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WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
10th Jul, 2019 02:11:36 PM
Is...that a common occurrence? Could be Harsher in Hindsight...but probably not...
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BattleMaster
Since: Feb, 2015
10th Jul, 2019 06:25:57 PM
It's absolutely not harsher in hindsight. It's about the time period of setting being before the symbol had a particular connotation (doesn't necessarily have to be swastikas, I just used that one because it was obvious) but being given that connotation anyway by the author.
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
10th Jul, 2019 07:04:43 PM
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What the title says, what's the trope for when a swastika is treated as a symbol of evil or villainy when the work is set in a time period before Nazis existed?