Line #41 Main/CommonFanFallacies


1	By now, we all know that the people who write television shows aren't omniscient. Their knowledge of science, technology, history, and pretty much any other subject you care to name is often limited to that of a casual dabbler. The writers' mastery of logic, common sense and causality often yields to what makes for an interesting story.
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3	Let us not judge too harshly. As often as the writers may be inaccurate, the viewers are just as guilty of making similar mistakes.
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5	All too often, a well-intentioned fan will see the need to invent some {{Fanon}}, or an ill-intentioned critic will see the need to launch into a bitter diatribe based on some inconsistency or mistake he sees in his show of choice. About as often, the complaint will be based on a total fallacy.
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7	Sometimes, writers really are to blame, just not the way the fan thinks: [[RealityIsUnrealistic An extremely common trope may condition viewers to accept its premise as absolute fact, and to cry foul when another series (more accurately) avoids the trope.]] See also FanDumb.
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9	!!Tropes:
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12	* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: If something looks advanced, it is advanced.
13	* AluminumChristmasTrees: The audience thinks something is made up for the work when it's actually real, just really obscure.
14	* ArtisticLicense
15	* BrandNamesAreBetter
16	* TheCoconutEffect: If it's false, but firmly ingrained in the minds of viewers, it ''must'' be included.
17	* ComedyGhetto: Comedy is a lesser form of media and is not ''{{true art}}''.
18	* ConfirmationBias: Placing more weight in evidence that supports your viewpoint compared to evidence that disagrees with it.
19	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: There are things so geeky no self-respecting nerd would get involved with it.
20	* FanMyopia: Assuming that a work being popular automatically means everyone is familiar with it.
21	* FourthWallMyopia: Fans misjudge a character's actions, because they know more about the events within the work than the character does.
22	* GirlShowGhetto: Media aimed at girls can only be watched by girls, while media aimed at boys can be watched by any gender, because media aimed at women will be of lesser quality.
23	* ImportFilter: The belief imported media is better, when in reality media is only imported when it is of good quality to insure the import sells well.
24	* ItsPopularNowItSucks
25	* JumpingTheShark
26	* MainstreamObscurity
27	* MinorityShowGhetto: Media aimed at racial minorities won't appeal to racial majorities.
28	* {{Misblamed}}
29	* NewerThanTheyThink
30	* NoOntologicalInertia
31	* NoTrueScotsman: Changing a definition in order to exclude an example that contradicts the original definition.
32	* NostalgiaFilter: People only like stuff from the past and dismiss new stuff as all being garbage.
33	* OlderThanTheyThink
34	* OpinionMyopia: Assuming that there is no one who disagrees with your viewpoints and getting pissed off when it turns out there are people who do.
35	* PresumedFlop: Believing a work lost money when it was actually profitable.
36	* PossessionImpliesMastery
37	* ProtagonistTitleFallacy: Assuming that a work's title referring to a specific character means that that character is the protagonist.
38	* PublicMediumIgnorance
39	* RealityIsUnrealistic
40	** EaglelandOsmosis
41	* ReviewsAreTheGospel: People judge the quality of a work by someone else's review of the work rather than by their own viewpoints.
42	* DarthWiki/RuinedForever: Fans overreact to changes they dislike by declaring the franchise ruined forever.
43	* SadlyMythtaken
44	* SciFiGhetto: The belief that {{speculative fiction}} cannot be ''{{true art}}''.
45	* SmallReferencePools
46	* StockObjectColors: Objects that are always portrayed as a certain color in media to the point that it is strange when it is a different color, even when the object can be multiple different colors in real life.
47	* JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs: An index of tropes that one should not attempt in real life or assume is the case in real life because doing so can have serious consequences.
48	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Deeming an adaptation as bad just because it is different from the original work.
49	* UnpleasableFanbase
50	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids
51	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids
52	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic
53	* WordOfDante: A FandomVIP statement regarding the work is treated as Canon by the rest of the fanbase.
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