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Since show is often better than tell.. say the people of Aliceland are being genocided by Boblandians, and Charlieland does absolutely nothing about it, despite being a close ally of Aliceland and having ample opportunity to intervene. This is not detrimental to the story about it, and it\'s not a MoralEventHorizon (which is almost always a sin of commission and not omission) but permanently damages the audience\'s view of Charlieland, though Charlieland may have only been a minor character beforehand.
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Since show is often better than tell.. say the people of Aliceland are being genocided by Boblandians, and Charlieland does absolutely nothing about it, despite being a close ally of Aliceland and having ample opportunity to intervene. This is not detrimental to the story about it, and it\\\'s not a MoralEventHorizon (which is almost always a sin of commission and not omission) but permanently damages the audience\\\'s view of Charlieland, though Charlieland may have only been a minor character beforehand.
Compare to say, [[TheSimpsons Maude Flanders death]], which is not a character based action nor a MoralEventHorizon but is immensely detrimental to the show\\\'s quality and firmly indicative of a nadir in writing quality, which is what I would use as a textbook meta example for this trope.
Compare to say, [[TheSimpsons Maude Flanders death]], which is not a character based action nor a MoralEventHorizon but is immensely detrimental to the show\\\'s quality and firmly indicative of a nadir in writing quality, which is what I would use as a textbook meta example for this trope.
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I\'ve also seen it listed for characters who may not be favorites of the authors or popular amongst the fans, or even relatively minor ones, which would seem to contradict the laconic definition.
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I\\\'ve also seen it listed for characters who may not be favorites of the authors or popular amongst the fans, or even relatively minor ones, which would seem to contradict the laconic definition.
Since show is often better than tell.. say the people of Aliceland are being genocided by Boblandians, and Charlieland does absolutely nothing about it, despite being a close ally of Aliceland and having ample opportunity to intervene. This is not detrimental to the story about it, and it\\\'s not a MoralEventHorizon (which is almost always a sin of commission and not omission) but permanently damages the audience\\\'s view of Charlieland, though Charlieland may have only been a minor character beforehand.
Since show is often better than tell.. say the people of Aliceland are being genocided by Boblandians, and Charlieland does absolutely nothing about it, despite being a close ally of Aliceland and having ample opportunity to intervene. This is not detrimental to the story about it, and it\\\'s not a MoralEventHorizon (which is almost always a sin of commission and not omission) but permanently damages the audience\\\'s view of Charlieland, though Charlieland may have only been a minor character beforehand.
