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by Gongsi » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:51 pm
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by Western Fardelshufflestein » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:55 pm
Gongsi wrote:When crying for two minutes resolves all emotional damage a protagonist has taken. Lost your parents? Shed a tear then move on with your life. Watched your friend die in your arms? Give it an hour, you'll get over it! Your entire reality was fake and everyone you know and love wasn't real? Cheer up mate, you'll feel better after some ice cream.
Is writing good trauma/loss that hard? It all feels fake, forced, or unbelievable. Realistic levels of emotional pain never seems to last for more than a scene.
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by Gongsi » Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:35 pm
Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:Gongsi wrote:When crying for two minutes resolves all emotional damage a protagonist has taken. Lost your parents? Shed a tear then move on with your life. Watched your friend die in your arms? Give it an hour, you'll get over it! Your entire reality was fake and everyone you know and love wasn't real? Cheer up mate, you'll feel better after some ice cream.
Is writing good trauma/loss that hard? It all feels fake, forced, or unbelievable. Realistic levels of emotional pain never seems to last for more than a scene.
I KNOW, RIGHT!?!?!? Like, in murder mysteries, they're always like, Ight, let's solve this. Some side characters might be all weepy, though.
GPNS President De Dangnan officially ends State of Emergency, reopens country.| Anti-Vaccine conspiracy theorist sentenced to 5 years for role in attempted hospital raid.| 12 year old De Minxiau, daughter of President De Dangnan, still missing. Police report no leads yet.
by New yugoslavaia » Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:44 pm
Gongsi wrote:Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:I KNOW, RIGHT!?!?!? Like, in murder mysteries, they're always like, Ight, let's solve this. Some side characters might be all weepy, though.
Yeah, but weepy usually ends up being a side character's entire personality. Strip away the tears and they are more often than not just exposition machines and plot devices (or in the case of murder mysteries guilty). Otherwise they recover by the next act.
by Xmara » Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:56 pm
Gongsi wrote:Western Fardelshufflestein wrote:I KNOW, RIGHT!?!?!? Like, in murder mysteries, they're always like, Ight, let's solve this. Some side characters might be all weepy, though.
Yeah, but weepy usually ends up being a side character's entire personality. Strip away the tears and they are more often than not just exposition machines and plot devices (or in the case of murder mysteries guilty). Otherwise they recover by the next act.
by Crysuko » Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:40 pm
New yugoslavaia wrote:Gongsi wrote:Yeah, but weepy usually ends up being a side character's entire personality. Strip away the tears and they are more often than not just exposition machines and plot devices (or in the case of murder mysteries guilty). Otherwise they recover by the next act.
Pfft. Actual human emotions? What are those?
Nevermind. Time for some more wacky hijinks!
by Shov Scien » Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:45 pm
by New yugoslavaia » Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:04 am
by Crysuko » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:42 am
New yugoslavaia wrote:Does anyone get annoyed when there's a hostage situation where some bad guy has got someone at gunpoint and then the good guys don't just blast them in the head and get in over and done with? Can't pull the trigger if they're braindead.
by Punished UMN » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:46 pm
New yugoslavaia wrote:Does anyone get annoyed when there's a hostage situation where some bad guy has got someone at gunpoint and then the good guys don't just blast them in the head and get in over and done with? Can't pull the trigger if they're braindead.
by Crysuko » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:58 pm
by Forsher » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:11 am
Esthe wrote:Somehow every dystopian book I read manages to turn into a romance novel.
by The Remote Islands » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:27 am
Mike the Progressive wrote:Usually when I do a hit of acid or coke, I avoid NS. But you didn't. Shows a lot of balls. I like that.
by Qhevak » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:37 am
New yugoslavaia wrote:Another idea: The prophecy turns out to be nonsense. Just the mad ramblings of some delusional mystics.
by Xmara » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:36 pm
by Forsher » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:58 am
Xmara wrote:I know that this is a thread about stuff we hate in writing, but here's something I love. I love when the hero and the villain meet and, rather than going straight to fighting, they talk. They may point weapons at each other. They may circle and threaten each other. Or they may just stand still. But I love the tension it creates.
by Esthe » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:28 pm
Xmara wrote:I know that this is a thread about stuff we hate in writing, but here's something I love. I love when the hero and the villain meet and, rather than going straight to fighting, they talk. They may point weapons at each other. They may circle and threaten each other. Or they may just stand still. But I love the tension it creates.
by Xmara » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:49 pm
Forsher wrote:Xmara wrote:I know that this is a thread about stuff we hate in writing, but here's something I love. I love when the hero and the villain meet and, rather than going straight to fighting, they talk. They may point weapons at each other. They may circle and threaten each other. Or they may just stand still. But I love the tension it creates.
I'm going to guess you're not a fan of Shazam! then?
by Forsher » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:48 pm
by A m e n r i a » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:52 pm
by Crysuko » Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:35 am
A m e n r i a wrote:I absolutely loathe dumb protagonists in creepypastas, especially in the rules subgenre. Ffs it's never, EVER a prank. It's never your imagination either. Just get your shite together and follow the damn rules.
by Dollystana » Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:42 am
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by Chan Island » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:47 am
New yugoslavaia wrote:Does anyone get annoyed when there's a hostage situation where some bad guy has got someone at gunpoint and then the good guys don't just blast them in the head and get in over and done with? Can't pull the trigger if they're braindead.
Xmara wrote:I know that this is a thread about stuff we hate in writing, but here's something I love. I love when the hero and the villain meet and, rather than going straight to fighting, they talk. They may point weapons at each other. They may circle and threaten each other. Or they may just stand still. But I love the tension it creates.
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
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