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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
16th Nov, 2023 11:07:13 AM
Have a look at Third-Person Flashback.
MetaFour
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(Old Master)
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
16th Nov, 2023 01:05:16 PM
Yes, thank you both.
I know this might fall into Complaining About Shows You Dont Like a bit, but I figured since there's a trope for Undercover When Alone, there might be a trope for a related issue:
Alice and Bob are shown doing some stuff during part of the story, then it's revealed it was All Just a Dream Alice was having (or some sort of fantasy/hallucination). But, wait - if it was Alice's dream, why did parts of the story focus on Bob doing something that's not related to Alice, and without her knowledge? Or even, how does Alice dream incorporate stuff she doesn't know but Bob does? Sometimes the dream even features a character who never even interacts with the two of them!
The reason, of course, is that the writer didn't think the story through. That is: