Bumping this because it has been over a week with no response of agreement or disagreement.
So, I guess I'm the only one that thinks this?
Do a wick check in order to find examples of misuse. I'm surprised this was opened without one, honestly.
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Wick check? Sorry, don't know what that means.
This should explain what we mean.
Basically, go grab a large number of the examples and see how many are valid.
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But that has nothing to do with what they said.
They're not saying this trope is being misused, they're saying that the description could stand to be expanded.
They could establish how many examples are not covered by the current description but would be covered if it were expanded.
^ And what if OP found that all examples fit the current trope description? The question is if a broader definition is in order to cover a wider range of examples going forward.
I think at the core the trope there is an enemy dumbfounded by the fact that their opponent is not paying attention to them for some reason. Not seeing why this reason should be limited to a single cause as done in current description.
Edited by eroock on Oct 9th 2018 at 3:14:38 PM
OP's point is that the name's too broad for the description.
Expanding the definition is completely changing the trope. We'd only do that if there's misuse.
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^ Wouldn't this encourage misuse for being the only valid way to bring an expansion of the definition about?
Edited by eroock on Oct 13th 2018 at 12:06:46 PM
I agree. That seems like a very backwards way to do things.
So I feel either the definition needs to be changed to be more fitting for the name of the trope or the name needs to be more narrowed.
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I feel that the description for Ignored Enemy is far too narrow for what the title implies. As the description only includes when two allies are arguing in the presence of an enemy. However, there are other cases where an enemy can be ignored.
Such as in DBZ when Cell reached his perfect form and began to look himself over despite Krillen and Trunks attacking him.
In a fanfic I'm reading one character opts to check on an another injured character and completely ignores the enemy that is trying to talk to them.
Both cases involve ignoring the enemy but under the description for the trope they wouldn't count as examples. Should the description be reworked to be more broader?
Edited by Lord-Jaric on Sep 12th 2018 at 10:47:40 AM