Tropes Will Ruin Your Life/Quotes: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''Abandon free time all ye who enter here.''|'''Anonymous'''}}

 

That's the problem with being a writer, Jeremy knows. Even the biggest and most startling twists are rarely twists for you. You know how every story goes.|''"Magic for Beginners"'', by Kelly Link}}

 

{{quote|''"Hmmm. Well, I have to say that both sides have a point but oooooh [[Small Name, Big Ego]] never seen that one before click click click click click AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH."''|'''judyhazeleyes''' of fandom_wank demonstrates the usual process}}

 

 

{{quote|I FORGOT TO TIE OFF A ROPE AND NOW I'M DROWNING"''|'''queenanthai''', [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1074381.html?thread=31308493#t31308493 on scans_daily]}}

 

Jeph Jacques }}

 

 

[[User:Scarab]] and a classmate, discussing fear in animated television. }}

 

{{quote|The main reason to avoid putting something incorrect or unrealistic-looking in a TV show or film is that it disrupts people's [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|suspension of disbelief]] ... [but] the only people whose ability to suspend their disbelief might suffer are those who work in TV -- and they will have lost that ability long ago. When they watch telly, all they can see is the work that's gone into it and the mistakes. It's like taking an Egyptian slave on a tour of the pyramids -- he doesn't marvel, he just gets sympathy backache. |'''David Mitchell'''}}

 

[[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|So much that you're addicted]] <br />

Don't be surprised if you lose your job <br />

{{quote|10. *BZZRT* WE DON'T *ZAP* ZOMBIES *ZAP* MENTION *BZZRRT* TVTROPES HERE *BZZRT* CAAAEEEEEEEEEKK! *BZZRT* *STATIC* *BUZZ* ore you wil dai.|the rules for http://www.fsdlcookies.myadopts.com/}}

 

 

{{quote|The world is forever spawning Damned Things— things that are neither <s>tree</s> [[Xanatos Gambit]] nor <s>shrub</s> [[Batman Gambit]], <s>fish</s>[[Bittersweet Ending]] nor <s>fowl</s> [[Earn Your Happy Ending]], [[Blue and Orange Morality|black nor white]]— and the categorical thinker can only regard the spiky and buzzing world of <s>sensory fact</s> [[Canon]] as a profound insult to [[Home Page|his card-index system of classifications.]] Worst of all are the facts which violate <s>"common sense,"</s> "[[Magic A Is Magic A]]," that dreary bog of sullen prejudice and muddy inertia. The whole history of <s>science</s> TV Tropes is the odyssey of a pixilated card-indexer perpetually sailing between such Damned Things and desperately juggling his classifications to fit them in.|Hagberd Celiene, of the [[The Illuminatus Trilogy]], on tv tropes}}

 

Nobody can."|"Spiraling Shape," '''[[They Might Be Giants]]'''}}

 

{{quote|"Now, if you'll excuse [[This Troper]], he'll be on [[TV Tropes]]."|[[Tropers/Stong Radd|StongRadd]] when he's bored}}

 

'''Captain Fabulous:''' [[Home Page|www.tvtropes.org]]. Hope you don't have anything planned...|from the [[Jackass Genie]] [http://www.miraigamer.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3498&page=73 forum game] on Mirai Gamer Forum}}

 

'''The Helldragon:''' [Commentary for the movie]...Yeah, [[TV Tropes]]. You get on there; prepare to stay awhile. |From the [[Hellfire Commentaries|Hellfire Comms]] commentary of ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' [http://blip.tv/file/4042777 here].}}

 

{{quote|''A [[TV Tropes]] article links here. Kiss your free time goodbye.''|'''A 1d4chan article'''}}

 

But you can never leave!|"Hotel California," '''The Eagles'''}}

 

{{quote|"But I warn you, [[Cracked.com|this site]] is like.. like… hrm… [[Stealth Pun|Some sort of addictive substance. Something that will keep you up all night?]] Oh, I know! [[TV Tropes]][[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|.com!]]''[sic]''"|'''[http://manboobz.com/2011/05/10/smurfette-was-a-stuck-up-bitch/comment-page-3/#comment-17282 Commenter] at [http://manboobz.com/ Manboobz]'''}}

 

Caution: Entering [[TV Tropes]] should be attempted only if you have the proper gear. I suggest tying a strong guide rope to a tree near the entrance and attaching the other end to your waist—bring along a blind man with instructions to remind you after thirty minutes to quit reading and get back to work. Said blind man should be armed with a cudgel to help persuade you to return.|''Board Admin of [http://www.ofteninspired.com Often Inspired] commenting on someone linking to [[TV Tropes]] during [[NaNoWriMo]].''}}

 

{{quote|NB: If you follow the link to TV Tropes, I am not responsible for the approximate 4.5 hours of productive time you will lose. K?|'''SB Sarah''', [http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/the-grand-sophy-by-georgette-heyer/ review] of ''[[Georgette Heyer|The Grand Sophy]]''}}

 

'''JulianMorrison''': You'd lose your whole crop of rationalists. They would never come back out.|[http://lesswrong.com/lw/169/the_sword_of_good/1334 Comments] on [[Less Wrong]].}}