Wands and Worlds

A discussion site focused on teen and children's fantasy and science fiction, Wands and Worlds was founded in 2005 by Sheila Ruth. It grew to incorporate a wide variety of active members from many fandoms, the most popular being Warriors, due to the semi-regular author chats held at the site. Although it is still used for book discussion, it has become more of a general forum for teens, and other ages as well.

Tropes used in Wands and Worlds include:

• Anyone Can Die: During a Mafia, to the point where normally benevolent members can turn quite sneaky.
• Badass Bookworm: Everyone can have their moments.
• Berserk Button:
  • [feel free to add yours here]
• Big No: Taken to epic proportions on more than one occasion.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Ivyflower.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Reality and Fiction, etc.
• Cargo Ship: Jay x Stick
• Character Alignment:
  • Chaotic Good: Losty
  • Chaotic Neutral: Ivyflower, Sevenclaws
  • True Neutral: Starsight
• Cloudcuckoolander: Sevenclaws, and proud of it.
• Cool Big Sis: Crescentmoon.
• Cool Old Lady: Starsight, AKA Long-Tongued Old Lady. This nickname was originally something of a Berserk Button but now seems to be tolerated for the most part.
  • She's not THAT old...
    • That's up for debate.
• Crazy Cat Lady: Many members are self-identified Crazy Cat Ladies.
• Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: The Brightspirit thing (see Shout-Out).
• Dysfunction Junction
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Runningflame, although he hasn't been part of the ensemble in years.
• Expanded Universe: There is now a wiki.
• Fan Dumb: Averted more often than you'd expect.
• Fan Nickname: Happens to most members and more than a few fictional characters. Commonly takes the first part of the name and adds a y.
  • Also "Wandie", as a term for any member of the site.
• Furry Fandom: Subverted - in the early days of Wands and Worlds' existence, most members referred to themselves as cats, as Warriors was the main (if not only) fandom then.
• Genki Girl: A lot of the younger members, most notably Forestpelt's early days.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: Happens a lot more often now than it did in the past.
• Headphones Equal Isolation: Averted by several members.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: Flametail and Lakestorm.
• Hold Your Hippogriffs / Gosh Dang It to Heck
• Insane Troll Logic: Occurs when one is bored in the chatroom for too long.
• It Has Been an Honor: Most members who are leaving say something to this effect.
• Large Ham: Lakestorm.
• Late Arrival Spoiler: This happens a lot among the forums.
• Lethal Chef: Spirithunter.
• Loads And Loads Of Members
• Memetic Mutation: *shot*
• The Nicknamer: Sevenclaws. His nicknames (and for that matter, himself) are undoubtedly the best. No contest.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse / Child Prodigy: Magicyop.
• The Rival: Rabbitfoot and Sevenclaws - it goes both ways, although Seven considers everyone else to be his rival to a lesser extent.
• Running Gag: Many.
• Shout-Out: The names Brightspirit, Braveheart, and Shiningheart from Long Shadows were coined by members in honor of a Warriors fan and her family who were killed by the February 2008 tornado in Kansas.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Sevenclaws, without a doubt. Not that anyone minds.
• Team Mom: Sheila.
• Teasing Creator: The author chats...
• There Are No Girls on the Internet: Averted - approximately 3 out of 4 members are female.
• Troll: Averted - at least as far as we know.
• True Companions
• The Watcher: There must be several members who aren't premium but read the forums anyway.
• What Do You Mean It's for Kids?: Most of the discussions nowadays center around politics, books for adults, or random things found around the internet.
• What Do You Mean It's Not Political?: Losty's interpretation of some things.
• Why We're Bummed Communism Fell: Losty - for obvious reasons.
• Your Days Are Numbered: Premium membership only lasts a year.