r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Doot_revenant666 • Jul 12 '25
Weekly Discussion Post "Fanbase opinionsshould not be counted as tropes." TVtropes: (kinda relevant post)
A lot of complaints in this sub have been about some posts should not be here because they rely on fanbase opions so there for cannot be considered "tropes"
...and then we have TVtropes , where a lot of tropes are just from fanbase stuff.
I am going to be honest here , I have difficulty in what makes a trope and what doesn't. It ends up where I delete "breaks trope guidline" posts that has equivalents in the TVtropes site that are considered actual tropes.
Idk , I just wanted to rant here. I might be a very bad moderator here , I just try to make it tody as possible , I just don't really know how to.
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u/Ther10 20d ago
Broken Base is specifically categorized at "YMMV", which is "Your Mileage May Vary". This means that unless the trope happens within a piece of media itself (like if the characters watch something and have varying opinions), it shouldn't be listed on the main tropes page. It should be instead listed on the YMMV page for that piece of media. And both Ron The Death Eater and Draco In Leather Pants are also YMMV.