blkmage (post: 1490306) wrote:TV Tropes gives people the tools to empower them to perform incredibly lazy analysis of the media they consume.
Hats wrote:"Frodo! Cast off your [s]sins[/s] into the fire!"
FllMtl Novelist (post: 1490552) wrote:I've been there less than ten times. The first few times I made a million tabs, spent a lot of time on there, and got a few laughs. But like others, I decided I'd wasted too many hours on that site. I appreciate the mildly sarcastic tone of most articles, but it's not worth it.
I now mostly avoid it. It eats up my time like a chat room, but I get pretty much nothing out of it.
Darth_Kirby (post: 1481540) wrote:Ah, the beast of terminology... how many more arguments will you start... XP
Darth_Kirby (post: 1490585) wrote:lol true, unless you write. Then you might get something out of it. I've become Dangerously Genre Savvy.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DangerouslyGenreSavvy
Hats wrote:"Frodo! Cast off your [s]sins[/s] into the fire!"
FllMtl Novelist (post: 1490594) wrote:...I already am. I predict endings to TV shows and slow books all the time. Sometimes I predict middles, too.
Since I write books, I'd prefer to spend my time reading books. I think I learn more overall. Like how some people were saying, I learn more about how tropes are set up, which as a writer is very useful to know.
Darth_Kirby (post: 1481540) wrote:Ah, the beast of terminology... how many more arguments will you start... XP
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