But a renegade member, Kulle, being the nasty old fellow he is, made another uber Soul Gem nobody talks about or references during the first two games to cause unnamed naughty shenanigans. So the Horadrim made the Soulstones to imprison the Prime Evils. Maybe it was explained in the novels or something, but the core games did a poor job of elucidating what the hell was going on.
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If the problem could be solved with a bit of common sense or other type of simple intervention, the solution is not a Deus Ex Machina no matter how unexpected it may seem. The problem a Deus Ex Machina fixes must be portrayed as unsolvable or hopeless.This means that even if they are featured or referenced earlier in the story, they do not change the course of nor appear to be a viable solution to the plotline they eventually "solve". Deus Ex Machina are sudden or unexpected.They are never unexpected developments that make things worse, nor sudden twists that only change the understanding of a story.
#Deus ex machina game tv#
He just shows up out of nowhere and hits Tabuu and somehow that makes it possible to beat Tabuu.Įdit: TV Tropes as usual has a good writeup:
It depends on how it's presented.Ī good example is a character that had no build up and no adequate explanation just showing up out of nowhere and resolving everything. An old man that can fly you to the floating fortress isn't necessarily a deus ex machina. A Deus Ex Machina has to come out of nowhere and pay no respect to the work's internal logic to resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem.
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