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...the explanation is just boring?
Yes, this is a direct response to SlayerKisame's "Let's Talk About Why Your Tobito "Plotholes" Aren't Plotholes" thread and to many of the people who replied trying to explain things.
I've read over your explanations, and what disappoints me the most is realizing that they are perfectly valid explanations. This disappoints me so much because they are just so freakin boring.
Let me give you a concrete example: Itachi used to be an ANBU, so he knew how to infiltrate Konoha, disarming the systems that would otherwise detect him. That's cool and appropriate.
Now imagine if we learned that he just Henge'd himself into any villager and walked through the main gate.
One very important thing: Let's also not forget the Boring Explanation to Bore Them All: Hashirama's cells. Hashirama's cells are the WD-40 of plot devices. Just throw it in anything from mutilated body to rusted silverware and it will be as good as new.
When some big thing happen, we, readers, expect something equally big to explain it. Ultimately, if you can't make your readers happy at the very end, your series has failed.
Now, why am I not posting this on the other thread? Because I want to start a discussion here which I think would be off-topic over there.
Mainly, I want to know what you think about these explanations. How would you patch everything up? Would you feel satisfied if those were actually the explanations?
Yes, this is a direct response to SlayerKisame's "Let's Talk About Why Your Tobito "Plotholes" Aren't Plotholes" thread and to many of the people who replied trying to explain things.
I've read over your explanations, and what disappoints me the most is realizing that they are perfectly valid explanations. This disappoints me so much because they are just so freakin boring.
Yes, these are all possible things! And this is just sad, because these explanations are pretty much the only ones possible. They feel cheesy, slapped on like putting a magazine under a table with a wonky leg. To quote the great Carl Sagan: "Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence". Not really relevant as is, but if you change Claims for Stories and Evidence for Explanations, you get what I mean.
Let me give you a concrete example: Itachi used to be an ANBU, so he knew how to infiltrate Konoha, disarming the systems that would otherwise detect him. That's cool and appropriate.
Now imagine if we learned that he just Henge'd himself into any villager and walked through the main gate.
One very important thing: Let's also not forget the Boring Explanation to Bore Them All: Hashirama's cells. Hashirama's cells are the WD-40 of plot devices. Just throw it in anything from mutilated body to rusted silverware and it will be as good as new.
When some big thing happen, we, readers, expect something equally big to explain it. Ultimately, if you can't make your readers happy at the very end, your series has failed.
Now, why am I not posting this on the other thread? Because I want to start a discussion here which I think would be off-topic over there.
Mainly, I want to know what you think about these explanations. How would you patch everything up? Would you feel satisfied if those were actually the explanations?
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