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Quantus:
Found something I thought you guys would be interested in.  I may just be new to the uptake, but I stumbled upon this site called Tvtropes.com, and its freaking fantastic.  Its like a wikipedia for modern literary structure, but with a focus more on Stan Lee than Shakespeare. I have never found a place that had so meticulously broken down the modern archetypes and well...literature.  I mean, where else could you get a multipage breakdown, with examples, of a Xanatos Gambit, Jerkass Dissonace, or the Sidekick Ex Machina (which btw is an extreme form of Hypercompetant Sidekick and similar in application to Manic Pixie Dream Girl).  Its got a listing of villain levels from Mook to The Dragon, and and a listing of the Flying Brick superpower set.   I have now spent that last hour crawling through it soaking all up.  ;D

jeno:
Ah, tvtropes. The black hole of the internet.

You'll spend more than an hour on that page before you're through... -_-

Kris_W:
Yes! Yes! Yes! TV Tropes should be mandatory reading for all aspiring authors. And for the perspiring ones, too.

But set a timer - A loud one. Maybe two...

Quantus:
*blinks*  What happened to the last 5 hours?  :-\

Kris_W:
Yes. Exactly.

 :D

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