http://arcana.wikidot.com/forum/t-388584/abductor Posts in the discussion thread "Abductor" Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:39:27 +0000 http://arcana.wikidot.com/forum/t-388584#post-1253826 http://arcana.wikidot.com/forum/t-388584/abductor#post-1253826 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:43:52 +0000 The Colonel 200483 Seems appropriate - I'd call "Abductor" a mythic archetype personally, but "character as device" seems fair enough.

]]> http://arcana.wikidot.com/forum/t-388584#post-1252864 http://arcana.wikidot.com/forum/t-388584/abductor#post-1252864 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:04:23 +0000 r_b_bergstrom 293006 TV Tropes Wiki makes the distinction between Characterization Tropes (which provide personality and flavor to a character) and Character As Device tropes (which explain the role of the character within the plot), and we've been following their conventions for our own formatting. See Character Trope for more on the distinction between the two. It is my opinion that this Abductor trope is more of the later than the former, so I'm changing the parent page.

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