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Amonimus (Sergeant)
29th Mar, 2022 03:55:25 PM

This is the first time ever I've heard "polyamory slander", I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

Anyway, "Possibly one of the most bizarre and literal examples ever" is called Word Cruft, it's pointless and should be removed. What's left doesn't really describe Love Triangle, it describes Marry Them All.

To be honest, the entire page looks like it went through a Zero-Context Example cleaning yesterday, but by a quick look at it, it definitely needs another one, since most entries don't explain how the attached tropes apply.

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Arctimon Since: Nov, 2009
29th Mar, 2022 03:56:55 PM

Yeah, if you take out the Word Cruft before it, it doesn't explain the trope at all. At the least, the first part should be removed, and at the most the entire thing should be hidden/scrubbed.

laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
29th Mar, 2022 04:19:21 PM

I'm going to take a few more whacks at this page, because the ZCE infestation has spread ... you have things like:

I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
Belfe Since: Nov, 2020
29th Mar, 2022 04:27:20 PM

Now that we're are talking about the page in general, it should be noted that "The Idhún's Memories" is not at all an official translation, since the novels have never been published in english, and the adaptations that have had an English release (the comic books and the Netflix series) go by "The Idhun Chronicles".

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
29th Mar, 2022 04:38:17 PM

The page could probably be moved to be in the same title space as The Idhun Chronicles, unless it de iates too much. Also ask here about regarding that.

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