Thread:The Devil's Advocate WP/@comment-24573226-20170123040730/@comment-25936766-20170124123849

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Well, you and the staff, which you are not, are wrong because the real speculation is in stating something as fact that has not been proven to be fact. Eh, no, that's Statement of Fact. Related to speculation, but not speculation per se. That said, it might be on the line of reasoning here.

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What Hazel is saying is that the articles need to use a Factual tone. They cannot sound like one's saying "I guess" or "I think", they must sound like one's saying "I'm sure".

Facts are by default true, as a fact says X is true. And they can be validated to see if they really are true. However, in some cases Facts are based on our current understanding of something, and in other cases they can't be validated at all just yet.

In this case, Ren's parents being dead, is a fact. An got wrecked by Old Nick along with her house, and there was no sight of her afterwards (and no mention of her fate by Li). Li himself was last seen fighting against Old Nick, injured, and was never seen again while Old Nick kept walking by.

And neither of them were Hunters, so one can forget about Aura saving either of their asses. Combined with both of them being orphans, everything says An and Li are dead. As such, we not only can, but should say they are dead with a sure tone.

-Given what we saw and what can be understood, they're dead.

-Everything saying they're death, works as the validation.

The writers don't have to show you a dead body for one to know X is dead. In fact, not doing so can be more effective at times, as it leaves their fate more uncertain before you see the conclusion.