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MiinU
Since: Jun, 2011
20th Sep, 2019 10:44:19 PM
It depends. For example: they might recover quickly because of Toon Physics, or the injury might not be serious at all.
Or it might simply be a matter of maintaining the Ststus Quo.
Edited by MiinU I wouldn't mind failure so much, if I didn't fail so much.
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
20th Sep, 2019 11:02:52 PM
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
21st Sep, 2019 02:08:43 AM
Only a Flesh Wound when the injury is still there but does not impede the character.
(copypasted from this old TLP draft
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A character was shot, or stabbed, or fell three stories onto solid concrete. And now, they're getting up to kick some butt. Or they were brutally assaulted and received a concussion, and go skipping off fifteen minutes later and their grievous injury is never mentioned again. Or they were shot in one episode, perfectly fine in the next, and had their gunshot wound never mentioned again.
This is the Instant Vanishing Injury. Not to be confused with Healing Factor, which involves a character who has the ability to heal ridiculously quickly, but the Instant Vanishing Injury gives no explanation for the vanishing.
Somebody in the comments suggested it was already covered by tropes like Hollywood Healing, Snap Back, and Unexplained Recovery. Are they right? I'm not sure, those tropes don't seem like they're quite it...