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Author: WackyMeetsPractical

Apr 30th 2013 at 12:18:03 PM

^^ You're right. Consensus is going your way, and there's nothing I can do about that. But I also know that tropes have been launched in the past with names everyone thought was a good name, but still suffered serious misuse.

Just look at MissedMomentOfAwesome, now named OffscreenMomentOfAwesome. It was originally about awesome scenes described in a show, but happening offscreen so the audience never gets to see it. The name sounded good, it described the trope perfectly, but then people started seeing the name and started using it without reading the description. Before long there was massive misuse, people using it to mean awesome scenes that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could've happened but didn't]], or awesome scenes that almost happened, but were [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome negated]]. It caused a lot of confusion, and the trope had to be renamed. Even though everyone who launched it thought the name was perfect.

I can't make anyone change the name. But I see a potential for the name to be misunderstood, and it is in my opinion that this could lead to massive problems. And it will be a lot easier to change the name now than to take it to the Trope Repair Shop months or even years later.