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[[caption-width-right:330:[-Any phrase is better when said melodramatically.-] ]]

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* HandWave (how bad writers preserve the RuleOfDrama in the face of potential conflict-quenching rationality when they don't want to resort to PoorCommunicationKills)
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* HealthcareMotivation
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* [=~You Can't Thwart Stage One~=]

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* [=~You Can't Thwart Stage One~=]YouCantThwartStageOne




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<<|DramaTropes|>>
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous
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* WakingUpInVegas

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* WakingUpInVegasWakingUpElsewhere
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Does everything look conflict-free? NotSoFastBucko. Something new and unpleasant must be introduced out of the blue. This is why happy couples tend not to last (unless writers can find good conflict without breaking them up).

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Does everything look conflict-free? NotSoFastBucko.[[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Not so fast]]. Something new and unpleasant must be introduced out of the blue. This is why happy couples tend not to last (unless writers can find good conflict without breaking them up).
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Or Is It misuse cleanup


The only place where the Rule of Drama does not apply is the {{Denouement}}; the show is supposed to end there. But even then, you can wind up with an OrIsIt moment.

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The only place where the Rule of Drama does not apply is the {{Denouement}}; the show is supposed to end there. But even then, you can wind up with an OrIsIt moment.
SequelHook.
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* FalseInnocenceTrick
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* [[{{ptitlepblp18h5}} Chandler's Law]]

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* [[{{ptitlepblp18h5}} Chandler's Law]]ChandlersLaw
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* GoodIsBoring

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* [[{{ptitlej908554evmk7}} You Can't Thwart Stage One]]

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* [[{{ptitlej908554evmk7}} You [=~You Can't Thwart Stage One]]One~=]
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* [[{{ptitlej908554evmk7}} You Can't Thwart Stage One]]
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* DiabolusExMachina


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* RisingConflict
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* [[{{ptitlekmxl4p7e1yni}} Will They Or Won't They]]

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* [[{{ptitlekmxl4p7e1yni}} Will They Or Won't They]]WillTheyOrWontThey
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->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\
--'''OrderOfTheStick'''

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->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And ->''"And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\
--'''OrderOfTheStick'''
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-->--'''Vaarsuvius''', ''OrderOfTheStick''
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Essentially, when the writers run out of drama, they must invent ways to force drama into undramatic situations. When handled poorly, this leads to unusual, irrational, or highly improbable scenarios which only exist for the sake of prolonging the conflict.
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[[caption-width-right:330:Any phrase is better when said melodramatically.]]

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[[caption-width-right:330:Any [[caption-width-right:330:[-Any phrase is better when said melodramatically.-] ]]
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Replacing with a similar picture, that shows a bit more of what happened.


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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically![[hottip:*:[[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]]]]]

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[[quoteright:300:[[RoseOfVersailles [[quoteright:330:[[RoseOfVersailles http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marie_runs_away_in_tears_7826.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marie_antoinette_melodrama.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically![[hottip:*:[[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]]]]]
[[caption-width-right:330:Any phrase is better when said melodramatically.]]
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* '''FinaglesLaw'''

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* '''FinaglesLaw'''FinaglesLaw
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* DramaticWind
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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically! [[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically! [[PimpedOutDress dramatically![[hottip:*:[[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]]]
Trip!]]]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically! [[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically! [[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]
Trip!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Must run away dramatically!]]

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dramatically! [[PimpedOutDress Must not Trip!]]
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->'''Quilt''': ''I have deduced that your old girlfriend escaped death because she was pregnant with your love-child and this Oracle Hunter is none other than your ''long-lost daughter''!''\\
'''Donovan Deegan''': ''And how, praytell, did you deduce all that?''\\
'''Quilt''': ''Because it is ''very'' dramatic.''\\
--'''DominicDeegan'''
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->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back ally and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\

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->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back ally alley and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\
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--> "When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."
--> '''[[ChandlersLaw Chandler's Law]]'''

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--> -> "When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."
--> -> '''[[ChandlersLaw Chandler's Law]]'''
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-->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back ally and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\

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-->'''Vaarsuvius''': ->'''Vaarsuvius''': ''And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back ally and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot.''\\



-->'''Quilt''': ''I have deduced that your old girlfriend escaped death because she was pregnant with your love-child and this Oracle Hunter is none other than your ''long-lost daughter''!''\\

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-->'''Quilt''': ->'''Quilt''': ''I have deduced that your old girlfriend escaped death because she was pregnant with your love-child and this Oracle Hunter is none other than your ''long-lost daughter''!''\\

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