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Synchronicity
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(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Willbyr
MOD
(Y2K)
2014-09-08 02:08:28
Right concept, wrong application. If the trope was Outside-Context Problem, that would work.
EDIT: Hmmmm...that's a redirect, I suppose that could work.
Edited by Willbyr

I'll be surprised if we don't have this: Concept/substance/etc. X is completely alien to character/race/etc. Y, and is thus used as a weapon against Y because they have no idea how to even begin to deal with it. The specific instance I'm thinking of is using fire as a weapon against an enemy that for in-story reasons has no experience with fire at all and is devastated as a result.