Forum - View topicSpoilers and Cast Lists
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Dessa
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I just added input on an error report, and this kinda bugged me, so I thought I'd bring it up.
The way I'm recalling the submission guidelines for casts, characters with multiple identities are to be listed with the primary identity/secondary identity (example: Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon). Because of this, there are obvious spoilers in the cast lists, if a character's identity is not revealed until much later (I know I was personally spoiled in Gundam SEED Destiny). However, one error report in particular made me think if perhaps something could/should be done for spoiler-heavy identities, especially for series with a manga much further, where the identity might be posted to the anime castlist before the show even starts). Fair warning, the following may include spoilers for Pandora Hearts: Over the course of the series (quite early, actually), there is a time gap of 10 years. Some events (and flashbacks) occur on the early side of the gap, while the majority of the series takes place in the latter side of the gap. As such, there is at least one character who exists on both sides, and has different voice actors. The following is what's currently listed in the encyclopedia: Kousuke TORIUMI as Raven Azuma SAKAMOTO as Gilbert The "Gilbert" credit is marked with an error, and these are the error reports: Error:
Correct:
Error:
If my above remembering of the dual-identities and precisions guidelines is correct, the following likely should be the correct rendering of these two characters in the Encyclopedia: Kousuke TORIUMI as Gilbert Nightray/Raven Azuma SAKAMOTO as Gilbert (young) However, it still stands that this would create spoilers (although you first meet Raven briefly in episode 3, and fully in episode 4, and the spoiler is resolved in episode 6), and there are standing spoilers in the encyclopedia for other dual identities. I dunno... |
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
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Good points, and a little tricky.
On one side it's not very nice to reveal major plot surprises willy-nilly. Imagine reading "Darth Vader (Luke's father)" in a Star Wars DB prior to watching the film(s). Also it's not like the information in its present form is erroneous; it just happens that it could be more detailed. On the other hand the Encyclopedia is meant to accumulate vast amounts of information about a series, sometimes in fine detail. It shouldn't come as a surprise to find spoilers here and there. So my line of thinking is to list the secondary identity unless it's a really really big spoiler that totally ruins a key moment of the show. Still, I'll keep this in mind for future developments; it may be worth it to add something similar to the forum spoiler tag. |
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