It's a big genre forming trope with a lot of examples and quite a few things that get misclassified for it.
Besides, it's telling me about a trope. Am I not here to read about tropes?
It is all utterly essential.
Basically, this page gets so many incorrect examples (because, like subversions, it's something people like to call stuff) that it's necessary to specify a lot of things that don't count.
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
Brother of Favio
I just looked at it, and holy cow, that is long. Isn't there some stuff which can get eliminated or shortened?
Maybe it needs a folder in the description: "Stuff that this is not. Read before adding examples."
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
It's a huge block of text, but I'm not finding anything that we can cut. It's surprisingly low on wordcruft which mostly just makes it very dense.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Indeed. I like to use the fourth paragraph as an example. It has four pertinent points to make, it uses four sentences.
I see the Awesomeness.
Hm. Normally when I have to scroll down, there's a lot of cruft attached to the description. If it's all really necessary, I guess it's okay.
Fight smart, not fair.
So, we happy? We can call in the Mods to lie this one down *?
I see the Awesomeness.
Yes, we're happy.
Fight smart, not fair.
That descriptions seems really long and rambly, is all of it necessary?
Fight smart, not fair.