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{{quote|''There are ''no'' inconsistencies in the [[Discworld]] books; occasionally, however, [[No Except Yes|there are alternate pasts]].''|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]''' on alt.fan.pratchett, wearing his Watsonian hat.}}

 

 

'''Watsonian''' or '''in-universe''' commentary takes the reality of a work as given, and thus restricts itself to making statements that are sensible within that reality. Watsonian explanations are things like "Character X was lying", "He had plastic surgery over the summer", and "The main character fell off a cliff". A more precise technical term for this is ''intradiegetic''.