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Contrast with [[Invisible to Normals]] and [[Weirdness Censor]] in which an alien, a robot and a werewolf can be having a fight in right front of someone's nose and still be ignored or dismissed.
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== Played Straight ==
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** For a work to be "realistic" doesn't strictly mean "identical to reality." Most people can easily accept that a universe has FTL travel, or magic, or superheros. ''However,'' accepting characters acting in ways that no human allegedly in possession of a modicum of rationality would, even though the characters ''are supposed to be'' similar to identical in nature to "real" humans, is a whole different issue.
** The works also need to be consistent; if the internal logic of the story is being blatantly broken, it doesn't matter how much magical weirdness it has.
*** For example, we all know that the world of [[The Lord of the Rings]] is pure [[High Fantasy]] and has no basis in reality. However, if Frodo or one of the other characters were suddenly to sprout wings for no explained reason and fly to Mordor, that would still violate the realism of the story.
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