SharkToast
Since: Mar, 2013
#2: Jan 15th 2019 at 7:49:55 PM
I don't think the two definitions are mutually exclusive. A work can have an interesting premise that's not properly explored or utilized. This could fit under both definitions.
Berserk Button: misusing Nightmare Fuel
#3: Jan 16th 2019 at 6:58:25 AM
But the page covers two different situations. Wouldn't it make more sense for each one to be its own page, instead of having one term for two separate things?
#4: Jan 16th 2019 at 1:20:49 PM
I think there's a good reason it ends with No Examples Please.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
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They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot seems to be used in two very different ways:
The description seems to be indicating that the first definition is the correct one, but the quote and laconic are about the second. The description also includes links to Aborted Arc (suggesting the first meaning) and Worse Than It Sounds (suggesting the second).