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Author: troacctid

Feb 23rd 2013 at 9:50:36 PM

They're not the same thing, I know they're not the same thing, and I never said they're the same thing. I have no idea how you're getting this from my comments. Should I start over at the beginning? >_>

# "Game changer" is a pre-existing term. It has a pre-existing meaning. It means "A newly introduced element or factor that changes an existing situation or activity in a significant way." (Source: Merriam-Webster). AKA the definition of this YKTTW.
# That's not a trope. It's vague and could refer to most any major plot point. There's little value in it--it wouldn't need examples, and it wouldn't be useful or relevant as a definition.
# The obvious way to tweak it to ''be'' tropable would be making it more specific and changing it to be about game-changers that fundamentally alter the premise of the story. Then it ''would'' be a trope. But it would also be a duplicate of NothingIsTheSameAnymore (it's not, now, but it ''would'' be ''if you made it more specific'', which you aren't doing, so it isn't), so that doesn't work.
# Then oneuglybunny said: "The Game Changer is localized to the protagonists and antagonists; Nothing Is The Same Anymore is global and affects all characters in-universe." And I said that doesn't work because game-changer is a pre-existing term with a pre-existing meaning that would absolutely include global changes and not just local changes, so that restriction doesn't make sense.

That's just clarifying stuff I already said, since there seems to be confusion. I hope we're clear now.