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I think you meant following Malcolm, not following Rueben, and I\'m not the one who said she was following him. I originally \'\'had\'\' put this note under ContrivedCoincidence with the point that Robyn just happened to be at that bar at that time to hear his confession, which is the coincidence of all coincidences, and somebody else (Troper Schnutzel) edited it to say that she was following him because she suspected he knew something that he wasn\'t letting on. With that bit of info, that she was following him and that the overhearing wasn\'t a coincidence, the entire note no longer fits the trope.
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I\\\'m not the one who said Robyn was following Malcolm, I originally \\\'\\\'had\\\'\\\' put this note under ContrivedCoincidence with the point that Robyn just happened to be at that bar at that time to hear his confession, which is the coincidence of all coincidences. Somebody else (Troper Schnutzel) edited it to say that she was following him because she suspected he knew something that he wasn\\\'t letting on. With that bit of info, that she was following him and that the overhearing wasn\\\'t a coincidence, the entire note no longer fits the trope.
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Just because there is a coincidence at all (In this case, Robyn inciting the group to attack Jessica at the same time she had captured Kilgrave) does not make it a ContrivedCoincidence. If it did, then every coincidence ever happening in any story would be a Contrived Coincidence. \
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Just because there is a coincidence at all (In this case, Robyn inciting the group to attack Jessica at the same time she had captured Kilgrave) does not make it a ContrivedCoincidence. If it did, then every coincidence ever happening in any story would be a Contrived Coincidence. \\\"Contrived Coincidence describes a highly improbable occurrence in a story which is required by the plot, but which has absolutely no outward justification — not so much as a character saying ThereAreNoCoincidences\\\". This \\\'\\\'has\\\'\\\' an outward justification: To whit, the point we just went over where Robyn had followed Malcolm and discovered everything. That is a logical, connecting, in-universe reason for why these things happened, at this place and at this time.
If, for example, Jessica had Kilgrave stored outside of her apartment and Robyn was walking down the street and \\\'\\\'just happened\\\'\\\' to see her with a captive and interfered, \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' would be a ContrivedCoincidence, since there is no internal reason for why she would have seen Jessica at that place at that time. Or if Robyn stumbled upon their isolation cage earlier when they had Kilgrave captive then, without having followed anybody or any clue, \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\' would be a ContrivedCoincidence. If there was nothing to lead anybody to this place at this time, if the very fact that Robyn is \\\'\\\'there\\\'\\\' doesn\\\'t have an explanation, that\\\'s a ContrivedCoincidence. This, as it is, is just \\\"a coincidence\\\", and not the trope.
If, for example, Jessica had Kilgrave stored outside of her apartment and Robyn was walking down the street and \\\'\\\'just happened\\\'\\\' to see her with a captive and interfered, \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' would be a ContrivedCoincidence, since there is no internal reason for why she would have seen Jessica at that place at that time. Or if Robyn stumbled upon their isolation cage earlier when they had Kilgrave captive then, without having followed anybody or any clue, \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\'\\\' would be a ContrivedCoincidence. If there was nothing to lead anybody to this place at this time, if the very fact that Robyn is \\\'\\\'there\\\'\\\' doesn\\\'t have an explanation, that\\\'s a ContrivedCoincidence. This, as it is, is just \\\"a coincidence\\\", and not the trope.
