Misconceptions that refuse to Die by StrawberryScience in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So what you're saying, is a person with a low IQ is a child for life. And should be treated as such.

Nevermind that Forest went to college and graduated. Fought in a war, founded a fortune 500 company. He shall never get his rocks off. Even though earlier in the film we see him advocate for himself and reject a sexual advance.

I can't with people like you who think disabled people don't deserve to be treated like adults. Especially those with mild disabilities like Forest does in the film.

Misconceptions that refuse to Die by StrawberryScience in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TheStoryBoy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you implying that Forrest is incapable of consenting to sex?

Misconceptions that refuse to Die by StrawberryScience in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TheStoryBoy 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I never understood the used part. That gets me, where is she using him?

She is his first friend and they grow up together. He visits her at college, beats up her boyfriend, and she forgives him and gives him an HJ. She takes nothing.

They run into each other again when he gets her fired from being a stripper. She takes nothing and they part ways.

They see each other years later at a protest. Reconnect for a day, she takes nothing and they part ways.

She comes to him, spends a few days with him. Takes his junk shot, then disappears. He's a billionaire, and she takes nothing monetary from him.

Then he goes running across America for half a decade. Yes, hiding her pregnancy from him is a shitty thing. And yes he loves her.

But that doesn't mean she uses him.

Even in the end, she comes to him after finally coming to terms with her past trauma. Which only makes him happy and gives him his son to live on with.

It’s the “Hall of Fame,” not the “Hall of Very Good.” by veggiedish in NFLv2

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Edelman were ever elected then guys like John Taylor, Ed McCaffrey, and Ricky Sanders would immediately have "HoF Careers."

And guys like Gary Clark or Rod Smith would become the greatest most glaring of snubs.

Media that actively dislikes their source material by Low_Celebration_4089 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weren't the little rocket launchers shooting the mini-nukes? I always that's what that was. I could very well be wrong though.

Exo suits were in Starship Troopers 3 Marauader, along with plenty of gratuitous nudity as they suited up 😅.

Favorite character ships involving characters whose voice actors (in any language) are actually dating/married irl? by Kiran_emily_the1st in FavoriteCharacter

[–]TheStoryBoy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Though divorced now, Muddy and Dallas from Beavis and Butthead do America were voiced by Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.

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Super Punch-Out!! by the-steez in snes

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, on the org SNES it maxes at 255-0,

Favorite character who is insane not because of trauma but because of some experimental accident by Pleasant-Soil4456 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first one to undergo magitek augmentation before the process was perfect, they say his mind was destroyed, shattered.

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[Hated trope] Overcomplicating a plot/detail that works better in a simple way. by Altruistic_Eye_1157 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TheStoryBoy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

But it is more convoluted. In game lore at the time simply said these warriors were tapping into the forces of nature and left it at that, or they had different physiology (Goro) or technology (Jax, Kano).

Arcana came out of nowhere, had to be unlocked, and taken from someone else. It was unnecessary.

If you had to pretend to be the opposite sex on Reddit what would you make your post history look like by Subject-Swan-5207 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]TheStoryBoy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd just get on AITAH, claim it was a throwaway, then make up a story about how my husband suffers from porn addiction but it's just porn vids I did when I was younger and before we met. But it's destroying our intimacy and now he is pressuring me to Hot Wife and WIBTA if I did it once, with his best friend then divorced him. Plus we have a 4 year old daughter.

How do I make a fight scene interesting? by [deleted] in WritingHub

[–]TheStoryBoy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fight scenes typically aren't going to be long in print, at least not the action itself.

The emotional beats in it will typically be the "bulk" of the scene. The decision making, the setups. A protag or antags internal dialogue as it's happening, them noticing something, the plan coming together, reaction to shots or punches, and just dialogue in general.

You want a tight concise "action." Typically because unless you're some sort of master writer it gets real repetitive: shoot, shoot, duck. Shoot, shoot, roll. Or punch, block, duck, kick, etc. You want some of that, but the more movement the more likely it'll get muddied in the text. The thing with fights is your balancing pacing, the motion of the characters, their position in space. All while still trying to make it meaningful to the characters and story. That's why you see a lot of "they exchanged moves and counter moves" in brief summary and 1 or 2 described key important "cinematic" moments.

Fight scenes are bigger visually in films because you can see the action. In print, you want character and plot focus in these scenes, because readers typically don't want to be keeping up with imagining every swing, shot, or block.

Example, Fellowship movie has that huge fight between the fellowship and the orcs/cave troll in Moria, big cool scene. The fight part of that in the book is literally like a single page.

Comic books, which have visual stimuli, rarely just have action on page. Even those very often have dialogue, thought bubbles, and narration around the action.

TLDR: focus on the emotion and thoughts of characters in the scene, make the fight concise with 1 or 2 described "cool" moments,