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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit
Since: Mar, 2024
29th Apr, 2024 10:46:06 PM
They could be seen as in-universe examples of Aluminum Christmas Trees?
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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
LendriMujina
Since: Feb, 2022
30th Apr, 2024 09:25:24 AM
I think And You Thought It Was a Game best fits what I was thinking of.
A character finds evidence of something that actually happened, but they mistake it for a work of fiction. For instance, coming across the scene of a crime and thinking it's the set of a horror film.
The closest I can find is We Were Rehearsing a Play or Fiction as Cover-Up, but this is obliviousness, not deception.
Edited by LendriMujina