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I'll add the Misaimed Fandom stuff under Fourth Wall Myopia unless I hear anything. Thought's on Commom Knowledge?
I mean...from what I remember about the episode, Twilight being wrong wasn't really emphasized much? Trusting her instincts even when everyone else doubted her was seen as a good thing. However, she did have to learn to trust the real Cadence when she found her, and accept her love for her brother. But I'm not sure if it's Misaimed Fandom because the main aesop for the episode is that the others were wrong to doubt her. I think the Common Knowledge point about her friends being made out to be worse than they are in the episode could better fit Ron the Death Eater?
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.So Misaimed Fandom is misapplied. Got that. Ron the Death Eater I'm not sure fit as the pics that call them out for such still poetry them as remorseful and repentant about it. I asked "Is this an example?" about it here
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CommonKnowledge.Western Animation
- Speaking more of Celestia, some say that she is able to send ponies to the moon, turn them into stone or transform into alicorns as much as she wants. But it's the Elements of Harmony that do all these things, and they've demonstrated a mind of their own ever since the Discord episode when they refuse to work for the corrupted heroes. This is mostly forgotten now and Played for Laughs, but still.
Is this a valid Common Knowledge example? And if it is is there any reason the "A Canterlot Wedding" wouldn't count despite it also involving misconceptions by fans?
The Celestia example sounds valid. Even non-fans probably mostly know of her through the "sending people to the moon" memes. The last line is unclear though- is it forgotten and Played for Laughs by the fans or by the show? (Or both?)
And yeah, I feel like the ACW example isn't known enough by non-fans / casual fans to count.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.Understood. If so what about this:
Common Knowledge.Pokemon
- It's widely believed that the AI of the various post-game battle facilities (e.g. the Battle Tower) will either cheat with RNG manipulation or outright counterteam you if your win streak gets high enough. While there is occasionally cheating, it's typically restricted to illegal movesets or abilities that aren't available to the player. Nothing in the games' code lets the AI alter the RNG and enemy trainers in the facilities have preset teams with some random variances. The series just has a considerable amount of luck baked into its systems and people tend to remember when they got unlucky.
Examining the code seems outside what would be "Common" for non-fans and given it's the fans who play this who'd get the misconception... Cut?

I was thinking about adding the following tropes, but have doubts about their validity so I'm running them by here first.
YMMV.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic S 2 E 25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1
Previous Common Knowledge cleanup left me the impression it’s only for misconceptions that arise from those who didn’t watch the actual source material. This may be given the prevalence in the fanon that can be confused with canon, or is it not common enough if the incident is unknown outside the fandom? Is this unknown outside fandom? Fan Myopia seems a problem for this trope.
Does Misaimed Fandom apply for situations where both sides were equally wrong? Or does that imply a level of writing nuance that the episode lacked?
I can put these points under Fourth Wall Myopia if nothing else. Any other tropes these may fit better?
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught