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The list looks like an index of tropes that can be invoked by Tempting Fate. Perhaps it only needs a rename of the header?
Why does it need to be an index? That's usually for subtropes.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI disagree with making it an index, but I do agree with moving those to an Analysis subpage.
You can't just say "perchance".

Tempting Fate has a huge list of subtropes. Which isn't a problem in of itself.
The problem is that a lot of them... aren't subtropes? Some of them are, but a lot of them are examples of how one can tempt fate and saying the trope that they're tempting.
For example, the very first "subtrope":
Cue the Rain isn't a subtrope of Tempting Fate. A character doesn't have to do or say anything for Cue the Rain to happen, it's just "the weather turns to emphasize an already bad situation." You can tempt fate in a Cue the Rain situation, but it's not a subtrope, just one that can overlap.
A lot of the "subtropes" are like that.
Even if they're valid subtropes, it's not useful as an index because they're ordered by the Stock Phrase that's tempting fate rather than the trope itself, and sometimes the trope is potholed so it's not even visible.
Sorta tempted to just move the whole thing to Analysis.Tempting Fate.
Edited by Larkmarn