1 | '''Basic Trope''': All conspiracy theories are true. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice discovers that every conspiracy theory she's ever read about is in fact true. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': ... As well as the conspiracy theories about conspiracy theories, and conspiracies that haven't even been theorized yet. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice discovers that more than one conspiracy theory is true, but not the ones that contradict each other. |
5 | * '''Justified''': The various conspiracies have all perfected the art of marginalizing all publications that would expose them, relegating the truth to "conspiracy theories". |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Conspiracy theories are never true, and they are each revealed as such to anyone who investigates them. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': Alice, our protagonist, becomes involved with a group of dedicated conspiracy investigators who, despite initially compelling evidence, instead end up proving that all of their hunches are wrong. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': A new piece of evidence is discovered that reveals the previous "conclusive" evidence as an intentional red herring to cover the conspiracies' tracks. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': Every action, no matter how mundane, is dictated by conspiratorial organizations, even including the direction that water drains from toilet bowls. |
10 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice discovers a series of ancient conspiracies, but they all turn out to be fallacious. The conspiracies that created the conspiracy theories, on the other hand... |
11 | * '''Averted''': No mention is ever made of conspiracies or conspiracy theorists. |
12 | * '''Enforced''': The author is very interested in conspiracy theories and wants to draw from his extensive research on them in his writing. |
13 | * '''Lampshaded''': "These conspiracies must be true. After all, if they weren't, would we be devoting so much time to uncovering them?" |
14 | * '''Invoked''': Conspiracy theorists are in on the masquerade, intentionally planted by the conspiracies for the purpose of trickling details about them in the form of "theories" so as to promote a climate of uncertainty and paranoia. |
15 | * '''Exploited''': Conspiracy theorists, knowing they're onto something, contact the shadowy organizations directly, offering to become their allies and/or their puppets in return for their protection. |
16 | * '''Defied''': The conspiracies work hard to ensure there are no theories spread about them. |
17 | * '''Discussed''': "These leaked CIA files probably prove that every conspiracy nut's theories are true". |
18 | * '''Conversed''': "The show's called ''Conspiracies''. Of course, they claim that every conspiracy theory ever is true". |
19 | * '''Deconstructed''': The Illuminati and various other conspiratorial organizations are all shown to be clearly powerful, but each have their own version of history and who was responsible for what. |
20 | * '''Reconstructed''': The various conspiracies are shown to be in a kind of gang war, each trying to one-up the other both by trying to carry out new actions and taking credit for past ones. |
21 | * '''Played For Laughs''': |
22 | ** The members of conspiratorial organizations are shown to themselves believe in other, grander conspiracies that also turn out to be true, and so on ad absurdum. |
23 | ** It turns out that because of how many conspiracies working at cross-purposes that they exert little-to-no influence on the affairs of the world, since they're too busy countering other moves. |
24 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice discovers that she herself has been unwittingly playing to the tune of the conspiracies her whole life without realizing it. |
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26 | Don't go back to ConspiracyKitchenSink! That's what ''they'' want you to do! Though, not what '''they'' want you to do, and '''''they''''' don't care... |
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28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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30 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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