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Stupid Criticisms in Story Telling
4 years ago
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Okay so like I am gonna rant a second. About how pointless criticism is sometimes about specific shit in movies and games and the like.
Particularly I am focusing on criticisms of character actions in a story. Like okay whoo boy here we go.
So say a character in a movie does something that is not logically sound and perhaps makes a mistake in something that winds up setting up the events of a future scene in a movie. You will get "critics" that are like "Well that was stupid. Why would a character do this? That is absolutely stupid. They should have done this because this would have been more logical."
BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE A STORY THEN, DUDE. FUCK. NAME ME A SINGLE REAL HUMAN THAT THINKS 100% LOGICALLY ANYWAY.
Or they will discredit certain actions a character will do and even so far as to say that what the character is doing goes against their nature.
Take Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars Episodes 1-3. You will have people say he is this emo kid and wants to be accepted by the Jedi but then goes immediately Sith Lord and kills young children in the Jedi temple. They feel this goes against his nature and that Anakin is just badly written.
YOU KNOW. BECAUSE THERE IS NOT CONTEXT TO WORK WITH AS TO WHY HE WOULD DO THAT RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE THE SECOND MOVIE SHOWS HIM GO ON A RAMPAGE AGAINST A BUNCH OF TUSKEN RAIDERS BECAUSE THEY KILLED HIS MOM AND HE TELLS PADME THAT HE DIDN'T JUST STOP AT KILLING THE MEN, BUT ALSO THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN.
I've seen people say he is badly written because he is so emo but its like lets just count the shit he deals with.
1. As a child he is told by a Jedi Master that he is the Chosen one that will bring balance to the Force. But despite this fact, the Jedi Council do not wish to train him because he is "too old" despite his overwhelmingly amazing potential with the Force.
2. He sees at a young age how currupt the government in the Republic is and wants to change it.
3. He is constantly lectured and taken for granted by his own master.
4. He has visions of his mother dying, tries to change it, his mother dies anyway and he goes on a murderous rampage on the people who killed her. He is also mentally scarred by his own actions.
5. Despite his amazing abilities and dedication to the Jedi, he is still never trusted and never granted the rank of Jedi master, DESPITE THE FACT THAT AT THIS POINT HE HAS KILLED A SITH LORD, something none of these other masters have really done.
6. He has visions of Padme dying and does not want a repeat of last time, especially since she is his wife.
7. Gets fed possibly false information about how the Sith can revive people and prevent death altogether.
8. In his desperation to save Padme, he takes a chance with Darth Sidious/Palpatine winds up serving him so he can save Padme and probably overthrow Palpatine later.
9. He is convinced the Jedi are no longer who they used to be and need to be stopped.
I don't know about you but these all sound like great reasons why he would turn to the dark side. Anakin is the story of a tragic hero falling to darkness because he wants to obtain the power to save his wife. He fails in that goal.
But he gets shit for being flawed. That is the whole fucking point dude.
And don't think I am just talking about Anakin, I could go on for days about other characters that get shit for doing something dumb in stories. Again man, having characters always doing everything logically would mean either a boring ass story or no story at all.
Particularly I am focusing on criticisms of character actions in a story. Like okay whoo boy here we go.
So say a character in a movie does something that is not logically sound and perhaps makes a mistake in something that winds up setting up the events of a future scene in a movie. You will get "critics" that are like "Well that was stupid. Why would a character do this? That is absolutely stupid. They should have done this because this would have been more logical."
BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE A STORY THEN, DUDE. FUCK. NAME ME A SINGLE REAL HUMAN THAT THINKS 100% LOGICALLY ANYWAY.
Or they will discredit certain actions a character will do and even so far as to say that what the character is doing goes against their nature.
Take Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars Episodes 1-3. You will have people say he is this emo kid and wants to be accepted by the Jedi but then goes immediately Sith Lord and kills young children in the Jedi temple. They feel this goes against his nature and that Anakin is just badly written.
YOU KNOW. BECAUSE THERE IS NOT CONTEXT TO WORK WITH AS TO WHY HE WOULD DO THAT RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE THE SECOND MOVIE SHOWS HIM GO ON A RAMPAGE AGAINST A BUNCH OF TUSKEN RAIDERS BECAUSE THEY KILLED HIS MOM AND HE TELLS PADME THAT HE DIDN'T JUST STOP AT KILLING THE MEN, BUT ALSO THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN.
I've seen people say he is badly written because he is so emo but its like lets just count the shit he deals with.
1. As a child he is told by a Jedi Master that he is the Chosen one that will bring balance to the Force. But despite this fact, the Jedi Council do not wish to train him because he is "too old" despite his overwhelmingly amazing potential with the Force.
2. He sees at a young age how currupt the government in the Republic is and wants to change it.
3. He is constantly lectured and taken for granted by his own master.
4. He has visions of his mother dying, tries to change it, his mother dies anyway and he goes on a murderous rampage on the people who killed her. He is also mentally scarred by his own actions.
5. Despite his amazing abilities and dedication to the Jedi, he is still never trusted and never granted the rank of Jedi master, DESPITE THE FACT THAT AT THIS POINT HE HAS KILLED A SITH LORD, something none of these other masters have really done.
6. He has visions of Padme dying and does not want a repeat of last time, especially since she is his wife.
7. Gets fed possibly false information about how the Sith can revive people and prevent death altogether.
8. In his desperation to save Padme, he takes a chance with Darth Sidious/Palpatine winds up serving him so he can save Padme and probably overthrow Palpatine later.
9. He is convinced the Jedi are no longer who they used to be and need to be stopped.
I don't know about you but these all sound like great reasons why he would turn to the dark side. Anakin is the story of a tragic hero falling to darkness because he wants to obtain the power to save his wife. He fails in that goal.
But he gets shit for being flawed. That is the whole fucking point dude.
And don't think I am just talking about Anakin, I could go on for days about other characters that get shit for doing something dumb in stories. Again man, having characters always doing everything logically would mean either a boring ass story or no story at all.
Not that I was opposed to critique, but I was taken aback by the criticism for the actions of my cast.