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Deus ex machina is considered by TV Tropes to be a sub-trope to asspulling, and thus, often considered a bad writing trope. Now, unlike most other bad writing tropes, that have their roots in fanf...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:54:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29790 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Mephistopheles
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2019-12-08T06:54:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
[Deus ex machina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina) is considered by TV Tropes to be a sub-trope to [asspulling](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Asspull), and thus, often considered a bad writing trope. Now, unlike most other bad writing tropes, that have their roots in [fanfiction](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt), it has a nifty Latin name and dates back to Greek drama, _(Deus Ex Machina, i.e.: god from machine, i.e: we lower some random dude into the scene with a crane)_ so it must have some sort of value. **What value does this trope have from a writing standpoint?**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-08-17T18:25:16Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 5