Topic on Talk:Collectible Cloney Babies

Ready to Launch With A Grammar Pass?

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Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Ilikecomputers (talkcontribs)

We also need a trope image. A simple one showing a toy with "LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL" should get the job done.

Abstaining for now because of this.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Ilikecomputers (talkcontribs)

I prefer the first image over the second to illustrate the trope.

Lequinni (talkcontribs)

Do the grammar pass and ask again

Robkelk (talkcontribs)

Not ready to launch. There are too many supposed examples that boil down to "this character collects something", but the trope description is pretty clear that the trope is about how the things being collected inspire greed, rather than about the collectors.

Either the off-topic examples need to be pruned or the description needs to be changed.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

@Robkelk I made some edits to the ones that you flagged. Going to go through the rest. How do the edits look so far?


Do you think I should draft a separate collector trope for the ones that don't fic?

Robkelk (talkcontribs)

I made some edits to the ones that you flagged. Going to go through the rest. How do the edits look so far?

It's a start, thanks.

And, yes, there are probably more in other sections.

Do you think I should draft a separate collector trope for the ones that don't fic?

That's a good question. My sleep-deprived brain is saying that might be too common to trope, but I am sleep-deprived at the moment so I don't trust myself to give a good answer.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

@Robkelk fair enough! We can resume tomorrow.

I'm torn because there are a lot of cases in media when someone gets obsessed with a crane game or with collecting. But we can discuss tomorrow about making two or three separate tropes.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

@Robkelk happy Friday!

I created another workshop page with the crane game examples: Trope Workshop:Crane Game Gag. There are enough examples for a page -- five minimum-- so I think this may work, and I think Crane Game Gag works as a subtrope given it plays on the need for a product. Thoughts?

Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Robkelk (talkcontribs)

Sorry, but I haven't had a chance to look. The big kerfuffle at our hosting service has all the mods distracted...

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

My apologies. I'll read up on the kerfuffle.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Robkelk (talkcontribs)

@Jlaw, can you wait a week? We're each on vacation (in two different countries) this week...

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

More than okay! I can wait a week. Hoping you both have lovely vacations!

Ilikecomputers (talkcontribs)

Happy vacations!

Looney Toons (talkcontribs)

Thank you. We're not totally incommunicado, but in my case, I am hampered by working on a cramped Android tablet which doesn't like displaying some content at a readable size.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

Completely understand! Totally happy to wait longer.

Looney Toons (talkcontribs)

Okay, I'm home, and looking it over, one thing it needs before it can be launched is more categories.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

I've added two, and Ilikecomputers added one.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Looney Toons (talkcontribs)

I think that'll do.

HeneryVII (talkcontribs)

Looks okay to me

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

Thanks so much!

GentlemensDame883 (talkcontribs)

Looks good to me too.

Haggishunter (talkcontribs)

Looks good to me.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

That's four votes and no dissenters. Is that enough?

Jlaw (talkcontribs)
Robkelk (talkcontribs)

With no votes against, I'd say that's enough. I'll add "launch this trope" to my to-do list.

Jlaw (talkcontribs)

Thank you!

Robkelk (talkcontribs)

Launched but not yet entry-pimped. (If I wait until I have time to do that as well, it'll never be done.)

Looney Toons (talkcontribs)

Pimped for you, Rob.

Robkelk (talkcontribs)

Thanks, Bob.