Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Trope Talk/Cleaning up of questionable tropes/reply (9)

Hello there, again. Let me explain to you why I find some of the tropes problematic, I'll just exclude some of those which I realize that doesn't seems to be as problematic as I made them out to be.


 * Affably Evil: Seriously, I'm wondering why do people on TVT keep calling the villains nice people. Are people really that naive/irresponsible/gullible fools who keep wishing that they could eat dinner with criminals, when in reality, they're a menace to society who would kill them?
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: I don't know, but I think there's basically just a lot of pointless self-arguments like "Is Character A from Show X this and this?" and "Is Character B from Show Y that and that?" Forget about it. Just accept the characters as the way they are.
 * Ambiguous Disorder: There's too many arguments about what mental illnesses do characters with strange behavior have. Think about it. If you have a mental illness, then how would you feel if people keep making unnecessary judgements about what disorder you have and what not?
 * Complete Monster: I know this trope is about which villains are pure evil, but I'm getting the feeling that this trope is now no longer worth the trouble, since there's going to be a lot of disagreements about the examples, like what happened in TVT.
 * Dead Little Sister: The trope is all about a certain disillusioning event that puts a character into cynicism, not necessarily about dead relatives. If there is something useful about this trope, then you at least rename it in order for the trope to make sense.
 * Hot-Blooded: I don't know how is this going to sounds like a useful trope, it sounds the same as Hair-Trigger Temper to me. Plus I feel like this trope seems to be as if the characters are badasses for acting all hot-headed when it's the complete opposite. Only a smart person would be badass enough to think things through and not charging into fights with the villains.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: PTSD is one of the most serious medical disorders and therefore, is a sensitive topic to talk about. If there is something useful about this trope, then at least remove the villainous examples. War criminals, or rather, war veterans who turned to a life of crime are a disgrace to the military.
 * Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes and Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains: Because type labels (this Type I to Type V thing) are unnecessary when it comes to anti-heroes and anti-villains examples.
 * The Woobie and it's subtropes: I don't know. But I think this trope seems to be taken too far on TVT, and it invites a lot of unnecessary character apologism.