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20th Jan, 2021 01:31:59 PM
Seems to be an inversion of Self-Restraint. There doesn't seem to be a suitable trope in the index about restraints or among the Prison Tropes. Maybe Free All Along would be a suitable title?
Mistaken for Imprisonment
Is there a trope for when a character thinks he/she is being detained for a crime but is actually able to leave freely or is being detained for something more mundane?