Talk:Quibble (plot device)

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Inversion

This strikes me as not a quibble and not noteworthy in itself. Goldfritha 01:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it can be well worth while to describe the inversion of a trope along with the trope itself. I think the example I gave was a nice example of inverting the quibble and should go back in. Does anbody have any input? (The section in question is reproduced below).

I also feel that the article is any case a somewhat random list of examples, that may need editing. I may be somewhat biased but I don't seee that an Iain Banks example is any less noteworthy than a Piers Anthony example.

Iain Banks cleverly inverts the quibble in Excession in the following way -We are greatly outnumbered -I will not surrender -Well I'm going to surrender -But x swore you would obey us -And I have, within reason -But x didn't say anthing about 'within reason' -Well I think one always just takes that sort of proviso for granted, anyway I have transmitted the request for surrender. ChristineD 23:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It's not an example of a quibble. Why include it? Goldfritha 00:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Like TV Tropes

This article reads as if it was TV Tropes instead of Wikipedia. ;) Homei (talk) 03:22, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

You say that as if it were a bad thing. 2001:9E8:461E:A700:CC6E:E725:7BBC:B04A (talk) 16:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Needs pictures

This article needs a picture of a quibble. I do not know what quibbles look like.

Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 00:15, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

As an entirely abstract concept, a quibble cannot be photographed and does not lend itself to depiction. You might have been thinking of a tribble, however. :) --Florian Blaschke (talk) 12:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

"Exact words" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Exact words has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 29 § Exact words until a consensus is reached. consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 12:45, 29 January 2026 (UTC)