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Well, the reason that "avoidances" is used there is clear if you quote the whole paragraph:
I don't like this paragraph much either. The word "avoidances" feels strange, because "avoidance" is almost always used as an uncountable noun; so if someone were actually to say "I think aversions should be called avoidances", you'd expect them to be overruled pretty quickly. Maybe it would be best to take the parenthesis out altogether.
Then again it's 7am and I shouldn't be up, so feel free to ignore my rambling.
I don't agree with the view that "averted trope" is synonymous with "absent trope". "Averting a trope" means not using a trope which is common in works of the same genre or medium, to the point the trope might actually be expected by the audience. I think "averted trope" and "avoided trope" are synonymous. "Defied Trope" is different because it explicitly draws attention the fact that a specific trope is not used. I guess you can call "Defied Trope" a subcategory of "Averted Trope".
For the question at hand, I would delete the whole sentence in the parenthesis. It's a digression. Remarks on the merits of the term "aversion" belong on Averted Trope, not here.
^^I agree with this: I think there's a qualitative difference between averting a trope that there's no sane reason to include in a given work in the first place, and averting a trope that is at least possible if not common in similar works.
For example, averting Space Is Noisy by having no engine noises etc. in a space-based science fiction series is one thing (c.f. Firefly), but we wouldn't even begin to consider the trope in a discussion about a completely terrestrial Slice of Life series.
Defied Trope is a little different, though: it's supposed to be where characters In-Universe actively prevent a trope from taking place.
Trust me, I'm an engineer!At this point, we should just focus on the sticker line.
Litigation on the theoretical most accurate single word to describe an averted trope is a bigger discussion I don't think we should have here if the line can just be removed instead. If you think the current line should stay, please say that.
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Hey so, I edited Not a Subversion to replace the line
(in fact, it might even be better for aversions to simply be called "avoidances", were it not for the enormous hassle such a change would be for this site).
toMy logic was that the Averted Trope page itself classified a Defied Trope as a trope "acknowledged and avoided by the characters" and saw "absent tropes" as a more clear way to communicate the idea of an Averted Trope.
I then looked at the history, and noticed a similar edit has happened before, where someone edited the line to be
this change was reverted by a moderator. That makes me think the current line is actively wanted.
I am of the opinion "avoidances" is a misleading term as well, and that line should be changed in the article. But think that should be discussed here first (obviously I reverted my edit).
edit: I'd also argue this usage of the word avoid doesn't accurately cover the meaning of aversion. Like when a trope is absent because it doesn't exist in the culture that made the story, it isn't "avoiding" the trope. And I also think it's too easy to mistake for the concept of "defying" regardless of the explanation of the author "avoiding" the trope (which as mentioned, doesn't actually describe the meaning of aversion).
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