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I think that the title \\\'from a certain point of view\\\' best exemplifies what this trope is. It does a good job of being an explanatory title, and, really, the trope name (From A Certain Point Of View) is also the best example of this trope (didn\\\'t someone once say that this site is \\\'about the examples\\\'?). That works out very neatly, indeed, and it has a tremendous amount of \\\'aha\\\' value to anybody reading the page - the line in question and the context in which it was delivered are almost universally known, so why get rid of a trope name that sums up a trope and says it in classic TV Tropes style - humourous, specific and recognizable? It just seems to fit with trope lingo - it flows better when potholed/wikiworded from other pages, and it\\\'s instantly recognizable.

If everybody in the world could instantly recognise the Coca Cola brand and thought favourably of it, would they then change the name to Paulie\\\'s Dark Fizzy Drinkish Thing? Sure, it\\\'d basically work, but it\\\'s not as good.

Regarding Obi-Wan\\\'s original line, he saw Anakin as dead, in the same way that anyone, whether fictional or in real life, might say that person x is \\\'dead to me\\\' or that \\\'the old person x died a long time ago (etc.)\\\' because of this, this, and that. It captures the essence of how something can be said to be true, but only from (you guessed it) a certain point of view - it\\\'s misleading nature is often revealed later. I think the title resonates with many tropers as being both fun and apt.

I\\\'m in vehement agreement with the above comments; \\\'from a certain point of view\\\' does it better. I think the page name should be changed back. If it works, why try to fix it?
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I think that the title \'from a certain point of view\' best exemplifies what this trope is. It does a good job of being an explanatory title, and, really, the trope name (From A Certain Point Of View) is also the best example of this trope (didn\'t someone once say that this site is \'about the examples\'?). That works out very neatly, indeed, and it has a tremendous amount of \'aha\' value to anybody reading the page - the line in question and the context in which it was delivered are almost universally known, so why get rid of a trope name that sums up a trope and says it in classic TV Tropes style - humourous, specific and recognizable? It just seems to fit with trope lingo - it flows better when potholed/wikiworded from other pages, and it\'s instantly recognizable.

If everybody in the world could instantly recognise the Coca Cola brand and thought favourably of it, would they then change the name to Paulie\'s Dark Fizzy Drinkish Thing? Sure, it\'d basically work, but it\'s not as good.

Regarding Obi-Wan\'s original line, he saw Anakin as dead, in the same way that anyone, whether fictional or in real life, might say that person x is \'dead to me\' or that \'the old person x died a long time ago (etc.)\' because of this, this, and that. It captures the essence of how something can be said to be true, but only from (you guessed it) a certain point of view - it\'s misleading nature is often revealed later. I think the title resonates with many tropers as being both fun and apt.

I\'m in vehement agreement with the above comments; \'from a certain point of view\' does it better. I think the page name should be changed back. If it works, why try to fix it?
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Regarding Obi-Wan\'s original line, he saw Anakin as dead, in the same way that anyone, whether fictional or in real life, might say that person x is \'dead to me\' or that \'the old person x died a long time ago (etc.)\' because of this, this, and that. It captures the essence of how something can be said to be true, but only from (you guessed it) a certain point of view - it\'s misleading nature is often revealed later. I\'m sure the title resonates with many tropers as being both fun and apt.
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Regarding Obi-Wan\\\'s original line, he saw Anakin as dead, in the same way that anyone, whether fictional or in real life, might say that person x is \\\'dead to me\\\' or that \\\'the old person x died a long time ago (etc.)\\\' because of this, this, and that. It captures the essence of how something can be said to be true, but only from (you guessed it) a certain point of view - it\\\'s misleading nature is often revealed later. I think the title resonates with many tropers as being both fun and apt.
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I\'m in vehement agreement with the above comments; \'from a certain point of view\' does it better. I think the page name should be changed back. If it works, why try to fix it?
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I\\\'m in vehement agreement with the above comments; \\\'from a certain point of view\\\' does it better. I think the page name should be changed back. If it works, why try to fix it?
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I think that the title \'from a certain point of view\' best exemplifies what this trope is. It does a good job of being an explanatory title, and, really, the trope name (From A Certain Point Of View) is also the best example of this trope (didn\'t someone once say that this site is \'about the examples\'?). That works out very neatly, indeed, and it has a tremendous amount of \'aha\' value to anybody reading the page - the line in question and the context in which it was delivered are almost universally known, so why get rid of a trope name that sums up a trope and says it in classic TV Tropes style - humourous, specific and recognizable? It just seems to fit with trope lingo - it flows better when potholed/wikiworded from other pages, and it\'s instantly recognizable.
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I think that the title \\\'from a certain point of view\\\' best exemplifies what this trope is. It does a good job of being an explanatory title, and, really, the trope name (From A Certain Point Of View) is also the best example of this trope (didn\\\'t someone once say that this site is \\\'about the examples\\\'?). That works out very neatly, indeed, and it has a tremendous amount of \\\'aha\\\' value to anybody reading the page - the line in question and the context in which it was delivered are almost universally known, so why get rid of a trope name that sums up a trope and says it in classic TV Tropes style - humourous, specific and recognizable? It just seems to fit with trope lingo - it flows better when potholed/wikiworded from other pages, and it\\\'s instantly recognizable.
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