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--> The premise of the Cuckoo Nest plot is that a character is convinced that they are in an insane asylum (a Bedlam House is a popular choice), where they are told that the events of the series are actually hallucinations.
\\\'events of the series\\\'? What series? What events? Who tells them that? Does this trope only apply to series? Is it a requirement that some events have first been established as truth, but then in a contained episode are suggested to maybe be hallucinations?
--> ..even if the series canon reveals that someone was using phlebotinum to make them think they were crazy, there will be a scene in the \\\"real world\\\" of a psychologist giving up.\\\"
But why? Why would there be \\\'a psychologist giving up\\\' if it\\\'s been established that a phlebotinum is making them hallucinate. Is the psychologist unaware? Is the psychologist giving up because the hallucinations defy normal treatment?
--> Often, if the character \\\"accepts\\\" the \\\"insane asylum\\\" reality by doing a certain thing (taking a pill, destroying the source of his \\\"fantasy\\\" power, et cetera), they might die, lose their power, or be submerged in the new \\\"non-fantasy\\\" reality forever. Occasionally the character is encouraged to kill themselves in order to wake up.
But those are two different forces, right? In the one it\\\'s the representatives of the conceived, non-fantastic explanation ushering the protagonist to let go of the fantasy, the other is rather crediting the fantasy, saying they need to escape from the conceived, non-fantastic world.
I think this article could use a rewrite, for more clarity and precision
\\\'events of the series\\\'? What series? What events? Who tells them that? Does this trope only apply to series? Is it a requirement that some events have first been established as truth, but then in a contained episode are suggested to maybe be hallucinations?
--> ..even if the series canon reveals that someone was using phlebotinum to make them think they were crazy, there will be a scene in the \\\"real world\\\" of a psychologist giving up.\\\"
But why? Why would there be \\\'a psychologist giving up\\\' if it\\\'s been established that a phlebotinum is making them hallucinate. Is the psychologist unaware? Is the psychologist giving up because the hallucinations defy normal treatment?
--> Often, if the character \\\"accepts\\\" the \\\"insane asylum\\\" reality by doing a certain thing (taking a pill, destroying the source of his \\\"fantasy\\\" power, et cetera), they might die, lose their power, or be submerged in the new \\\"non-fantasy\\\" reality forever. Occasionally the character is encouraged to kill themselves in order to wake up.
But those are two different forces, right? In the one it\\\'s the representatives of the conceived, non-fantastic explanation ushering the protagonist to let go of the fantasy, the other is rather crediting the fantasy, saying they need to escape from the conceived, non-fantastic world.
I think this article could use a rewrite, for more clarity and precision
