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Based solely on the example text presented, I would say that's a legit example and should not have been deleted.
If it was factually wrong, sure, removing it would make sense, but that wasn't shown or even claimed.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.Just FYI, on the Parody Retcon page, Cinema Sins is listed as an example.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose meto me, it sounds valid, but that just may be because I am not a fan of Cinema Sins. Something along the lines of "when challenged on their criticisms, the creators claim that it is satire" would seem acceptable to me
of course i'm not the arbiter of these things
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me

So, at the beginning of 2020, costanton11 removed this from Trivia.Cinema Sins:
There was no edit reason, and it is actually a valid example. (Cinema Sins is notorious for pulling the Parody Retcon. They've even claimed at certain points that a certain percentage of all the "sins" they call movies out on are "intentionally wrong" as a joke, even though none of them are presented that way and the only way to know which is which is... well, can you prove the point wrong? Then it was on purpose and you just didn't get their biting satire!)
It feels like one fan just not wanting a negative trivia item on the page. Is it safe to put it back?
EDIT: Actually, it looks like there is an edit reason I missed, linking to the Complaints Cleanup thread, where Fighteer said he thought it didn't count as Parody Retcon.
But the thread also has no evidence or even attempts at arguing why it's actually wrong. And honestly, I'm not sure why or how anyone could possibly think that it is wrong. It literally says "people pointed out they made incorrect points and they responded by claiming they were just kidding." How is that not Parody Retcon?
The example could probably stand to be rewritten to be less complainy, and maybe make the point a bit better, but seriously... everyone knows Cinema Sins is guilty of this, even Cinema Sins.
Edited by Mimic1990