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Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2023-10-18 08:41:56

The tropes on disambig pages aren't an exhaustive list of all possible targets.

DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
2023-10-18 08:47:23

I don't understand what you mean by that. What If?, Split Timelines Plot, Point of Divergence, In Spite of a Nail and Butterfly of Doom don't work the same as For Want Of A Nail, so I'm asking if there's another trope that could be used instead or if I should add things from For Want Of A Nail to the Alternate Self trope?

StarSword Since: Sep, 2011
2023-10-18 10:28:33

On that note, I noticed that Butterfly Effect was redirecting to the disambig page and redirected it to Butterfly of Doom. Hope nobody minds.

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2023-10-18 11:41:03

If you're looking for a trope, you can try trope finder.

Tabs' point is that disambigs only target the wicks we know some examples will be pointing to; we can't make an exhaustive list since not everything is a trope.

Alternate Self may work. I already see it used occasionally for these works on the related tab. However, that's more about the existence of an alternate self, not an explanation of what differences occurred and why.

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MyFinalEdits (Spin-off Series)
2023-10-18 20:50:18

If an example cannot fit in any of the tropes or items listed in a disambiguation page, then there's a chance that the example pertains a kind of scenario or situation that is Too Rare to Trope. If such is the case, then the example cannot be added anywhere at all, I'm afraid.

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OlfinBedwere Since: Oct, 2010
2023-10-19 04:32:41

In the case of For Want Of A Nail, the problem was more the opposite — too many of the examples amounted to "if this minor thing hadn't happened, then things would have unfolded differently", which falls into People Sit on Chairs with shades of Speculative Troping.

DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
2023-10-19 05:37:34

That's fair and I agree is annoying, but I'm looking for a replacement for how For Want Of A Nail is used on pages like MCU: Peter Parker Variants.

Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
2023-10-19 07:51:15

Alternate Self only applies if the canon universe/timeline exists in the work. Adaptation Personality Change or it's sub-tropes seems the best fit for what you want otherwise.

DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
2023-10-19 07:59:26

I don't think so, AU characters aren't a different adaption and in regards to Maguire and Garfield Spider-Men while they are different adaptions, they're not adaptions of MCU Spider-Man.

ShinyCottonCandy (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2023-10-19 09:20:32

For troping purposes, "adaptation" is used to mean "any work that makes an adaptation to a source material."

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DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
2023-10-19 09:35:25

I know that, but how is an AU a separate adaption?

ShinyCottonCandy (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2023-10-19 09:54:15

It takes a source, and makes a change. That's all that matters for the trope definition.

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