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[Hubris Incalculable]

So, I missed the fun I had creating Noirescent a year ago in Gatleos' game "Narrative By Trope", so I figure'd it would be a good time to try it again with a new story. Below, I've posted the rules from the old game.

Spoiler: Spiel (click to show/hide)

I had an idea for a good forum game in the style of typical world-builder threads. But instead of a world, we will be building a work of fiction. With tropes! Instead of writing the story directly, we'll tell it through trope examples. I'll start by posting a vague description as if I were writing the first paragraph of a TVTropes article, then subsequent posters will add onto the universe by writing trope examples. Each example must work within the increasingly explicit guidelines of the universe defined by previous examples, and a story will begin to form.

Spoiler: Rulez (click to show/hide)

• Along with examples, feel free to add other tropish things, such as quotes, trivia, reviews, or even crowners (CMoA, HONF, etc.) and Wild Mass Guessing entries. Think outside the box!
• Let's actually write this like a TVTropes article, complete with an obnoxious amount of potholes alluding to even more tropes.
• Try to stay consistent with previous posts. Failing that, though, we can always pull a retcon.
• When it's agreed that we've gone far enough with the current work, I (or someone else) will post a new one and we can start over. In addition to normal submissions, I'll occasionally post an expanded work description, consolidating all the new accumulated info from the examples.

LET'S DO THIS

The Falling Dark

The Falling Dark was a Scottish Live-Action television show, set after the end in Orkney. It ran for three seasons from 2005 to 2007, before it was cancelled.

A film adaptation is planned.

Needs Wiki Magic

This series also provides examples of:
Everything Trying To Kill You: All over the place. Basically, if there's a break from all the unresolved sexual tension, it's usually caused by this.

[Digital Hellhound]

Ooh, I loved this! Writing something up!

Internal Retcon: Done chillingly by Colonel McArthur in the Season 1 finale. Lewis who?

The Dog Bites Back: Averted. It seems like this is going to happen to Doctor Grey at the end of 'Dead Light'. Cue the army... led by the Colonel.

Father Neptune: The captain from the season 2 premiere fits the bill. He even has the beard!

((Orkney, really now?))

[Hubris Incalculable]

((Orkney, really now?))

((What's wrong with Orkney?))

[Johnfalcon99977]

Ooh, I loved this! Writing something up!

Me too! I'll find something to put here soon as well.

[Kashyyk]

The world is massive hellhole to begin with, at least Severity Class two on that scale. Although the fandom are pretty sure that there was destined to be a good ending.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Guns Akimbo: Used to great effect by the Captain.

Tin Can Robot: Almost every robot in the series, although very few are actually functional.

[Theoboldi]

Bald of Evil: Colonel McArthur. Also doubles as a Bald of Awesome.

Everyone calls him Barkeep : The Captain.

Omnicidal Maniac: Doctor Grey after the Season 2 finale.

[Digital Hellhound]

Dreaming of Things To Come: According to Word of God, David's bizarre viking dream in Season 3's 'The Blizzard' was related to something from the cancelled fourth season, probably the Norwegians from the finale's Stinger.

The Stoic: Eriksson tries to be this, but he drops the act between Season 1 and Season 2. A more straightforward example would be Elizabeth after 'Drifters'.

Red Sky, Take Warning: What we see of the apocalypse in the opening titles. The episode 'Red Horizon' also features this on a smaller scale (implied to be a distant nuclear detonation, but never mentioned again).

[Johnfalcon99977]

Mechanical Monster: Colonel McArthur mostly commands a number of sentient machines which resemble this in his personal retinue.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

At least they betray him in the season 3 finale.

Second Law My Ass:

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See above.

Chromatic Arrangement: The Captain's, David's, Slyv's, and Eriksson's outfits normally contain some form of Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow respectively.

Friendly Sniper: Pretty much Slyv, making him the most cheerful character on the show by a long shot.

[Kashyyk]

Old Soldier:The Captain. Although it's never explicitly mentioned, it's generally believed due to Word of Dante and the fact that no one in the production office denied it. Colonel McArthur is obvious one.

Knight Templar: Alistair Laurence and Karen Phelps. Both of them were from the City.

[Digital Hellhound]

Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence: For the most part 1-3, but the Season 3 finale hints that at least Colonel McArthur's machines might have been much more than they seemed.

Tie-In Novel: One was released just before the show was cancelled, set between Seasons 2 and 3. Your Mileage May Vary, as it openly contradicts some things from the finale.

((May I suggest a video game, methinks a RPG, for our next article when the time comes? Haven't had any of those yet.))

[Johnfalcon99977]

(( I was thinking Steampunk Faux-Anime series more famous for the 4X Spin-off, if that would float well with the others here. ))

Crouching Moron Hidden Badass: Slyv. At first, he seems like a complete incompetent wash out from McArthur's army. Then he gets a Rifle.

[Kashyyk]

Four Temperament Ensemble: David = Sanguine, Eriksson = Choleric, The Captain = Melancholic, Slyv = Phlegmatic.

Sacrificial Lion:

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Docter Grey

[Johnfalcon99977]

Four Temperament Ensemble: David = Sanguine, Eriksson = Choleric, The Captain = Melancholic, Slyv = Phlegmatic.

I would have to dispute that.
Slyv = Sanguine
The Captain = Choleric
Eriksson = Phlegmatic
David = Melancholic

[Fniff]

Evil Evolves: The Colonel loves this trope. His robots start out as simple humanoid androids, then evolve to meet the situation. Notable examples would be Clarence, who resembles a cybernetic snake more then a robot, Drake, who is a Big-Dog style wolf, and Sheila, who eventually grows into a

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a huge (50 feet, so says the lady herself) battle tank in the Season 3 finale.

Acid Trip Dimension: The Stranger's House, along with Eldritch Location. How weird is it? The bathroom has a closet that leads into a door to the bathroom and is also filled with a demon that stretches for infinity!
Humanoid Abomination: The Stranger. He is so wrong that he rivals Slender Man. Notable in Episode six of the second season where he stalks David through a forest for hours, while somehow being at Siyv's house at the same time. Did we mention

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there is nothing underneath the theater mask he wears all the time?

After The End: At the start of series 1, it is confirmed that it takes place a "Short period of time" after a complete economic collapse that resulted in a large scale war that left the entire world completely destroyed. The government is non-existent, the closest authority figure being the Colonel, dust has blocked out the sun making it impossible to farm, everyone apart from the protagonists (And [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NonActionGuy]Doctor Grey) is completely helpless or apathetic, and the only remaining city (named The City) is a complete dictatorship that is falling apart anyway.[/url] However, there are signs things may be getting better, such as

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The sun shining through the omnipresent dust, and Clarence attempting to make peace with the humans.