i'm not sure I agree with this. I use tropes as a way TO examine the medium. I suppose we could quibble about if "subverting tropes"=tropeshttps://twitter.com/wincenworks/status/858508197153259521 …
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I haven’t seen clear lines for where the concept of “A replicable pattern can be named” should stop if stopped earlier/smaller, elsewhere
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Well keep in mind the original meaning of "trope" was actually specific repeated phrases in a genre that you could use to identify it
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Although even then you can see some nasty biases in what they consider a "trope" bc it's a noticeable deviation from ordinary reality
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"Action Girl" is a named trope for female characters who are physically competent, no equivalent needed for action men
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Ironically, "people sit on chairs" is their example of 'things that are not tropes." http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs …
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