Comment on Anon notices a trope
Kyatto@leminal.space 5 months agoI’ve done it before too, lowest point in my life, just grabbed some scissors and cut down my long hair :(
A little upsetting to see people calling it a trope, when it is a real reaction to trauma :/
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tropes can absolutely be based in reality. A trope is simply a commonly used stylistic device or convention in media. Sometimes it’s commonly used because reality just works that way. There nothing inherently cheap about it.
Cutting the hair short as a trope tells us that the character is in an extremely stressful or even traumatic situation and is trying to regain a sense of control. That’s a complex situation but can be told in seconds by relating to actual reality.
It’s not a trope in reality but it is one when used to convey a characters emotional state in a story.
Damage@feddit.it 5 months ago
As confirmed by the “Real Life” section on tvtropes pages
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 months ago
And tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/…/TropesAreTools