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Albert3105 Since: Jun, 2013
2019-12-05 13:40:00

Under Word of God on the Trivia subpage?

Edited by Albert3105
XFllo Since: Aug, 2012
2019-12-05 14:35:10

^ No-no-no, Word of God can't be posted if you only have the information from private conversation. :-) It must be publicly accessible and verifiable to be mentioned. For example, if the author posts about it in comments or on their blog...

How about Fix Fic? It has many variants, in this case it could be that the fic "fixes" the death of a (favourite?) character by having the character survive (related to Alternate Continuity). The example context can mention that the character survives (or is implied to have survived).

Other than that, you'll have to wait for the fanfic to be updated. We can't trope unpublished material. That would be speculation and nothing is set in stone. The author could easily change their mind.

Edited by XFllo
Albert3105 Since: Jun, 2013
2019-12-05 15:30:50

^ True that private messages are untropable. But Fix Fic would be an even worse fit since the survival didn't appear in the fic itself, as the OP said. On the other hand, the survival would become Word of God if it was stated in a non-private medium outside of the fic.

Edited by Albert3105
XFllo Since: Aug, 2012
2019-12-05 16:54:34

^ However, if they are mentioned in the fic, the survival is implied at the least. It can be mentioned in the description (if you believe it's something important for the fans of the show or readers of the fic) and the trope can be identified later once the character appears or their accident gets talked about.

Essentially, it isn't a big deal. All work pages are work-in-progress.

Albert3105 Since: Jun, 2013
2019-12-05 18:58:06

^ Except that it's not an adaptation.

Edited by Albert3105
Adept MOD (Holding A Herring)
2019-12-05 19:07:56

^ I've been told somewhere that Media Adaptation Tropes can apply to fanfic. One shouldn't trope information that is not apparent in the fic itself, though.

@OP: How do you know the character is alive in the fic if it's not mentioned in the story?

Edited by Adept
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2019-12-05 19:28:35

Right, is this mentioned in story?

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Lord-Jaric Since: Feb, 2015
2019-12-05 19:29:18

Sorry, it looks like I didn’t word it properly. The character is alive. The main character brings up their first name, their former asshole commander and their terrible singing.

When I asked the author to make sure I was reading that right they said that it was the character and they were left paralyzed instead of dead. It’s just the paralyzed part that isn’t in the story.

Edited by Lord-Jaric
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