u/laybs1
▲ 473 r/TopCharacterTropes
(Loved Trope) An immensely talented character tries to pursue a new passion or interest. They are terrible at it.
Metro Man (Mega Mind): hero of Metro City who, after years of successful superheroics, fakes his death to write and perform music. He has zero talent as a musician or songwriter.
Dr. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development): When shown practicing therapy, he is actually very competent and skilled. His acting, though, is uniformly cringeworthy.
Narsus (Heroic Legend of Arslan): brilliant military strategist, his artistic works leave much to be desired.
u/laybs1 — 17 hours ago
▲ 53 r/shittymoviedetails
In The Odyssey (2026) Matt Damon shouts “Let’s go!” This is a reference to the butchery of Homeric prose.
u/laybs1 — 21 hours ago
▲ 984 r/wikipedia
The Catacombs was a gay and lesbian S/M leather fisting club. It was the most famous fisting club in the world. The location was semi-secret, and admission was by referral only. It was originally a gay men's club, but Cynthia Slater persuaded the management to open up to lesbians.
en.wikipedia.orgu/laybs1 — 23 hours ago
Structural weak points
u/SamLowry_ — 24 hours ago
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(Loved Trope) A characters backstory or past event is impossible, doesn’t make any sense, or contradictory.
1. Zaff Bracklin (American Dad)
2. Tracy Jordan (30 Rock)
u/laybs1 — 1 day ago
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(Horrifying Trope) Ohio and New Jersey.
Cleveland (FairlyOdd Parents): a desolate hellscape.
Ohio danger zone (Internet): million are at risk each year.
Jersey Shore (It’s Always Sunny): stray dogs, litter, needles, public gay homeless sex, this terrifying documentary is all too true.
u/laybs1 — 2 days ago
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Delia Owens is an author and conservationist formerly married to Mark Owens. The couple was the focus of a documentary entitled "Deadly Game", which included the filmed murder of an alleged poacher. The couple were expelled from Botswana and are wanted for questioning in Zambia.
en.wikipedia.orgu/laybs1 — 2 days ago
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In 2022, an MIT AI researcher discovered that the technology company Voiceverse had plagiarized from their platform. The incident was documented as one of the earliest instances of plagiarism and theft stemming from AI during the AI boom.
en.wikipedia.orgu/laybs1 — 3 days ago
In The Simpsons (1989-) surrendering Confederates are slaughtered, which I’d feel bad about if only Confederates weren’t treacherous, enslaving scum.
u/laybs1 — 3 days ago
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(Hated Trope) Racist/bigoted creators portraying an entire IRL race or ethnicity as inherently villainous.
Jewish people (Jud Suss): ironically ignores the anti-bigotry of the book to promote Nazi societal antisemitism.
African Americans (Birth of a Nation): all the worst stereotypes of black Americans to promote the white supremacy of the KKK
u/laybs1 — 4 days ago