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'''Basic Trope''': A character's personality and motivations change depending on which writer is writing the story. |
'''Basic Trope''': A character's personality and motivations change depending on which writer is writing the story. |
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* '''Straight''': Alice Editor usually writes ''Amazing Girl'' stories - and her take on the character is a traditional heroic type. When Bob Troper takes over the writing duties, he writes her as a fallen [[Anti |
* '''Straight''': Alice Editor usually writes ''Amazing Girl'' stories - and her take on the character is a traditional heroic type. When Bob Troper takes over the writing duties, he writes her as a fallen [[Anti-Hero]]. |
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice writes Amazing Girl as a sweet, virtuous character who is [[The Messiah]], but Bob writes her as a [[Blood Knight]] who enjoys murdering people for fun. |
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice writes Amazing Girl as a sweet, virtuous character who is [[The Messiah]], but Bob writes her as a [[Blood Knight]] who enjoys murdering people for fun. |
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* '''Justified''': They're writing about her at different times in her existence; Alice does the stories about her early years, Bob the ones about her later years. Its assumed [[Character Development]] occurred somewhere between. |
* '''Justified''': They're writing about her at different times in her existence; Alice does the stories about her early years, Bob the ones about her later years. Its assumed [[Character Development]] occurred somewhere between. |
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob changes some aspects of the character to please the fandom, but there are certain things he refuses to change. |
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob changes some aspects of the character to please the fandom, but there are certain things he refuses to change. |
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* '''Averted''': The fundamental beliefs of the character don't change from writer to writer. |
* '''Averted''': The fundamental beliefs of the character don't change from writer to writer. |
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* '''Enforced''': "I don't care what Alice wrote about. I want to write about an [[Anti |
* '''Enforced''': "I don't care what Alice wrote about. I want to write about an [[Anti-Hero]], so that's what I'm going to do." |
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Man, ever since Bob Troper took over, Amazing Girl has done some pretty crazy stuff." |
* '''Lampshaded''': "Man, ever since Bob Troper took over, Amazing Girl has done some pretty crazy stuff." |
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* '''Invoked''': Alice's bosses, wanting to go in a different direction, hire Bob Troper to write for ''Amazing Girl''. |
* '''Invoked''': Alice's bosses, wanting to go in a different direction, hire Bob Troper to write for ''Amazing Girl''. |