User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-121.45.54.78-20130925110520/@comment-33695797-20191120085009

That thread seems to focus more on very specific, unnecessary parenthetical statements, such as "dies" or "joins". I was thinking indicating special cases concerning the manner in which a character appears could be useful. But thinking about it more, I realise if a reader was curious about an appearance, they could simply read about it on the page for either the character or the story.

I still stand by my other ideas: to put those concisely, an appearance should be based on the activity and presence of the character, and figuring out what to do with implied appearances.