Good on her for owning upto it and him for not making it awkward.
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I still think her response is a bit shitty…
Why do you need to be “qualified” to talk about a character arc??
Like, it’s not some obscure term that only film critics know or something only they get to have an opinion on… Seems like some unnecessary gatekeeping.
It’s Twitter so everyone is required to be unnecessarily rude
She may just be pointing out how buzzwords seem to explode throughout the internet, like when someone mentioned boiling a frog in a pot and now someone shares that exact metaphor in every 1 in 4 threads.
And it isn’t even true.
What’s not true, exactly?
A frog will jump out of a pot of water before its hot enough to kill it.
I think maybe you’re not understanding the concept of a metaphor.
I understand metaphors just fine.
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a metaphor that people think is true too, doesn’t mean we can’t use it.
But you’re the one saying we can’t use it…?
yeah kind of a dumb response to begin with so it’s good she realized
Talking about character arcs isn’t exclusive to just people who write for a living.
As someone who is strictly a viewer, I care deeply about arcs because the story is boring otherwise. I’m not trying to be a story snob or anything, but I wish more people were aware of why they think some movies are boring so we can hold lazy studio ‘story-by-committee’ writing more accountable.
Oh yeah, I know someone who named her kid Khaleesi. Oh dear.
But let’s be honest if you’re going to call your kid Khaleesi that kid was always going to grow to be a stripper. Poor kid. She is going to be in high school before she learns how to lean to spell it.
