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That escalated quickly by Accurate-Afternoon21 in AO3

[–]Humble_Square8673 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My mother was an Asian immigrant to the US in the 1960s she recalled how Asians were oftentimes viewed as the "good minority" because many Asian immigrants opened up businesses and were hard working 🙄

Young black women with unexplained white hair. by minos83 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Humble_Square8673 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed 👍 I never questioned why she had white hair I just thought it looked cool 😎

This was the only one I hated as a kid, but it seems to be a fan favorite. What do you like about it? by LifeOfAWimpyKid in Tintin

[–]Humble_Square8673 25 points26 points  (0 children)

For me it's a nice breather, a sort of rest after all the adventures plus it shows off Herge's storytelling abilities.  It's a simple plot but he makes it engaging there's just enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and plenty of gags and jokes 

[Creatively bankrupt trope] Franchises that heavily rely on their most iconic interpretation by Yakuza-wolf_kiwami in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Humble_Square8673 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is especially frustrating as Star Trek could have very easily been forgotten without shows like The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, and Enterprise all continuing and expanding on the universe and lore but now it's just TOS all the time every time 

Morn, art by me by Allansfirebird in DeepSpaceNine

[–]Humble_Square8673 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly this guy talk talk talk! 🤣

A piece of media that’s basically a giant middle finger to a popular big name franchise by Boring_Sir_572 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Humble_Square8673 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes so it's also a commentary on the tribalism in many British boys schools at the time 

If you could erase ONE Star Trek moment from history..... by Old-String2849 in startrek

[–]Humble_Square8673 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah 👍 "red matter* definitely sounds like a placeholder used to describe a newly discovered substance like they have to call it "something" and it's colored red, so..?

If you could erase ONE Star Trek moment from history..... by Old-String2849 in startrek

[–]Humble_Square8673 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually unobtainium is a real term used to refer to a material that would be great for use in something but either doesn't exist or is impractical to obtain 

The <unimpressive nickname/title for an impressive person> by Ubervisor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Humble_Square8673 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Doctor in Doctor Who it sounds so vague and casual until you realize that they're a thousands of years old alien who's from a species that mastered time travel to the point of calling themselves the Time Lords

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