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The limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief for a given element is directly proportional to its degree of meeting one or more of the following tropes.

A Sub-Trope of Artistic License.

Note: Just because it has "Rule of..." in the title does not mean it fits this index.

Tropes:

Related:
  • Garnishing the Story
  • The Power of Index
  • Spectacle

  • Rule of Cool
  • Rule of Creepy
  • Rule of Cute
  • Rule of Drama
  • Rule of Empathy
  • Rule of Fun
  • Rule of Funny
  • Rule of Glamorous
  • Rule of Romantic
  • Rule of Scary
  • Rule of Sexy
  • Rule of Symbolism

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Rule Of

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