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BeerBaron Since: Mar, 2012
2025-02-01 09:13:54

Guess I stumped ATT? Heh... It's not a big deal whether this particular example is there or not, just curious about what is "right" for future reference.

TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit Since: Mar, 2024
2025-02-01 10:36:39

Maybe?

With some tropes, listing aversions just isn't a good idea, even if they don't allow straight examples for omnipresency. It's an issue that One-Steve Limit has at least, when I've seen examples and potholes in work pages that not only were aversions, but even listed some incorrect information as well. Maybe it doesn't happen with every trope, though.

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2025-02-01 11:12:25

^ heck, One-Steve Limit went to TRS because of all the aversions. Aversions arent "straight examples" because they aren't examples at all. You aren't playing with the trope, you're just not using it.

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BeerBaron Since: Mar, 2012
2025-02-02 04:18:29

Just so we're clear: What we're saying is that for "Averted Examples Only" tropes, where the aversion from something deemed omni-present is the notable aspect, we should not be listing those on the work's page?

So, let me ask this: Why have those tropes? They won't be crosswicked. What is the value in them, then?

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2025-02-02 05:25:20

No straight examples =/= "aversions only". It means things like subverted, inverted, zigzagged, etc. examples; aversions only count as being played with by technicality, they aren't examples at all. Like you can add them I guess, but they're still questionable. It has nothing to do with crosswicking.

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