Author
Establish
Establish verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: established the first school for the education of Native Americans
Author and establish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Author" instead a verb "Establish".
Nearby Words: establishment, establishing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The author literally states that the rape was added just to establish what an evil guy Voldemort/Quirrell is, which is both entirely unnecessary and a mark of poor writing.
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It's largely just the author going for laughs in a way that helps establish the character, plus it's a great shorthand way of telling the story.
Source: Hyperspace Mallet -
Extremely common in fan fiction were authors use this as a shortcut to establish the "Bad Guy" of the fic and often happens to the author's least favorite character.
Source: Obviously Evil
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