of plot, gives her a bunch of magic, and a series of challengers or goals. Some Magical Girl works have darker themes, of course, but that trope just works for me as a reader -- I find it inspirational. The other meaning of trope you quoted above. It's from Latin tropus or trepit -- 'a figure of speech' and 'he turns', respectively. That's the definition of trope in rhetoric. In rhetoric, you use a trope whenever you take a word and use it in a way for which it wasn't originally intended -- so think similes or metaphors, or metonymy (metaphor's more subtle cousin). But having it mean one thing in literature and another in rhetoric muddies the water too. It's confusing! Magical Girl trope = Young woman or girl + Magic (wands, spells, trinkets, et cetera). Rhetorical trope = Card Captor Sakura is cute as a button!
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