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ZeWoot Since: May, 2011
#1: Jun 17th 2012 at 5:31:43 AM

Alrighty. Well, I just watched the Legend of Korra, and considering that it's the main schtrick of the Big Bad to de-power people, I was adding an example to the character page. I don't know if I had ever read the Brought Down to Normal article, but I thought I knew what it meant just by the name.

I did not.

So I'm actually proposing a name change. When I hear the phrase "Brought Down to Normal", I thought it referred to someone losing their power permanently, being truly brought down to a normal level.

My personal proposal is "Normal for a Day", or "Single Episode De-Power." Something that expresses its brevity clearly, rather than ambiguously.

Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#2: Jun 17th 2012 at 6:04:37 AM

Is there significant misuse?

Also, write the title as a Wiki Word, or it won't link properly. I made the correction by clicking that paper icon on the top left of the first post.

edited 17th Jun '12 6:04:54 AM by Feather7603

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ZeWoot Since: May, 2011
#3: Jun 17th 2012 at 6:09:13 AM

I don't know that there's any sort of misuse for the term. I just feel that the term itself is ambiguous in what it actually means.

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#4: Jun 17th 2012 at 7:02:11 AM

Brought Down to Normal found in: 865 articles, excluding discussions.

Since January 1, 2011 this article has brought 759 people to the wiki from non-search engine links.

Healthy trope. Due to lack of sufficient evidence to request a rename, I'm locking up.

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