Implausible
Implausible adjective - Too extraordinary or improbable to believe.
Usage example: the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished
Nearby Word: implausibly
Reasonable
Reasonable adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.
Usage example: those playing rules sound reasonable to me
Both words in one sentence
- While some loops end with a reasonable death (such as freezing to death from the neverending night, or getting eaten by the manticore), a few have her die in rather implausible ways, such as slipping on a frog or Twilight's chariot landing on her.
Source: Immortal Life Is Cheap - The ones shown in the series vary from the reasonable (gunsmithing, medicine, demolitions) to the implausible (linguistics, car theft) to the bizarre (animal wrangling, shipbuilding, comparative theology).
Source: Chekhovs Skill / Literature -
Retcon: A couple of minor ones here and there to make things more sensible, such as retconning the flagship of a former Sith Lord (Darth Nefarious) from an Imperium-class Ultra Star Destroyer (ridiculously implausible fanon ship) to a much more reasonable Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer.
Source: Website / New Sith Brotherhood
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