• FlembleFabber
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    1 year ago

    Characters repeatedly “dying” but then surviving again. That’s why I liked game of thrones so much when I first watched it

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      This is so important! People like to be surprised by inciting incidents, not by the consequences of them. Showing a character dying and then not having them die is a good way to make the audience think you’re lying when you’re not.

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      1 year ago

      Game of thrones, feels like a kid whimsically thought about a classical story then killed the main characters. Everyone would normally think it’s too immature for a story. Instead it became one of the most watched shows. Except the “killing off characters” thing ,the show was well made.