Adaptation Explanation Extrication: Difference between revisions

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# The fact that Alice always gets Bob the right gift stays, but her latent psychic powers don't. There is no longer any explanation for why she does this.

This isn't limited to major elements of the work; often times minor things will get thrown in to satisfy the fans who might be looking for it but the explanation is left out because it's not important to the adaptation. This can reduce something to the point of a [[Hand Wave]], but it [[Tropes Are Not Bad|isn't all bad.]] If something was not that important to the original work, this helps with the [[Conservation of Detail]] and prevents the audience from getting overloaded. However, if done poorly, it can accidentally create an [[Adaptation Induced Plothole]].

This isn't limited to major elements of the work; often times minor things will get thrown in to satisfy the fans who might be looking for it but the explanation is left out because it's not important to the adaptation. This can reduce something to the point of a [[Hand Wave]], but it [[Tropes Are Not Bad|isn't all bad.]] If something was not that important to the original work, this helps with the [[Conservation of Detail]] and prevents the audience from getting overloaded. However, if done poorly, it can accidentally create an [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]].

This is a kind of partial [[Adaptation Distillation]] where the explanation is removed in the distillation process but the element it explains isn't. If it's important and done excessively, might lead to [[Continuity Lock Out]]. See also [[Adaptation Induced Plothole]].

This is a kind of partial [[Adaptation Distillation]] where the explanation is removed in the distillation process but the element it explains isn't. If it's important and done excessively, might lead to [[Continuity Lock Out]]. See also [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]].

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== Live-Action TV ==

* In the book ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire|A Game of Thrones]]'', {{spoiler|Khal Drogo removes Mirri Maz Dur's poultice, relies on the Dothraki healers instead, and the wound gets infected. This leads some credibility to Mirri, who criticized the Dothraki methods.}} In the [[Game of Thrones (TV)|TV series]], {{spoiler|they use her method, Khal Drogo gets infected anyway, and Danaerys still trusts her to heal him. It's even heavily hinted that Mirri wanted him to die}}. It all makes Dany seem naive and oddly trusting of someone she knows little about.

** In the second season, The Hound offers to {{spoiler|help Sansa escape while he's fleeing the city. She refuses, as she does in the books.}} This makes sense in the books, as, despite [[Pet the Dog|the occasional act of kindness]], he does make some sexual comments to her, and {{spoiler|[[Near Rape Experience|the threat of rape in their last meeting was pretty strongly implied]]}}. However, in the TV series, he's been nothing but kind to her. It makes sense on some level, as {{spoiler|running through a war zone with a drunken [[Blood Knight]]}} isn't exactly easy, but, considering her alternatives, it still seems rather odd that she didn't at least consider.

** In the second season, The Hound offers to {{spoiler|help Sansa escape while he's fleeing the city. She refuses, as she does in the books.}} This makes sense in the books, as, despite [[Pet the Dog|the occasional act of kindness]], he does make some sexual comments to her, and {{spoiler|[[Near-Rape Experience|the threat of rape in their last meeting was pretty strongly implied]]}}. However, in the TV series, he's been nothing but kind to her. It makes sense on some level, as {{spoiler|running through a war zone with a drunken [[Blood Knight]]}} isn't exactly easy, but, considering her alternatives, it still seems rather odd that she didn't at least consider.

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