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Mon, Dec 03 2012 08:10:11

Obvious Clues Ignored By the Characters

What do you call that? Does it have a name?

  1. SmartBitches
    Sarah Wendell@SmartBitches
    Is there a name for when there's a HUGE CLUE that all the characters ignore,despite it being OBVIOUSLY A CLUE?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:40:35
  2. TattooAdvertise
    TattooAdvertise.@TattooAdvertise
    @SmartBitches Mass stupidity?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:04
  3. lizziepoteet
    Lizzie Poteet@lizziepoteet
    @SmartBitches stupid?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:05
  4. Rachel_Aaron
    Rachel Aaron@Rachel_Aaron
    @SmartBitches two-by-foreshadowing!
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:18
  5. CrankyAmy
    CrankyAmy@CrankyAmy
    @SmartBitches stupid white folk in a horror movie?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:28
  6. CaitieQuinn
    Caitie Quinn@CaitieQuinn
    @SmartBitches "pet peeve" -- does that work? ;)
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:57
  7. LJmysticowl
    Alina@LJmysticowl
    @SmartBitches I was going to say "bad writing" but that is mean-spirited and unfair. "Lack of subtlety"?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:58
  8. RMAuthor
    Randall Marsh@RMAuthor
    @SmartBitches a pink salmon?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:41:59
  9. elle_rush
    Elle Rush@elle_rush
    @SmartBitches Anvil
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:03
  10. ClashofEchoes
    Clash of Echoes@ClashofEchoes
    @SmartBitches collective ignorance?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:13
  11. kinseyholley
    Kinsey Holley@kinseyholley
    @Rachel_Aaron @SmartBitches I think Rachel nailed it.
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:14
  12. sarahokeefe
    Sarah O'Keefe@sarahokeefe
    @SmartBitches "bad writing"?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:25
  13. Sarah_Bella_30
    Sarah Bella@Sarah_Bella_30
    @SmartBitches Stupid?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:31
  14. JCGarren
    Jax Garren@JCGarren
    @SmartBitches TSTL?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:35
  15. jan_ohara
    Jan O'Hara|Tartitude@jan_ohara
    @SmartBitches "Ye Old Plot Shiny"
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:41
  16. LauraKreitzer
    Laura Kreitzer@LauraKreitzer
    @SmartBitches Yeah, willful ignorance.
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:42:45
  17. CathyPegau
    Cathy Pegau@CathyPegau
    @SmartBitches Annoying?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:43:12
  18. LauraKreitzer
    Laura Kreitzer@LauraKreitzer
    @SmartBitches When authors write like that, I want to bonk them on the head for assuming the reader is stupid. #notcool
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:44:15
  19. LJonte
    LJonté@LJonte
    @SmartBitches Not a single word name, no: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.…
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:44:27
  20. KMont
    Kenda Montgomery@KMont
    @SmartBitches Yes, it's called batshit annoying.
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:44:51
  21. LauraKreitzer
    Laura Kreitzer@LauraKreitzer
    @SmartBitches Or you can always go with the standard: CLUELESS. ;-)
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:45:12
  22. CarnelianValley
    Charlie@CarnelianValley
    @SmartBitches An effort to make the book longer?
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:46:43
  23. MelanieRMeadors
    Melanie Rose Meadors@MelanieRMeadors
    @SmartBitches "DUH."
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:46:49
  24. colorlessblue
    Jackie A.@colorlessblue
    @SmartBitches I want to know the name, if you discover. It's so irritating.
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:49:29
  25. snacktavish
    Emily Jane McTavish@snacktavish
    @SmartBitches Hmm. I think it related to holding the idiot ball. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.…
    Mon, Dec 03 2012 07:50:19

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