Rookie <3s MeFi

January 9, 2013 6:35 AM

Maggie from Rookie gave MetaFilter yet another shoutout in her article about TV mythologies. Scroll down or search the page for "grumblebee".
posted by pxe2000 to MetaFilter-Related at 6:35 AM (16 comments total)

The link is trying to download directly to my computer.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 6:37 AM on January 9

The link works for me.

(and, neat!)
posted by insectosaurus at 6:57 AM on January 9

The link works for me.

(See plots don't have to be original.)
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:54 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]

Rookie needs to be a little more careful linking to Tv Tropes all willynilly.

That's how lives are ruined.
posted by The Whelk at 8:35 AM on January 9 [2 favorites]

Whelk, did you not miss the warning?

Spoilers ahoy for many shows including Fringe, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Battlestar Galactica, as well as The Epic of Gilgamesh!

Or are you referring to the timesink that is 'Tropes?
posted by filthy light thief at 10:46 AM on January 9

Spoilers are one thing.

Linking to TV Tropes should require a parental consent form.
posted by The Whelk at 10:51 AM on January 9 [4 favorites]

Good article. One of my daughters is an aspiring writer, and I'll point her to this.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 10:59 AM on January 9

*bows*
posted by grumblebee at 6:25 PM on January 9 [7 favorites]

So if I read that article correctly, all the time I spend on MetaFilter is adding tools to my belt!
posted by arcticseal at 6:48 PM on January 9

Whatever happened to grumblebee? I always felt bad when he'd disagree with me because I wanted to respond to him but his comments were so long I'd reach my next birthday and then the next and then the next and then die and be reincarnated before I had the chance to finish reading one. He still around?
posted by Afroblanco at 10:31 PM on January 9

*points up*
posted by cgc373 at 11:36 PM on January 9

LOL. uhm, hai?

(I suppose I owe you a drink. next time I'm in NYC. did they ever re-open Revival?)
posted by Afroblanco at 12:27 AM on January 10

I didn't even know they closed Revival.

I'm still around. I was made an admin on quora.com (my profile), and that takes up a large portion of my online time (and gives me a huge appreciation of Matt, Jess, Cortex, etc). I still read mefi several times a day and post every once in a while.
posted by grumblebee at 4:54 AM on January 10 [2 favorites]

I've somehow managed to avoid Tropes all this time, but this has completely sucked me in. Fuck!
posted by phaedon at 6:59 AM on January 10

Huh. I totally remember that grumblebee comment because I thought it was brilliant but somehow, at the time, I didn't fave it.

Going to remedy that.
posted by eyeballkid at 4:43 PM on January 10

Spoilers are one thing.

Linking to TV Tropes should require a parental consent form

Judging by some of the things the Something Awful thread about that site dug up (especially before they spun off Fetish Fuel and deleted most of the rape tropes) that's pretty true.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 5:49 PM on January 10