your food will kill you (this is actually about sex, death, and desire)

...raw onion. What’s interesting about this, is that much of the food has non of the substantive qualities of their appearance. There’s nothing new about that observation, in fact it’s a classic trope of much of what was (wrongly) dubbed post-modern. We keep encountering objects/desires that are deprived of their substantive nature. The clear example is decaf-coffee – why? It tastes like coffee, it...

... wherein Peter posts a Weekly Media Update.

... and cinema verité techniques to create a very dense, serialized sitcom?  That's fine, but now your subject matter has to be the classic "straight man dealing with his kuh-razy family!" sitcom trope. I know this isn't actually true.  Shows like Battlestar Galactica and Friday Night Lights seem to have an endless supply of 'novelty capital,' and 95% of the shows out there don't bother doing ...

A Matter Of Importance

...using them. They hurt me, they hurt the people that I love, and I will explain why. Firstly, the word 'genderswap'. This term has been in usage for a long time, and is a well known trope in fanfic. However, this term is not only incorrect, but hurtful because of this. In 'genderswap' stories, a person suddenly finds themself in a body which is of the opposite sex. However, they are usually still ...

Ohhh

...sign, of course), and therefore as impenetrable to Matt as Hiro's thoughts. Admittedly, I already headdesk a bit over Matt hearing thoughts as language anyway, since that's not how people articulate thought, but it's a trope of scifi, so I run with it. I'm curious as to whether or not her power may be, to some extent, compensatory. I don't think they did that kind of thing badly with Daphne, but ...

panel on marq'ssan books

... tiny blip in the late 20th century that didn't matter. in the 80s there was a pervasive trope that feminism was on the run. the handmaid's tale, but in generally, the idea or anxiety... she did write the book and did positive things and she integrated some of it alexis wel the trope of recovering memories, peronal abuse, horrible things, society also remembering its harmful things. liz - the book...

The "Back For the Dead" and the "Dropped A Bridge On Him" tropes

...A Bridge On Him." The first trope addresses the motivation of such a...resume her role. The second TV trope, "Dropped A Bridge On Him," ...due in their last appearance. This trope is when such things do not... my memory on an analogous TV trope, "Alas, Poor Scrappy." The ...do plan on spotlighting the "Scrappy" trope in terms of Kim, so ...I thought about posting the "Alas" trope in separate entry, however, it's...

RPS Fic: "Not Johnny Depp"

... ) Disclaimer: I don't know these people, and this never happened. I am only telling lies as every good storyteller! Rating: Adult (NC-17) Warning: Slash. Het. RPS. Pairing: Misha/Jensen and Misha/his wife A/N.: Inspired by the Even The Guys Want Him trope. :) Summary: The only person Misha is allowed to cheat with is Johnny Depp. And Jensen Ackles. ~~~ Follow the fake cut...

... a penis but now has a. nothing. surprise. (she identifies female though?) also she won't mind showing you if you ask. :> i might switch pronouns a lot ginshu is the embodiment of the trope used for her username ): ANYWAY friend add pronountrouble incidentally, it's come to my attention that i've had a bit of trouble with activity lately, so i decided to drop a couple of characters to make up ...

Smith, L.J.: Night World (1996-1998)

... is the worst part of this book: She switches between vapid and generous in a way that doesn't make a lot of sense. But I like the way that Smith once again works around the trope of female competition over a man, even as she invokes it, and the way she attempts to find strength in negative female stereotypes. Meanwhile, Keller and Keller's absolute hopelessness at basic human interactions, and ...

week 2

... random one this time around, going for a supernaturally themed trope. Involuntary Shapeshifting A summary without the links to other tropes in ... werewolves is based on it, and Involuntary Shapeshifting is a trope whose explanation is basically in its name. A character has .... The details are entirely up to you. This is another trope that could go way dark or just extremely cracky. Please ...