I don't think a trope needs expanding if the reasoning is "Some examples don't fit."
edited 27th Sep '12 7:13:11 AM by AnotherDuck
Check out my fanfiction!I agree with duck. We don't change trope definitions to chase after bad examples. There's a substantial difference between two children making a pact to get ,married when they grow up and two adults or teens agreeing to marry if neither one has found someone else by the time they both turn 35 (to pick a random number).
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.That and your first example also seems to fall under Singleton Marriage Pact. Just go ahead with that.
Well, it was more "expand because it's an unnecessarily restrictive definition of a broader trope", the bad examples being a symptom of that. But fair enough.
I think this is a worthwhile line of thought to pursue, though I'll admit there's some lumper bias in there.
Fallback Marriage Pact has been launched. Isn't it time to close this now?
We do pursue that line of thought sometimes. However, that requires significant and demonstrated misuse of the trope.
However, since no misuse has been demonstrated, I think closing the thread is a good idea.
edited 12th Oct '12 5:10:23 AM by AnotherDuck
Check out my fanfiction!Locking this.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
I think this trope needs expanding. It's currently very anime-focused, and focused on the promise being made in childhood, which doesn't fit Western examples like My Best Friends Wedding and Drawn Together.
I've YKTTW'd Singleton Marriage Pact which could cover the latter trope (specifically, characters making such a pact in the present, rather than in backstory) if the second option is rejected.