Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

@Broken Adam  
Says the guy who got banned from 4Chan.

@Silent_Witness  
Because he’s a prick.

@Silent_Witness  
TV Tropes is a bad source of info for beginner writers

@Broken Adam  
Nobody is talking about beginning writing right now

@.44caliberloveletter  
It’s a bad source of info overall

@Broken Adam  
Your input has been noted

@Broken Adam  
Would you be willing to recommend a better source of information then?

@Silent_Witness  
Just read books and learn from your own interpretation

@Broken Adam  
So just read and copy others. At least one can learn about tropes and get an idea of their use.

@Meanlucario  
It can limit your creativity

@Broken Adam  
Only for those who think that tropes as rules.

@Meanlucario  
Which is what happens to a lot of insecure young new writers

@Broken Adam  
That’s the problem with the individual, not the site.

@Meanlucario  
But the people of the site have this mentality too

@King Sombra  
i like them all 0.0

@Broken Adam  
And your evidence of this is? The site literally starts by clarifying that tropes are just the record of threats in media, not rules to live by.

@Meanlucario  
The people involved are pretty toxic

@Penncentral15  
Welcome to the thread.

@Penncentral15  
Paranormal Activity?

@Broken Adam  
That isn’t evidence. If you’re relying on me to trust you on your word, than unfortunately, I know you too well to do that.

@Meanlucario  
thx

@Broken Adam  
yes

Remember when they to come up something “original,” but the “original” content has been done over and over and over again.

@Broken Adam  
Just let people use what they like as a starting point, no need to be pretentious about it.

@Meanlucario
 
Their forum threads are pretty awful tbh, but it’s fun to browse the regular trope pages.