callmegallifreya:

hinoneko:

good things about tvtropes:

• coined/popularized a number of terms for various tropes (including the word “trope” itself), streamlining discussions about media

• exhaustive cataloging of examples makes it a helpful tool for discovering new stories (or finding ones to avoid) based on a person’s favorite character types or story elements

• lack of “notability” requirements opens a theoretically equal amount/depth of analysis to everything from classic literature to children’s television to youtube video game review channels, making media analysis more accessible and appealing to people who may not be familiar with the “great works” of a particular medium

bad things about tvtropes:

• level of analysis ranges from “film studies major” to “watched a nostalgia critic video once”

Other bad things about tvtropes:

• You look up one thing and suddenly it’s 3 days later, you haven’t slept and you have 19000 tabs open