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Deadlock Clock: Jan 14th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
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#1: Oct 25th 2016 at 2:23:58 AM

Amnesiac Costume Identity seems to have been YKKTW'd without knowing that Amnesiac Liar already existed (and several examples overlap with it). There's a very strong overlap with Amnesiac Liar, perhaps we should merge the pages?

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#2: Oct 31st 2016 at 6:58:33 AM

I looked at both tropes. They both look distinct enough; one involves a costume, while the other involves a lie or a masquerade.

I'll open this up though, since a couple in ACI do seem to fit better in AL.

edited 31st Oct '16 7:15:17 AM by Berrenta

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#3: Oct 31st 2016 at 12:53:14 PM

I think ACI is a legitimate trope, and Amnesiac Liar is a poorly written duplicate. Well, ACI is poorly written, too; so I'm suggesting a rewrite below. AL can be split between cases where the person is intentionally trying to lose their memory (which leads to Memory Gambit) and cases where the memory loss was accidental, where because they were using some sort of cover identity, they don't have access to the right information (Amnesiac Costume Identity).

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When a person forgets who they are, they try to fill in the blanks with the information around them. Their clothes, their wallet, and their friends are all depended upon in order to collect the information about who they are so they can regain their memories. Unfortunately, one or more of these things were not reliable, and the character has taken a new identity that is not their own.

Such a character may have been victim of Easy Amnesia and now has to deal with the apparently faulty Amnesiac Resonance until they arrive at the Amnesiac Dissonance and decide for themselves which role they will keep.

Compare Memory Gambit; the character deliberately arranged for their memory to be lost and usually regained after their plot. Also Criminal Amnesiac; the "friend" deliberately lied to the Amnesiac to influence their behaviour.

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#4: Nov 16th 2016 at 4:12:15 AM

How should we deal with the Smallville example on AL?

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#5: Jan 11th 2017 at 12:27:06 AM

Clock is ticking.

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#6: Jan 15th 2017 at 5:29:01 AM

Clock expired; closing.

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