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What is the generally accepted practice when it comes to providing context to trope examples of an adaptation that has deviated from its source material just enough to warrant a separate page? Is it preferred that an editor divorce from their knowledge of the source entirely while writing out context, or to use a bit of it with some measure of discretion?
Some context as to why I bring this up: There's God Eater 1 (the source) and God Eater (the adaptation), which covers only about a sixth of the original's narrative and takes notable liberties with the events it does cover as well as some of its worldbuilding. Enough to be considered its own take, if anything. In the latter, the last episode has a few Sequel Hooks which allude to storyline events that occur afterward to appeal for a second season that probably won't come in the foreseeable future and/or needle the viewers into buying the game to see what happens next. A few trope examples revolving around these hooks have been written from the perspective of someone who's either only seen the adaptation and is going only by the information provided within, or was going with the aforementioned "divorce from the source" approach. I was tempted to edit to correct any speculation that's objectively wrong or otherwise add in further details as someone familiar with the original game, before I stopped myself and began wondering whether or not I even should since they both have their own pages.
Edited by Bakazuki