The prequels made a bigger fuss about it, but they didn’t invent it.2. Although there might be a case for OUR-ran-os, which may be closer to the original Greek. Drop it in the middle of the ocean and a fluke series of events will have it wash up in the belly of a dead whale. Meaning it makes perfect sense that the light sides Jedi become more and more predisposed towards being distant and unfeeling while the Sith utilising passion for self serving purposes and tying it to anger lead to the passion side of the force bringing out anger and hatred more than they might have once done.The “balance in the Force” could perhaps have worked under different premises; namely, that it was not a balance between one side and the other, but that one side IS balance and the other just happens to break this balance.I have toyed with that concept myself: my own headcanon is that what some call “the Light Side” is just accessing the Force while being careful not to disrupt it, the Dark Side is the phenomenon that happens when you Use The Force by drawing upon your emotions (not just “bad emotions” like fear and hate, but any strong feelings); whereas someone like the Jedi would tap on the Force calmly and carefully to avoid breaking its balance, when you “use the Dark Side” you are pulling from the Force with great might and upsetting its normally neutral state.Good call on referencing the Anglo-Zulu War in #5!

Rules are made to be broken. Sometimes a trope starts off fine but is overused until it It would be passe to simply have a world in which good destroys evil, so authors surprise you with a twist: the world requires a balance between the forces of good and the forces of evil! Very well! These are all the logos where I could find videos from the TV Tropes Nightmare Fuel for Logos (Vanity Plates).

If the protagonist finds an arcane scroll whose author goes on and on about others not appreciating them, it’s reasonable to conclude that author has some kind of chip on their shoulder based on how they were treated. Lots of things are becoming played out in Hollywood, but there are a few tropes that if taken behind the woodshed, no one would notice. Only a very bad leader would do such a thing – and even then, unless there’s weapons behind them, quite some people won’t do that. And Obi-Wan Kenobi knows, too, that to have lived his life without being Master to Anakin Skywalker would have left him a different man. (That’s, by the way, why the Greek phalanx was sorted so the younger soldiers were in front and the older ones were in the back. Now I know why Harry and Ron didn’t try to explain how they knew the author was a man, because their only option would have been to Beyond being silly, this trope enforces the idea that gender is an If you want one character to learn something about another by examining their work, stick to information that’s actually relevant. Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal, group or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result.

)The Russians were both massively motivated (there’s a reason its called the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and had the NKVD behind them. Including after the marriage during the divorce. YouTube Rewind 2018: Kids Fun TV ! TV Tropes Excerpt: “A very common trope, particularly in animation and sitcoms, is for a woman to be far more attractive than her significant other. The Oz Kids is an American animated fantasy comedy-drama television series produced by Hyperion Animation based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel, and its various sequels.It aired on ABC from 1996 to 1999; from 1996-1997 nine early episodes were released in VHS format.. The The Star Wars prequels are particularly egregious, with the silly prophecy and the numerically superior Jedi not understanding what “balance” means, but Lucas is hardly the only author to make this mistake. Do you know what scene it was?I haven’t been able to find it either. On top of all that, both love interests are really reincarnated immortals.

Apogee was an awesome developer of platform games back then, though.

People often choose partners who are flawed, often seriously so, in real life. It left me wondering why Dr. Horrible was attracted to her in the first place, and I read other people commenting on the theory that he was just in love with the idea of being in love, and didn’t really see Penny.#4: This one’s going to be a bit tricky to remove from video games. Red army had multiple problems, but rifles were never one of them. That might actually be a way to go, even though by now the whole story no longer officially exists.In regards to the romantic rival thing… I think that one is not necessarily a problem, as long as one acknowledges that failure to see that is potentially a part of the woman’s character. That’s a very annoying trope.2. I didn’t read the comments closely enough to realize someone else had already brought this up.what you call sexism, a more cynical and observant person would call experience.As much as I dislike how #1 is gaining ground in Star Wars, for many of the reasons you cite…1. What?

If a murderer stabbed their victim many times after the victim was clearly dead, then it can be deduced that the murderer was Your characters could also use statistics to make guesses about a work’s creator, but it should be clear these are only guesses. PRO-TIP: Ever wanted to find out which book genre you are? When you actually get to the kingdom, they’re perfectly happy to give you the sword. Second, they explain that they think he’s male, because he called himself a ‘prince’ rather than a ‘princess’.I agree fully with you there. 1.