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As a result, certain words, terms, and patterns come to carry implications when used in the names of tropes. When creating a new trope, one must consider whether the resulting trope name invokes such implications. Sometimes, use of these words in other contexts is justified, while in others, it only causes confusion, in which case changing the trope name to remove the [[Loaded Trope Word]] may be preferable. When used intentionally where not appropriate, these can become problematic [[Snowclones]]. |
As a result, certain words, terms, and patterns come to carry implications when used in the names of tropes. When creating a new trope, one must consider whether the resulting trope name invokes such implications. Sometimes, use of these words in other contexts is justified, while in others, it only causes confusion, in which case changing the trope name to remove the [[Loaded Trope Word]] may be preferable. When used intentionally where not appropriate, these can become problematic [[Snowclones]]. |
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=== Naming Patterns === |
=== Naming Patterns === |
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* X '''Ball''' - tropes named as an "X Ball" typically imply that X is a property that gets given to a certain character for the sake of the plot (based on the idea of an imaginary ball which can be thrown from person to person and give them property X while they hold it). See [[Idiot Ball]] for the most common trope with this naming pattern. Use in other contexts, such as [[Big Ball of Violence]], does not carry this implication. |
* X '''Ball''' - tropes named as an "X Ball" typically imply that X is a property that gets given to a certain character for the sake of the plot (based on the idea of an imaginary ball which can be thrown from person to person and give them property X while they hold it). See [[Idiot Ball]] for the original and most common trope with this naming pattern. Use in other contexts, such as [[Big Ball of Violence]], does not carry this implication. |
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* '''Artistic License --''' X : These are the pages for the common ways that creators are factually wrong, because being correct wouldn't serve the story as well. We used to try to distinguish between factual errors that were in the service of the story ("Wrong, but Good"), and those that were made by a creator who simply didn't do the research (the "You Fail X Forever" and "Somewhere an X is crying" tropes were "Wrong, and Bad"), but experience proved that that distinction is impossible to judge from outside, and the "but Bad" pages became a morass of complaining and ego-stroking. We now give all factual errors the benefit of the doubt. |
* '''Artistic License --''' X : These are the pages for the common ways that creators are factually wrong, because being correct wouldn't serve the story as well. We used to try to distinguish between factual errors that were in the service of the story ("Wrong, but Good"), and those that were made by a creator who simply didn't do the research (the "You Fail X Forever" and "Somewhere an X is crying" tropes were "Wrong, and Bad"), but experience proved that that distinction is impossible to judge from outside, and the "but Bad" pages became a morass of complaining and ego-stroking. We now give all factual errors the benefit of the doubt. |
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* '''Deus Ex''' X ''or'' X '''Ex Machina''' - originating from the concept of a [[Deus Ex Machina]], most tropes following these naming patterns are puns on the original, and involve either creation/application of gods or an unjustified solution of problems using generic and standard methods. See [[Ind Ex Machina]] for a comprehensive list of tropes following these naming patterns. |
* '''Deus Ex''' X ''or'' X '''Ex Machina''' - originating from the concept of a [[Deus Ex Machina]], most tropes following these naming patterns are puns on the original, and involve either creation/application of gods or an unjustified solution of problems using generic and standard methods. See [[Ind Ex Machina]] for a comprehensive list of tropes following these naming patterns. |
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