#bad writing

[verynotgoodwritingideas]

Bad Writing Idea! [Jul 18]

“The place did have good accessibility accommodations, but we had to bear witness to eldritch beings from beyond time…”

[beafraidbekindaafraid]

What if Kris's side of the bedroom isn't their side of the bedroom at all, what if they've taken to sleeping on Asriel's side of the room after he left for college, and packed up all his things, and Kris lies their every night trying to feel close to their sibling again, staring at their star-stickered ceiling and pointless softball trophies with envy and disgust, praying that their brother will come home before there's no home to come back to?

[verynotgoodwritingideas]

Bad Writing Idea! [Jul 17]

This elevator is taking way too long to go up one floor.

[justaneedle]

That's so bad, are for real should just believe that her "commands" will be done? No!

[pippinnextdoor]

𝕯𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖊

𝔈𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔒𝔫𝔢

What an ironic title, and one that others have probably used before myself.

There is an inordinate amount of discussion and thought I sincerely wish to explore; or maybe just selfishly expound from my mind.

As we continue, perhaps we may find the answer we already know.

𝔇𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯 | @priestboy

[acrazycatlady]

A writing sin that makes me quite angry even though I've only ever actually seen it done twice and that is, killing off characters just as their character arc concludes, the two examples I have of this are Hollyleaf's death in warrior cats/omen of the stars and Sharlemange/Hugo's death in Kipo and the age of wonder beasts, now it should be obvious why this trope? Cliche? Thing? Idk. Is bad generally. you write this whole character arc, building up to a new shiny version of the character, and then you not only don't let us spend any time with them or the satisfaction of seeing them get a happy ending, all set-up no pay-off. Now what makes these specific deaths even worse is that in both cases the narrative plays them like "oH LoOk tHeY DiEd pRoTeCtInG ThE HeRo! hOw nObLe! tHeY'vE BeEn rEdEemEd oF AlL ThEiR SiNs!" When that's not how that fucking works! The heroic sacrifice is the laziest way to "redeem" a villain, you're completely skipping the 'arc' part of the redemption arc. Except these characters DID have arcs, making their deaths all the more unsatisfying. For Sharlemange, seeing his friendship with Wolf and the other main characters within the context of the happy ending that Kipo created for everyone else. For Hollyleaf, I'd argue that her character arc actually WASN'T finished because she allowed Brambleclaw to lie about seeing her kill Ashfur, but it’s clear that the writers didn't see it that way because of how her death was treated by the narrative, but either way it would have been much more satisfying to see her living while being content not being important/chosen by Starclan

[justaneedle]

Genya's presence in R&R is very hollow. Bad.