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I proposed and wrote that page, and that's why I'm ashamed that the description is barely over a stub.
But the good news it that we can expand upon it, while sticking true to the main point. So we can add an extra paragraph that the time assumption can be justified by a prophecy, even if it turns out false or misleading.
EDIT: Did so. Now does anyone know any trope relations to add to this (compare. contrast, Sub-Trope, etc.)?
Edited by DragonQuestZ I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
Is the time frame itself important, or just the expectation of lasting a really long time?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
I put a sentence in the description in bold to answer that.
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Yes, but I read that as failure to achieve the duration didn't count against the trope. It seems you are telling me the predicted duration can refer to any indefinite large number. I'm looking at the difference between this trope, 10,000 Years, and their Super-Trope, Exactly Exty Years Ago so that I can properly use them. I think all three could use a description rewrite.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
"Yes, but I read that as failure to achieve the duration didn't count against the trope."
What? The word "assume", in that context, has nothing to do with success or failure, only making a conclusion beforehand.
"It seems you are telling me the predicted duration can refer to any indefinite large number"
Yes, that is what I'm saying.
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Yes, that didn't cause my alternate understanding. Does it really matter why I read it differently than you intended?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Ok, do you mean you read "assuming" in the sense of "I am assuming command for this mission" instead of "I'm assuming there are three more people responsible for this murder"? If so, I can reword the sentence to make the meaning more clear.
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Does Thousand-Year Reign apply when the duration is prophesied by Seers?