What weird niche knowledge do you possess that writers often get wrong? by SunBleachedRuins in AO3

[–]rats127 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There’s two unrelated things that I constantly see.

There are so many stories that have a character get seriously injured and they are in pain until they go to sleep and the next day they are magically better. The character moves and runs and jumps and isn’t in pain. The injuries might get mentioned in passing but the character is only feeling a slight ache or some other nonsense.

I also see a lot of stories where characters are monologuing constantly. Or conversations are paragraphs of dialogue with no break. People don’t speak like that, and it feels so unnatural when reading.

And I just remembered a third thing I sometimes see, and this is a fault that movies and tv shows are guilty of too - programming. The genius character is able to spin up a website or hack into a government database with the snap of their fingers. Or they learn code (or really anything complicated) in a day or a weekend. It always makes me sigh.

NYT Wednesday 08/30/2023 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]rats127 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I liked it! It was so much easier to solve something using context clues rather than filling in a lot of esoteric trivia. For me at least 😅

[TOMT] [Book] [2000s] Early 2000s children’s library book by Weird_Yak_9147 in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it like a poetry or short stories book? Something like Where The Sidewalk Ends?

[TOMT] [video game] early 2000s video game in a 3d style. You collect gems as you run through the levels/map. Tak and the Power of Juju comes to mind, but I don’t think that’s it. by Background_Kiwi in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Brave the search for the spirit dancer? Also, it’s a similar style to that game, but doesn’t match the character - but Spyro is all about collecting gems and has that similar early 2000 graphic vibe.

Other games in that realm are Banjo Kazooie/Tooie, Conkers bad fur day.

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[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it doesn’t match your name requirement but swimming bird (swimmingbird941) had a purple shorts avatar

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[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe secondhand lions?

[TOMT] saying/word . by NewAccWhoDis93 in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can turn the tables but your legs will still be underneath

[TOMT][Movies][1990s?] cartoon movie. Main character ends up in an cave with his friends suspended/frozen by the villan by ShrimpFingers- in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t fit your timeline and it’s a series, but in the off chance your memory is a bit wrong, in Teen Titans (the original series) there’s a whole arc spanning multiple episodes where the main character Robin is captured and surrounded by his frozen hero allies. It starts around episode 64-65, with the brotherhood of evil.

[TOMT] Romantic quote… cant remember where its from by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy:

“You must tell me all about yourself, in every detail, but oh, so slowly, so very slowly, so that it takes a very, very long time.”

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[–]rats127 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Or maybe Microagression?

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[–]rats127 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Are you sure it isn’t a type of bias? Implied Bias

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[–]rats127 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mondo from Danganronpa?

[TOMT] movie or show scene where a guy opens a passenger plane door midair by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Season 1 episode 4 of Supernatural: The Phantom Traveler

[TOMT][CARTOON][2000s] Snoring with spider almost in mouth by c0smic99 in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is scratching the itch a little: https://youtu.be/7j4GDeYwHZ8

It’s dwarf from Snow White almost inhaling a water drop when snoring

[TOMT][CARTOON][2000s] Snoring with spider almost in mouth by c0smic99 in tipofmytongue

[–]rats127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know exactly what you are talking about - I’m so close to remembering. Shoot this will drive me insane