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Personally, I don't like any of those "In General" tropes in Characters/ pages, unless it applies to an "official" grouping (e.g. a family, a club, or organization), but I believe it's still usable as long as the tropes listed there applies to most of the main characters involved, although it's better to list the exceptions if some of the group tropes don't apply to specific members.
Yeah, a folder for a specific ensemble usually gets good edits, but "in general" encourages the wrong mindset.
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^ So are you suggesting I rename the folder? I'm not sure what I would name it in place of "in general," but feel free to make suggestions, I'll probably take them.
As I said in the original post, I didn't really support the idea of adding Break to the main character section anyway. He's definitely a major character, but Oz, Alice and Gilbert are usually referred to as the main trio. Essentially, the whole manga centers around them, whereas Break has a major role, but his importance fluctuates moment to moment. If that makes sense.
I brought this up in ATT at one point, but the person who replied seemed to see no problem with Break being included, so I didn't change anything.
^ I've read the manga, and I have to agree with you about Break being a character of a lesser importance than the other three.
That said, it might be better to just move the tropes from the "In General" folder to the individual character folders, with the context expanded to describe the particular ways the tropes apply to each (e.g. for Amnesia Danger, give more details about what individual roles Oz, Alice and Gil plays in Jack's plans, and the different ways each could have foiled the manipulation if they have their memories), since currently some of those tropes are lacking in context.
^ Will do, I'll move all the tropes into the individual character folders later today. I'm really tempted to re-open the issue of Break being considered of equal importance to Oz, Alice and Gilbert...I honestly don't believe he belongs in that section with them.
Yeah, Break himself is really difficult to pin down as a main character or side character. I know I vouched for him being a main character before but, the ambiguity really obscures things.
^ The thing is that I wouldn't necessarily disagree with Break being a main character in general, but a main character of the same importance as Oz, Alice and Gilbert? I'm not sure about that.
The main characters of PandoraHearts were listed as Oz, Alice and Gilbert for quite a long time, and there is an "in general" folder for tropes applying to them as a trio. However, a little while ago, Break was moved into the main characters section. (I had mixed feelings about this, but I seemed to be the only one, so the general consensus was to leave it be.)
The old "in general" folder is still there, but it hasn't been edited since before the location of Break's character folder was changed. As such, it's technically no longer correct, containing quotes that apply to Oz, Alice and Gilbert but not Oz, Alice, Gilbert, and Break.
I'm reluctant to delete the folder because it contains legitimate examples for the original trio. What to do?