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Author: MarqFJA

Aug 19th 2012 at 7:23:13 PM

^^^ ''"The title is a pun on PublicDomainCharacter."''

A lesson I've learned after a few TRS sessions: Punny titles for new tropes are more often than not a bad idea.

''"And believe it or not, that can include characters from recent works, if the works are in the public domain."''

"Public domain" is "public domain"; unlike "history", it has no inherent connection to the time period or any such factor, so it's obvious can include characters from recent works. I'm '''not''' stupid.

''"And you are assuming that "history" can only mean the past, and that is not the case."''

Not the way the term is [[https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=history definition conventionally defined and used]] [[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/history practically]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History everywhere]]. You don't co-opt widely-used pre-existing terminology and give them your own version of a definiton for your own purposes; that's simply a no-no.

Did I mention that even ''[[HistoricalFiction this wiki's own article on the topic]]'' agrees with me on this?

''"We also don't slavishly tie our terms to how they are used on other sites."''

One, I already pointed out that TV Tropes' own HistoricalFiction article uses the same definition. Two, the term isn't defined by Wikipedia, for your information; the site is only describing the most common and widespread definition of the term, as used by the fiction-making industry. Go on and ask anybody on the street what they think about when they hear the phrase "historical fiction". Or better yet, go into a store selling literary stories or TV/film videos, and check the "historical fiction" section. You will '''not''' find a single item that talks about the ''present'' and its events.

''"So works about Obama do fit this trope. And you are just assuming a definition for that trope that is not there."''

Read above.

^^ That's a good point. It would, of course, require us to work up a good reason for a rename per the TRS rules introduced last year, since "historical domain" is a misnomer for what Dragon Quest Z intended for the trope to mean.