[WikiEN-l] Reflections on the end of the spoiler wars

Ken Arromdee arromdee at rahul.net
Mon Nov 19 08:27:36 UTC 2007


On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, James Farrar wrote:
> > It *isn't* obvious that plot sections contain spoilers.  A spoiler is not
> > "any plot element".  It's entirely possible for a plot section to contain
> > no spoilers at all.
> 
> That would generally make for an inadequate plot section.

This is a situation where the appropriate reply is legitimately "Says you!?"
You haven't made any arguments for this rather dubious proposition, and you've
even foreclosed the possibility of counterexamples by adding the word
"generally".




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