So Perrin kills his wife, and then he justβ¦ walks away. Thatβs pretty fucking psychotic. I was half expecting a soothing Dexter Morgan narration/internal monologue. βI killed her, the rest of the village will just blame it on the trollocs. Time to put myself somewhere away from the body.β
It was never even hinted that Dr Who was anything other than a human from the future, he even refers to 'we humans' in a season 1 episode, it's like they weren't even paying attention. And Time Lords? Seriously? That's the most goddamn stuck up their own ass name I've ever heard of, it just reeks of 'How do we make them sound important? I know! Make them Lords of Time'.
God I already thought it was bad enough that they just randomly decided that Dr Who could be 'renewed' when he gets too old just so they don't have to cancel the show because the main actor got tired of the role but this one just takes the cake.
I just hope the next season doesn't reveal anything else dumb and contradictory like 'Dr Who has two hearts' or something like that.
I don't know if any of you have watched HBO's Hacks, but I recently finished it and absolutely loved it. I also noticed a couple of similarities:
(small spoilers for Hacks below, nothing huge)
Episode 1: Deborah (Jean Smart) is disgusted by a video clip while sitting near her pool. She abruptly throws her tablet into the pool and calls out to her assistant that he needs to go to the computer store.
Episode 5: Ava gets into a heated argument with a few women that she knows. They start criticizing her for some of her past behavior. One of the women says to her, "Sorry to be so blunt, but we're on coke." π
Recently we've had more commenters coming in defending against criticism against the newer titles, Warhammer in particular, with the argument that it's perfectly alright to make gameplay concessions in favor of keeping to lore, whether that be the dominance of single-entities or the reskinning of units.
I'm going to focus on single-entities in particular because--apparently--the point hasn't been made clear enough. I've always been fond of reading and storytelling in general, and the elements of a well-written narrative. A bit of a tangent: why does a character like Luke Skywalker resonate so much more with audiences than Rey "Skywalker" from the latest Star Wars trilogy? Because Luke Skywalker faced adversity, went through failure, and triumphed in the end. This is a concept prevalent in storytelling throughout history because of its relatability; we've all been down on our luck sometimes, just like Luke, but his character arc shows what the human spirit is capable of. I can relate to this despite the fact I'll never be flying an X-Wing to destroy a Deathstar. Meanwhile Rey overcomes the main villain in her first encounter with him, despite never having properly trained in lightsaber combat or Force usage, something Kylo Ren had been doing his entire life.
It's all about tension. And tension cannot exist if success is guaranteed. This is what differentiates a good writer from a hack: a good writer understands that at the heart of a good story is conflict, and that empowering the reader/viewer is done by having the protagonist persevere through trials and tribulations, to overcome tall odds (or to fail daringly). A hack thinks that to empower the reader entails handing success to the protagonist on a silver platter; the hack will endeavor to remove any and all sources of tension in pursuit of this.
That brings us to single-entities in modern TW and how they differ from the generals/characters in older titles. An overpowered Lord taking down legions single-handedly, casting spells and performing ridiculous dance moves will never be as awesome or empowering as a general in Napoleon TW, who could get killed by a stray bullet fired from a militiamen's musket. The tension that creates is what makes the moments where you commit your general to combat memorable; he knows, and you know, that the battle could be decided by this move, for better or worse. Even disregarding gameplay itself, you simply cannot insist that the former is narratively superior to the la
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I swear to god we see this post at least once a week
What are some things you do that really help you get "in the zone" and get the most words down in the smallest amount of time?
Stand name: Hack Writer
Stand user: Carmen PoΓ©ma
Stand appearance: A hard-covered book
Stand ability: As long as it's within your visual range, whatever you write can become reality. It must be written in the form of a poem in order to resolve it's ability.
Power: C
Speed: N/A
Range: D
Durability: B
Precision: A
Potential: A
User background: Carmen PoΓ©ma is a literature student whose ability to write literature is oddly mediocre for her level. She gets a lot of criticism, as she had a doctor's degree and her parents don't agree with her getting a Master's in literature, as they think that it's not a good way to earn cash. She enjoys writing, but the amount of criticism she endures ended up breaking her sanity by a little.
I feel like s*** over this I haven't written anything in the scp but I'm working on it wel l try to work on it but I haven't written anything in over two f****** weeks today I had the plans to wake up early and write but I ended up sleeping until 5:00 and I feel like hanging myself I'm a huge piece of s***
Fan favourites should never have a big influence on a story outside of a writers creative vision just because people like them. If a writer changes their story to cater to fanservice like that instead of sticking to their own story then they are either lazy and want some cheap points or have no faith in their own story.
Without really delving in to spoilers I'll just mention the response to TLOU2 is what prompted me to make this, just so a good amount of you have an idea of what I mean. Overall opinions on the game being irrelevant.
But I will get in to an egregious example from GOT instead, because it's a great example of favouritism destroying tension and believability a story.
Look no further than The Long Night, episode 3 of season 8 in GOT, a series that had gained much praise for how it had the balls to just kill characters off, even favourites. Some of the most hyped up moments of the show like the Red Wedding are all about shocking character deaths.
And then you have The Long Night which to be fair, did feature character deaths. But it also featured so much nonsense, like Sam and Tormund as well as other named characters practically standing on a mountain of undead corpses who all magically can't seem to kill them because...well you can't just kill Sam! Even though he's a useless combatant and most definitely couldn't hold of dozens of zombie warriors.
Then there's Lyanna Mormont who kills a freaking giant before she dies because such a popular character needs to go out on a cool note, even though it made absolutely no sense because the giant for some reason takes its time killing her giving her a perfect opportunity to stab it, despite being an almost mindless undead killing machine that would realistically just squash her and move on, it acts completely out of "character" just to create that silly scene.
It's blatantly clear that in the absence of a final book to base season 8 on the writers just chose to play favourites and give everyone they could a free pass or a cool sendoff. Unless they're a character nobody cares about of course, then they get an appropriate death for the situation.
No character deserves special treatment that doesn't fit in the narrative of the world they live in just because they are beloved by the audience, if a character exists in a harsh world then it makes absolutely no sense for them to have a "nice" death that "respects" them as a character, as if a character death can ev
... keep reading on reddit β‘So i ran out of melatonin recently, kept forgetting to pick more up, and have been having trouble sleeping (because of course) and Ive hacked my brain into telling myself a story that almost forces me to sleep. Basically I am a comic artist and animator and ive found that if I plan my night scenes at night or a scene where a character is laying down (i act out scenes in my room by myself like a weirdo) my body is like "oh cool we be tellin that story" and falls asleep while I'm planning. Its a super strange hack I've found in my brain but its been helpful for me planning wise AND sleeping wise.
