Why is DeadFic a trope but the Cancellation a Trivia?

Recently, I've noticed some contradictions in tropes that deal with different states of a work. Dead Fic, Orphaned Series and Cut Short are about works that were abandoned by their authors and are treated as objective tropes. However, Cancellation, One-Episode Wonder and Quietly Cancelled are considered trivia even though they basically deal with similar themes.

Should all of these be trivia? They all cover things that happen behind the scenes.

That is a good point. to making them all trivia.

I think Dead Fic is considered the counterpart to Completed Fic (which is an index), but I've wondered why it was a trope instead of an index. I think it would probably be more useful as an index, but I could see it as Trivia too.

The typical answer is "because it was made as a trope and never got moved since".

To making it either Trivia or an index.

Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash on Feb 1st 2024 at 6:58:21 AM

Turning Dead Fic into an index seems like a good idea, given that Orphaned Series also happens to allow fanfic in it, so there's a bit of overlap.

EDIT: I would also like more info on what others think about turning Orphaned Series and Cut Short into trivia as well.

Edited by SoyValdo7 on Feb 1st 2024 at 1:11:15 PM