Architect Of Stories

Thank you so much @vicshush it’s amazing!

can we like fix the world in the next few years so I can live in a nice pretty house with my awesome partner and own cats and chickens and grow native plants in my yard and work on various fun projects all day please thanks

writing is so fun

writing is impossible why does anyone do this

Where's that comic when you need it

i love you characters that make interesting and compelling morally grey decisions that impact the storyline in complicated ways. i love you characters that love each other but can hurt each other when placed in difficult situations. i love you characters with complex relationships where everything isnt always squeaky clean between them. i love you interpersonal conflict between two characters who are both just trying their best and making very human decisions. i love you characters with consistent morals/values/traits that get put to the test and show the ugly sides of them. i love you shows that let me watch a scene and go "NOOOO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT (oh my god YOU would SO do that that's SO like you!!)". i am here and i appreciate your conflict and i am eating popcorn

Super well thought-out and well-explained.  Fun fact: it was the scene with the polar bear cub (Morris, Koslov’s son) getting his collar for the first time that was what kept them working on the shock collar story so long into production.  That one scene is super powerful… but when they showed the whole movie to the folks at Pixar, they came back with the critique “I want to love this world, but I can’t”.  And that was the final nail in the coffin for the shock collar story.  You’re 110% right about it all though- the final movie is very introspective and encourages individual growth in both the characters and in the viewers. I can personally say it’s changed so many lives for the better, including my own.  Thanks for your take on it! -Andy Lagopus