While walking to work one day I had an unusual revelation about the true insidious nature of TV Tropes.  TV Tropes bills itself as a site where anyone can write about common facets of fiction that are used by writers in a fun manner. They bill the site encouraging casual language and discussion. That is merely their cover story. The site is nothing more than a candy coated factory for the subversive deconstruction and categorization of pop culture media with an agenda of guerrilla academic tactics  hidden by a populist facade.

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