Something bad happens, and instead of talking about it or taking action, they just brush it under the rug, causing tensions to rise until the person who wasn’t supposed to find out eventually does. Seriously, can’t anyone have a mature conversation?

  • @TheeBert
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    241 year ago

    The entire plot of most CW shows

  • Ugly Bob
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    131 year ago

    This is the number 1 reason I loved Brave. The mom and daughter had a fight, messed up, and spent the rest of the movie together working it out.

  • @orphiebaby
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    61 year ago

    Hell yeah! Everyone in my novel is smart, and tend to talk things out. Even the ones who imply they are less smart are still above average intelligence. Nobody ever holds the idiot ball, so to speak.

    • @CaspianXIOPM
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      41 year ago

      Idiots are way too easy to write, but it takes a genius to write a genius. That’s why we have so many idiots in books and TV…

      • @orphiebaby
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        I mean, one can definitely write a character who is smarter than them, employing legit intelligence when the writer doesn’t technically have or use it. And one can definitely write a character that’s wiser than them. I have a few of those in my novel with a premise about a universe where people are encouraged to heal and become kinder, better people. I wish I was as wise as Lu or Tony or Senna.

        • @CaspianXIOPM
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          21 year ago

          There was a quote from Dan Brown (sorry, couldn’t find it after a few minutes of googling) where he explains how to write characters smarter than yourself. Brown would spend days – sometimes even weeks – coming up with an explanation for how his characters would realize something in a matter of minutes.

          Writing brilliant characters is hard. But that’s part of what makes good writing so worth reading.

  • redimk
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    51 year ago

    My wife has been watching Good Morning Call on Netflix and asked me to watch it with her and this pisses me off so much, makes my blood boil every single time, they can’t have a single conversation about their situations.

  • speck
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    41 year ago

    But, this is like 90% of all stories!

    I hate it. I have to hype myself to overcome this and keep watching shows

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    This compartmentalisation of knowledge is my absolute biggest peeve in TV shows.

    Especially when two characters who are both on the ‘good side’ have crucial information about who the bad guys are, or what the evil plot is, but don’t share that information with each other. I’m practically screaming at the TV, and the writers stretch out this torture for a whole season or more.

    In my opinion, good drama happens when the audience is taken along with the characters on a journey of intrigue, and the characters and audience experience revelations together. NOT when characters experience revelations the audience found out about five episodes ago.