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Quanyails
Since: Mar, 2010
livettora
Since: Jun, 2009
15th Feb, 2011 01:37:07 PM
Very very close, but not quite. I was thinking along the lines of that particular character having that particular job makes absolutely no sense. Like a prude becoming a sex therapist.
Is there a trope for when a character's occupation is purely arbitrary? As in you have to wonder why such a person would want this job in the first place, let alone pursue the education required, and why anyone in their right mind would hire them. Their competence at said job is either an Informed Attribute or more likely never addressed.