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Darkaros Since: Jul, 2009
2019-06-16 11:24:06

What page is this entry supposed to be on?

For now, I'd handle it like this:

  • A Harry Potter fanfic called The Ones You Never Expect starts off with Colin Creevey being revealed to have faked his death in the final battle at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He then meets up with his brother to report to Dedalus Diggle. All three report to Crookshanks. Who reports to "The Queen": Hedwig. As it turns out: The war wasn't between Voldemort and Dumbledore; it was between Nagini and Fawkes. And Hedwig has been waiting on the sidelines, faking her death, until the two sides butchered each other so that she could take over the world in the aftermath."

Or some other variation basically spelling out "hey, this fic starts at the end of the canon series." That's plenty of warning for a reader to finish the seventh book before revealing the first spoiler/reading this fic, and then the second spoiler can go from Hedwig to the end depending on how much is actually a spoiler.

Depending on what page you're putting this entry on, you can cut more and more of the description if it's not directly related to the trope, which saves having an entire block of spoilers.

Edited by Darkaros
crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2019-06-16 11:37:20

Don't forget the Red Link policy. I'd start the example this way:

I agree with how ~Darkaros spoiler-tagged the text and that where this entry belongs is relevant to saying what text is needed.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
DayBreakChannel Since: May, 2019
2019-06-16 11:49:06

Well, it came from here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDogWasTheMastermind

I already added spoiler tags, but more revision could be needed.

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