Recently, I was watching a show in which a beloved character was in a situation where they were going to die, but they get saved by their friends.

I find this type of plot to be boring and overused. Why don’t writers let their characters die? I feel it would be more interesting to have an important character die, such as the MC, more often.

It’s an overused trope that most writers tend to use so their story can have a “happy ending”.

  • eagleth@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    You should check out “The Magicians”. I won’t spoil it (though I guess even recommending it in this thread kind of does) but it does NOT follow this trope. At least mostly…