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Sometimes, a trope is distinct enough to deserve its own name and description, but a bit [[The Same but More Specific|too specific]] to deserve its own page: There is a huge grey area between worthwhile tropes and tropes that are plainly [[The Same but More]], [[The Same but More Specific]], or similar. In some cases, trope concepts within this gray area are best handled by [[Lumper vs. Splitter|lumping]] them into an '''Internal Subtrope''': Give it a name, a trope definition within the trope description of the supertrope and add the trope name as a redirect. |
Sometimes, a trope is distinct enough to deserve its own name and description, but a bit [[The Same but More Specific|too specific]] to deserve its own page: There is a huge grey area between worthwhile tropes and tropes that are plainly [[The Same but More]], [[The Same but More Specific]], or similar. In some cases, trope concepts within this gray area are best handled by [[Lumper vs. Splitter|lumping]] them into the parent as an '''Internal Subtrope''': Give it a name, a trope definition within the trope description of the supertrope and add the trope name as a redirect. |
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It's important to come up with a good name for each internal subtrope. |
It's important to come up with a good name for each internal subtrope. |
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Revision as of 01:04, 27 July 2014
Sometimes, a trope is distinct enough to deserve its own name and description, but a bit too specific to deserve its own page: There is a huge grey area between worthwhile tropes and tropes that are plainly The Same but More, The Same but More Specific, or similar. In some cases, trope concepts within this gray area are best handled by lumping them into the parent as an Internal Subtrope: Give it a name, a trope definition within the trope description of the supertrope and add the trope name as a redirect.
It's important to come up with a good name for each internal subtrope. Relying on numbered labels for internal subtropes are deprecated because they have led to examples without context such as "example of Type 1". Good names also help once it comes time to split the subtropes out at Trope Workshop.
- Bastard Girlfriend has Abusively Sexy Lady, Abusively Sexy Bitch and Abusively Sexy Girl.
- Artist Disillusionment has Artist Disillusionment Farewell.