I humbly withdraw my earlier criticism that the landmarking of the sign was an “informed attribute.” I see that the whole process and the rationale thereof was shown, albeit nearly 30 years ago.
The Duck of Death, https://sonofstuckfunky.com/2023/12/06/sign-of-the-times/#comment-166678
Another fascinating memory-lane trip that shows how oddly selective the continuity callbacks in the Funkyverse are.
Andrew, https://sonofstuckfunky.com/2023/12/06/sign-of-the-times/#comment-166685
You’re both right. What happened with this Montoni’s sign is a common Tom Batiuk writing practice I’ve been meaning to elevate to a TBTrope.
Undue Weight is a Wikipedia concept. It means something is being paid too much or too little emphasis, relative to its importance to the overall topic. It’s not even about storytelling; it’s a form of bias. It’s something you want to avoid when contributing to an objective, non-fiction encyclopedia article.
So how does it figure into the Funkyverse? TVTropes’ Law of Conservation of Detail says:
There is a fine line between having good, rich Worldbuilding and rambling on about pointless details. Conservation of detail is all about filtering out irrelevant information to highlight the actual plot points or interesting aspects of the setting or character.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLawOfConservationOfDetail
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