{"id":6070,"date":"2018-10-17T18:20:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2022-05-24T22:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T02:19:26","slug":"nutty-bites-135-tropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-135-tropes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Bites 135: Tropes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nutty Bites 135: Tropes!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6070]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6071\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-135-tropes\/attachment\/coverart135\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?fit=1400%2C1400\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CoverArt135\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?fit=584%2C584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6071\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=584%2C584\" alt=\"Nutty Bites 135: Tropes!\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=600%2C600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt135.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Tropes can be helpful or hurtful. Nutty, Tek, <a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/\">Encaf1<\/a>, Jason, Jen, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bathtubmermaid.com\/\">Melissa<\/a> discuss when to stick by the tropes and when to abandon them and start new. There is a knee jerk desire to say always start with something new, but sometimes you need to respect your fans. We get off topic more than once, and this is a crossover episode with Talk Nerdy 2 Me, so things get fun. I ended up cutting a lot out of this episode and if people want the bloopers maybe I can release them but you have to ask for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skinner.fm\/category\/chrononaut-cinema-reviews\/\">Chrononaut Cinema Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credits:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Recorded\u00a0at\u00a0NIMLAS Studios<br \/>\nPost Editing: \u00a0Nuchtchas<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/deed.en_US\" rel=\"license\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/88x31.png?w=584\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Hosts:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuchtchas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuchtchas<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyingukemi\">Tek<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JG_Banks\">Jason<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sobeafreak\">Jen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/encaf1\">Encaf1<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Melysse\">Melissa<\/a>.<br \/>\nNutty Bites is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/deed.en_US\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact\/Feedback:<br \/>\n<\/strong>(347) NUTTY42 or\u00a0(347) 688-8942<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/nuttybites\/\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/nuttybites\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8666\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6070-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nuttybites\/nimlas.org\/NuttyBites\/NuttyBites135.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nuttybites\/nimlas.org\/NuttyBites\/NuttyBites135.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nuttybites\/nimlas.org\/NuttyBites\/NuttyBites135.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nuttybites\/nimlas.org\/NuttyBites\/NuttyBites135.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6070-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nuttybites\/nimlas.org\/NuttyBites\/NuttyBites135.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NuttyBites135.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:25:46 &#8212; 39.7MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('6070-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_6070-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_6070-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=6070-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutty Bites 135: Tropes! 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