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Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2020-09-04 09:03:23

It's plain fact that The Chosen One is super special, so unless the show plays with a lot of tropes or does something else that makes use of certain tropes unexpected, "A well-known trope is played straight" isn't Fridge Brilliance, or really even Brilliance.

jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
2020-09-04 09:45:04

That's what I thought. Would the Harry Potter reference count as a Fridge tho ?

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2020-09-04 12:46:03

A Shout-Out, but only if it's an actual reference to Harry Potter and not a chosen-one-defeats-major-baddie thing.

jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
2020-09-04 12:53:00

Do you think "character named "Choosen One" defeats character named "Dark Lord"" is enough for a reference or is it too far-fetched ? Even if it count as a shout-out, I think the potential reference is subtle enough to be a Fridge. It's not just The Choosen One who's important, it's also the Dark Lord.

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2020-09-04 14:42:20

I don't think so, but if you, knowing the work, really think it is, say it's explicitly a shout-out.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2020-09-04 15:46:41

The Chosen One and the Dark Lord are tropes, and were not invented by J. K. Rowling. That they eventually triumph is also a trope. That makes this very unlikely to be a deliberate reference to one specific work with that premise.

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jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
2020-09-04 22:44:11

Right so making it an Harry Potter reference is a stretch and no matter which of the two proposed writing, it's not a fridge, I'll just remove it altogether then.

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