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Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2024-10-29 14:19:55

You're essentially meandering into the fundamental concepts of tropes, Symbolism, Motifs, and other Lit. Class Tropes here-

Mushrooms make you bigger or smaller for instance, because the Catapillar's Magic Mushroom from Alice in Wonderland established a specific form of magic mushroom as a well-known concept, and then Super Mario Bros codified the connection in the context of video games as part of becoming a Stock Shout-Out based on another Shout-Out.

Why are mushrooms magic? They're strange things that grow in the woods and swamps. Some are delicious, some are poisonous, and some make you see strange things, and it's hard to tell which is which unless you're an expert like that old lady who lives in the woods and knows all about herbs and mushrooms and such. They also do that thing where they grow in circles and everyone knows the Fair Folk have to do with that, just like they make them appear out of nowhere after it rains or when the pantry gets damp...

You might be interested in tropes like The Coconut Effect, where narrative conventions become so ingrained that we assume they're reality, Forgotten Tropes that may leave behind only a symbol divorced from its origins, and Evolving Tropes with shifting meanings that can change perceptions of related tropes and symbols.

Edited by Scorpion451
TheJonyMyster Since: Nov, 2014
2024-10-30 06:31:13

What a pleasant and informative reply that was!

TheJonyMyster Since: Nov, 2014
2024-10-30 06:48:34

I am going to close this for now, but I reserve my right to ask a similar question in the future if my brain trips a new nuance on the subject.

Edited by TheJonyMyster
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