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WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
20th May, 2023 02:47:33 PM
Delete. Shocking Swerve isn't a trope anymore and the example is pretty complain-y without focusing enough on the actual Ass Pull
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Mightymoose101
Since: Oct, 2009
20th May, 2023 03:45:43 PM
Agree with delete. That page has proven to be a bit of a magnet for complaining.
Mrph1
MOD
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
21st May, 2023 02:23:09 AM
Now cut. Edit reason includes a link to this ATT.
Checking here before making any further edits, as I don't want to start an edit war:
As part of the wider cleanup on YMMV.Spider Man 2022 (complaining, Content Leak etc.), I cut
two Ass Pull examples after seeking a second opinion about one on the AssPull cleanup thread
. The thread's pretty quiet and there wasn't enough feedback there for a real consensus, but it seemed to confirm my doubts about the example.
I left an edit reason suggesting that if tropers did want to add the same examples back,"Please check with the cleanup thread before reinstating".
KaneChin89 (who's been active for years but only has a single page edit history for that time) has now added one of the examples back
(with an exact copy/paste of the old wording) under Shocking Swerve, which is just a redirect to Ass Pull. There's no edit reason and no cleanup thread post.
(The example was originally added by PhyrexianAjani95, then heavily rewritten by nsommer659 - KaneChin89 hasn't edited it before)
Am I ok to delete it again? (I'll also link to this ATT on the cleanup thread, but - as before - not sure it'll get enough replies for a consensus there).
For context, this is the example:
- Shocking Swerve: The Reveal in #25 that Paul and MJ's kids are adoptive and just so happen to look like them. People immediately speculated that this was Marvel's attempt at an Author's Saving Throw because of the sheer amount of negative reception the plotline has been getting. The hint that her feelings for Paul are artificial as the result of a curse by Rabin also comes across as less something preplanned and more the writers trying to please the fans after all hate hoisted on the storyline.
Edited by Mrph1