Mweheheh
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Doesn't specify that this is specifically about prehistoric life.
Zzzzzzzzzz
I'm inclining toward Artistic License Prehistoric Life
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Mweheheh
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What would Artistic License Prehistory cover that Artistic License Prehistoric Life doesn't?
Not insisting my suggestion is "right", but if there are things that it covers, then that's a case for a new Supertrope, dealt with entirely separate from this TRS thread.
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Mweheheh
The geology and geography of prehistoric Earth, perhaps?
edited 12th Apr '14 4:21:54 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77
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Zzzzzzzzzz
Climatology, sociological aspects...
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NaNo 4328 / 50,000
- Geology: hasn't changed
- Geography: already in the description
- Climatology: Palaeo
-climatology deals with time periods, which is already part of the description.
- Sociological aspects: Not sure what you're referencing here, since everything I know are either Science Marches On, Stone Punk, or just setting a modern-day view of society in any time period.
Out of the four objections, two are already present in the trope: In Real Life many of the most commonly-recognized dinosaurs lived in different habitats, continents or time periods.
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Lakija
NVM
edited 12th Apr '14 10:32:36 PM by Lakija
It is what it is.
iRidescence
Couldn't we just use both Artisic License Prehistory and Artistic License Prehistoric Life and make one into a redirect?
Mweheheh
Except there's more to the habitats and time periods than just the wildlife that lived there and then. Same with biomes today.
Artistic License: Prehistory is more broad, so in my own opinion that'd be better to go with if we don't want subtropes popping up like "Artistic License: Prehistoric Life: Dinosaurs" and whatnot.
This sounds like a case for a crowner.
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Zzzzzzzzzz
Paleontology deals specifically with the animals and plants of previous geologic periods. I don't see what the problem with Artistic License – Paleontology or Artistic License Prehistoric Life is.
edited 24th Apr '14 9:47:04 AM by Madrugada
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NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Crowner sounds good. I'm happy with pretty much any of the suggestions. I gave mine for brevity, not disagreement. I maintain that the current description covers incorrect habitats and timeperiods, and I haven't seen anyone provide an example that wouldn't work under any name.
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Mweheheh
You're correct in that the trope covers dinosaurs in the wrong time and/or place, but there's more to habitats and time periods than just dinosaurs (or other animals or even plants).
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
It seems really weird to read that post because it looks like you're agreeing with my premise, and trying to point out a semantics error at the same time.
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Mweheheh
Serious question: how would you have conveyed the same thought?
You know semantics means sentence structure and collective lexical figurations, right? Because that rebuttal made no sense.
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voting up Artistic License Prehistoric Life with Artistic License Prehistory and Artistic License Palaeontology (or Artistic License – Paleontology) as redirects, until when/if those are made separate tropes: i.e. Prehistory includes the early atmosphere of the Earth, any period of history before written records were apparent in that area (technically, some places are still prehistoric), and things like the geology which has changed - in the past 100 years, let alone 100 million (or 65, 35, going through the various -assic periods)!
EDIT: Given Prehistoric Life would include, er, many Amazonians and other non- dinosaur/cavemen civilisations could it be Ancient Prehistoric Life?
edited 19th May '14 4:03:02 AM by lakingsif
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NaNo 4328 / 50,000
That's because I didn't see anything to refute: the post said how "habitat" means more than just the plants and animals in a time/place.
I agree. It covers the shape of the land, the weather, the air content, the temperature, the stability of nearby volcanoes. In short, habitat covers everything about prehistory that relates to prehistoric life but isn't alive itself. It is even relevant when discussing how life first arose on this planet.
Semantically, the post appeared to be supporting my denotative arguments, so there was no rebuttal needed. I merely posted that I recognized support for my position, in case they had done it accidentally. I like arguing semantics, but I'm perfectly happy to surrender.
Ancient versus non-ancient: I feel the connotative meaning of "prehistory" is sufficient clarity (Lies to Children say that prehistoric means ancient), and I was already arguing for the most concise possible term.
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Mweheheh
Hmm… does the trope even have examples that specifically relate only to non-living things?
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
No, the examples are limited solely to "Artistic License - Dinosaurs". If it doesn't relate to dinos, it isn't on the page.
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Mweheheh
Not all prehistoric animals are dinosaurs, though, and some examples (such as the entry on Meg) have little or nothing to do with actual dinosaurs while still relating to prehistoric life.
edited 27th May '14 9:41:38 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77
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NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Meg has Example Indentation issues, but there's five examples.
- T. rex
- Pliosaurs
- kronosaurs
- Mosasaurs
- Dinosaurs era
- Pliosaurs
Again, every single example is about dinosaurs.
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Crown Description:
Artistic Licence Prehistory
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