What part, if any, of my personality is "Flanderised"?

More Than Mortal · February 06, 2015, 03:24:22 PM

Flanderisation is the process of a certain characteristic coming to be incredibly important, or effectively the definition of, an individual's personality.

Legit question.

The Waifu Master · February 06, 2015, 03:24:54 PM

all of it

Jocephalopod · February 06, 2015, 03:29:06 PM

you are the reincarnation of narcissus

i'm sure you're proud of it tho

February 06, 2015, 03:36:56 PM

I love TvTropes.

also, *flanderized

challengerX · February 06, 2015, 03:37:31 PM

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More Than Mortal · February 06, 2015, 04:17:00 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on February 06, 2015, 03:36:56 PM

I love TvTropes.

also, *flanderized

Suck my English willy.

Jim · February 06, 2015, 04:18:21 PM

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Verbatim · February 06, 2015, 04:26:55 PM

eh, that's not exactly what flanderization is--and it's difficult to apply in real life

i guess if i were to flanderize you, you would be... an angry, Sophisticated as Hell closet zionist or some shit

that's flanderization--exaggerated to the point where it no longer resembles the original character in terms of personality

Epsira · February 06, 2015, 04:31:47 PM

What people are probably thinking, and not saying, is intelligence.
It's the defining feature people tend to recognize about passionate and educated people.

I don't know you very well personally, so this is a facile assertion.

February 06, 2015, 04:51:04 PM

Quote from: Epsira on February 06, 2015, 04:31:47 PM

What people are probably thinking, and not saying, is intelligence.
It's the defining feature people tend to recognize about passionate and educated people.

I don't know you very well personally, so this is a facile assertion.

But that's just what's wrong with this thread - Flanderization isn't supposed to be a positive thing, and it hardly ever applies to real life. It's when, over time, a complex character devolves and devolves until their entire personality consists of just one trait.

The trope namer is, obviously, Ned Flanders, who started off as a nice, friendly neighbor who happened to be Christian, and eventually descended into a book burning fundamentalist Catholic.

Verbatim · February 06, 2015, 04:54:00 PM

it often results in the death of a series, in my opinion
and by "death" i mean, the point at which everyone says that the show "used to be funny but sucks now"

not necessarily the end/cancellation

i don't know how class can tolerate family guy, for example, because the characters have been flanderized to absolute shit

Girl of Mystery · February 06, 2015, 04:59:41 PM

You're an fiddly fucking diddly faggot.

February 06, 2015, 05:00:00 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 06, 2015, 04:54:00 PM

it often results in the death of a series, in my opinion

i don't know how class can tolerate family guy, for example, because the characters have been flanderized to absolute shit

If I watched Family Guy for anything other than Stewie, Brian, and the random cutaways, I'd definitely have stopped a long time ago. But those two characters, IMO, are much better than how they were originally. I much prefer Stewie as a gay pop culture savant than a stereotypical evil baby, and Brian as "the voice of reason" gets old fast. He's much more interesting as the pretentious and full of himself ass.

Regardless, though, I don't watch any seasons after 7. Even S&B couldn't save the show after that point.