Rule and Variation

Rule

Rule noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.

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Variation and rule are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Rule and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rule" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

human	human rule	human variation
old	old rule	old variation
female	female rule	female variation
special	special rule	special variation
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, specific, standard, simple, popular, real, little, main, new.

A variation shows up in another episode, after the League meet their Alternate Universe counterparts, the Justice Lords, who took over the world and rule it with an iron fist.

Source: Future Me Scares Me
This creates a truly unusual variation of this trope: since you're "King Wencen" now after the original chickened out, you effectively rule the House of Ballads already.

Source: We Can Rule Together
A variation can happen in a Chase Scene, where a character throws out money for the crowd to block his pursuers, often for the rule of Throwing the Distraction.

Source: Money to Throw Away

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