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Author: KJMackley

Dec 2nd 2012 at 11:49:28 AM

That belongs in trope repair then before we go forward with any sort of rewriting of TheBeard. As for my opinion the term may have originated in the gay community but there isn't a reason to divide a trope based on the ''reason'' it is used, as opposed to ''how'' it is used.

For example, UndercoverAsLovers is it being used as a sting operation and thus carries some espionage undertones. TheBeard is when it is being used while under some form of social pressure and thus trying to deceive friends and family, making it exclusively for "gay/lesbian social pressure" is unnecessarily precise. I just don't see any pressing need to make the distinction and get a supertrope involved.

There might be something when it comes to non-social pressure and non-espionage reasons, where there isn't a vital reason to pretend to be together but still do so anyway. BurnNotice had Michael and Agent Pierce pose as a married couple for no explicit reason except just as their cover ID, they didn't have to "promote" themselves as a couple other than just linking arms while they walked onto a ship.