• Pons_Aelius
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    8 months ago

    Now ask why fighters in Star Wars bank and turn like WW2 fighter planes flying in atmosphere…

    Hint: Narrative convenance convenience .

      • @mindbleach
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        178 months ago

        It’s where narrators convene to discuss the dumb shit their protagonists did instead of heed the call.

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          A secret society called “the writer’s covenant”? We could be onto something here… Let’s add an overarching father figure that turns out to be the bad guy in the end and some bullshit “ancient riddles” that a 10 year old could solve and are pointless to begin with and Bada bing bada boom, we’ve just written the next Dan Brown novel!