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** Complicated by the fact that predicting the future for her was "like seeing through a straw", so she didn't get the full picture on things.
** Complicated by the fact that predicting the future for her was "like seeing through a straw", so she didn't get the full picture on things.
* In ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]'', a number of characters state scientific, medical or geographic facts that are inaccurate but correspond to what character in the 1st century AD Rome actually believed.
* In ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]'', a number of characters state scientific, medical or geographic facts that are inaccurate but correspond to what character in the 1st century AD Rome actually believed.
* ''Tomorrow War'' subverts a Sci-Fi cliché of the infallible [[Mr. Exposition]] -- it's narrated by a [[Space Fighter]] pilot who thought the range of some missiles is limited ''[[Space Is Cold|because their warheads freeze]]'' (What? He's a good ''[[Bunny Ears Lawyer|pilot]]''). [[Fanon]] explanation is that while we can be reasonably sure that an ''engineer'' making [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|rather "hard"]] setting knows better than ''that'', this unties the authors' hands in more slippery cases: now they always can [[Silent Scapegoat|write off]] a few details to mistakes of one [[Space Cadet]] who slept through a half of his lectures.
* ''Tomorrow War'' subverts a Sci-Fi cliché of the infallible [[Mr. Exposition]]—it's narrated by a [[Space Fighter]] pilot who thought the range of some missiles is limited ''[[Space Is Cold|because their warheads freeze]]'' (What? He's a good ''[[Bunny Ears Lawyer|pilot]]''). [[Fanon]] explanation is that while we can be reasonably sure that an ''engineer'' making [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|rather "hard"]] setting knows better than ''that'', this unties the authors' hands in more slippery cases: now they always can [[Silent Scapegoat|write off]] a few details to mistakes of one [[Space Cadet]] who slept through a half of his lectures.
* Done by various people in ''[[Warbreaker]]'' to the point where it's difficult, even in the end, to tell who's been telling the truth about the origins of the God Kings, the nature of the religious turmoil between Idris and Hallendren, or much concerning biochromatic breath.
* Done by various people in ''[[Warbreaker]]'' to the point where it's difficult, even in the end, to tell who's been telling the truth about the origins of the God Kings, the nature of the religious turmoil between Idris and Hallendren, or much concerning biochromatic breath.
* An entire prologue in the one of ''[[Belgariad]]'' books is written by Torak, who plays up his role in creating the world, and tries to paint Aldur and the Orb as evil and his theft of the Orb as a noble sacrifice to try to save his brother.
* An entire prologue in the one of ''[[Belgariad]]'' books is written by Torak, who plays up his role in creating the world, and tries to paint Aldur and the Orb as evil and his theft of the Orb as a noble sacrifice to try to save his brother.
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** The best example of this may be in [[Mass Effect 2]] where the entry for [[Abusive Precursors|"Reapers"]] claims they are nothing more than a superstitious myth. The players know better.
** The best example of this may be in [[Mass Effect 2]] where the entry for [[Abusive Precursors|"Reapers"]] claims they are nothing more than a superstitious myth. The players know better.
* The Codex of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' has entries on a myriad of topics written by people in-universe. How true the entries are... varies.
* The Codex of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' has entries on a myriad of topics written by people in-universe. How true the entries are... varies.
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' "Don't trust the skull!" -- the one that appears at the beginning of the game and remains mostly throughout, feeding you information.
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' "Don't trust the skull!"—the one that appears at the beginning of the game and remains mostly throughout, feeding you information.
* This is sort of a selling point for ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series. There is no true canon except what happens during the game, and every person or book's version of the backstory (of which there are several, backstories and versions that is) has to be taken with a grain of salt. Essentially, the only information you learn about the game world is the stuff you could learn by actually ''being'' there, even recent history. Combine this with the depth of the world itself and the number of different overlapping mythologies and cultures in said world, and you wind up with a lot of really damn weird discussions on the forums with cosmological debates rivaling those of, well, the real world. [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Vivec]] embodies this trope, being a self-professed pathological liar and implied madman who provides most of the series' cosmology.
* This is sort of a selling point for ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series. There is no true canon except what happens during the game, and every person or book's version of the backstory (of which there are several, backstories and versions that is) has to be taken with a grain of salt. Essentially, the only information you learn about the game world is the stuff you could learn by actually ''being'' there, even recent history. Combine this with the depth of the world itself and the number of different overlapping mythologies and cultures in said world, and you wind up with a lot of really damn weird discussions on the forums with cosmological debates rivaling those of, well, the real world. [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Vivec]] embodies this trope, being a self-professed pathological liar and implied madman who provides most of the series' cosmology.
** One chronicle that is completely reliable would be an Elder Scroll itself. The Scrolls are completely irrefutable due to their close link to reality itself; their power transcends even the gods. The only problem is that it could also end up showing you what ''could'' have happened if you don't read them right (though that information could be of use too).
** One chronicle that is completely reliable would be an Elder Scroll itself. The Scrolls are completely irrefutable due to their close link to reality itself; their power transcends even the gods. The only problem is that it could also end up showing you what ''could'' have happened if you don't read them right (though that information could be of use too).
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