Unicorndance
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#2: Mar 31st 2022 at 12:41:04 PM
I always thought it was the latter.
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Noaqiyeum
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#3: Apr 14th 2022 at 5:35:09 PM
I also thought it was the latter. Limiting it to specific tropes seems.. reductive.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
Wyldchyld
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#4: Apr 16th 2022 at 3:54:25 AM
I think it's the latter. However, the reason it gets misused is because the latter gets troped for cliffhangers and temporary ambiguity that gets resolved later on. The ambiguous situation needs to be permanent.
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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
#5: Apr 16th 2022 at 10:58:20 AM
^ That sounds Riddle for the Ages with mystery replaced by ambiguity?
Noaqiyeum
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#6: Apr 16th 2022 at 2:00:49 PM
Riddle for the Ages is questionable to me itself - it seems like a vague haze of several other tropes, mainly The Unsolved Mystery.
(Edit: need to remember to spell that trope with a "the".)
Edited by Noaqiyeum on Apr 16th 2022 at 10:01:27 AM
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
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Is Ambiguous Situation covering situations where some trope is in play and it's unclear which one? This is supported by the laconic the fourth paragraph where it says:
Or does any situation count where something is not fully spelled out and hence leaves room for different interpretations?
If the former than most examples are misuse.