What the fuck is convoluted?

[Daytripper]

What the fuck does a story or a plot line being convoluted mean? I'm getting frustrated because I had an idea to fix a story element in one of my fics that was called convoluted but the solution I had was also called convoluted.

Gah!

 

[Soulcore]

Needlessly complicated often to the point of negatively impacting the rest of the work or ruining the plot point you're trying to make. An example would be Taylor Vargas.
Example from Google
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(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.
"its convoluted narrative encompasses all manner of digressions"

 

[Selias]

For example, imagine that your character is coming up with a plan to defeat an enemy army. He could come up with some incredibly complex plan with a bunch of moving parts, or he could just do a pincer maneuver.

Though that's not to say that the former could never be useful. You could have him try it only to lose badly because "no plan survives first contact with the enemy," and it helps to humble and teach him.

 

[NightmareWarden]

What the fuck does a story or a plot line being convoluted mean? I'm getting frustrated because I had an idea to fix a story element in one of my fics that was called convoluted but the solution I had was also called convoluted.

Gah!

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In addition to the answers above, "convoluted" can also pop up when someone has a vague understanding of a certain component of the plot which was portrayed clearly to other readers.

Or if- due to story length/update schedule- forgotten details are key components of the "convoluted" plan.