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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in fiction than in real life out of the population of \'\'all\'\' families/siblings, not just \
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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\\\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\\\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\\\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\\\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in fiction than in real life out of the population of \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' families/siblings, not just \\\"twins\\\" which we don\\\'t have good numbers for.
In answer to your question, as written I think a better examples list for this trope (as with many \\\"always\\\" tropes) would be to list only the aversions, since by its very premise those are going to be more unusual and notable than twins.
That said, neither list is terribly long, so whatever.
In answer to your question, as written I think a better examples list for this trope (as with many \\\"always\\\" tropes) would be to list only the aversions, since by its very premise those are going to be more unusual and notable than twins.
That said, neither list is terribly long, so whatever.
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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in real life than in fiction, out of the population of \'\'all\'\' families/siblings, not just \
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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\\\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\\\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\\\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\\\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in fiction than in real life out of the population of \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' families/siblings, not just \\\"twins\\\" which we don\\\'t have good numbers for.
In answer to your question, as written I think a better examples list for this trope (as with many \\\"always\\\" tropes) would be to list only the aversions, since by its very premise those are going to be more unusual and notable than twins.
In answer to your question, as written I think a better examples list for this trope (as with many \\\"always\\\" tropes) would be to list only the aversions, since by its very premise those are going to be more unusual and notable than twins.
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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in real life than in fiction, out of the population of \'\'all\'\' families/siblings, not just \'\'twins\'\' which we don\'t have good numbers for.
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Yeah this trope is problematic to me; it\\\'s very self-selecting since as it points out there\\\'s not much dramatic use for fraternal twins beyond being siblings, so even if fraternal twins were around we wouldn\\\'t even know it. The writeup seems to say that identical twins are more common in relation to the total number of twins, but since fraternals are underreported that\\\'s a spurious claim. A much better question is, are identical twins more common in real life than in fiction, out of the population of \\\'\\\'all\\\'\\\' families/siblings, not just \\\"twins\\\" which we don\\\'t have good numbers for.
