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Author: Aielyn

Jul 4th 2011 at 6:20:17 AM

Looking again at {{Metaphorgotten}}, I think what is distinct about this trope in a more general sense is that this one involves ending the metaphor entirely and just reverting back to a generic continuation, whereas Metaphorgotten is where it becomes even stranger, whether the analogy is completed or not.

Let me give you an example from a classic metaphor (one that's mentioned on the Metaphorgotten page): "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs". A metaphorgotten version would be something like either "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, and they're even tastier when the right vegetables are added." or "You can't make an omelette without blending a cat."

On the other hand, if we suppose the person was trying to form an analogy of omelettes with tropes, an AnalogyExistenceFailure would go something like this: "You can't make an omelette without... screwing up some trope ideas." The analogy never actually came together in the first place, whereas Metaphorgotten had an analogy, that ended up not making sense when completed.