Timeline for What are some bad ways to subvert tropes?
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| Jul 10, 2019 at 4:57 | comment | added | curiousdannii | This question is way too broad. For every trope there are innumerable ways to subvert them, and probably half are "bad". | |
| Jul 9, 2019 at 14:12 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 9, 2019 at 6:59 | answer | added | Keith Morrison | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 9, 2019 at 3:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 6, 2019 at 18:13 | comment | added | Tom | @MatthewDave whoops, my bad. The english "G" is pronounced much like the german "J". | |
| Jul 6, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | Matthew Dave | @Tom Exactly. Subversion works if it's consistent with the world and it's obvious why, in-universe, the tropes wouldn't work the way we expect them to. Also, it's George RR Martin, GRRM, not JRRM. | |
| Jul 6, 2019 at 15:49 | comment | added | Tom | Basically: Anything in GoT Season 8. The difference between the early (JRR Martin) subversions and the S8 (D&D) subversion attempts is startling and shows you both how to do it and how not to do it, respectively. For example, the "hero vs. supervillain boss fight" trope got "subverted" in maybe the most idiotic way you can imagine, twice (one not giving the obvious fight and one stealing the kill by deus-ex-machina). Both feel cheap because they are forced, while things like Ned Stark losing his head in Season 1 is a subversion, but internally consistent. | |
| Jul 6, 2019 at 11:36 | comment | added | Matthew Dave | @Davor The Dragon Demands put it really nicely: Betrayal of someone who already trusts you is not cleverness. It only works once unless the target is exceptionally stupid or exceptionally willing to believe in you. And it seems the belief finally run out on D&D and people finally noticed the emperor had no clothes. | |
| Jul 5, 2019 at 8:36 | answer | added | Hugh Meyers | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 14:27 | comment | added | Davor | The ending of GoT is a prime example. In order to subvert expected tropes, they subverted 5 years of character building. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 11:24 | answer | added | aniline hates nazis and pedos | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWriting/status/1146660031754067968 | ||
| Jul 4, 2019 at 5:12 | comment | added | tryin | @Nelson I heard it was related to Hitler using pink for gay men, but I should've guessed there were companies involved somewhere too | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 1:30 | comment | added | Nelson | Less than 100 years ago, boys wore pink, and girls wore blue. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 1:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 3, 2019 at 20:33 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jul 3, 2019 at 19:43 | answer | added | EDL | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 14:22 | answer | added | wetcircuit | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 13:28 | answer | added | Amadeus | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 13:11 | answer | added | sesquipedalias | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 13:02 | answer | added | Matthew Dave | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 12:49 | history | edited | tryin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 3, 2019 at 12:22 | history | asked | tryin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |