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small pet peeve but it always annoys me a bit when I see stuff that's like "hot take mischaracterization is good sometimes because... sometimes characters who do not usually cry... do cry..." Like okay but honey sweetie darling that's not what mischaracterization is. Characterization is not a checklist of traits and Acceptable Behaviors. Mischaracterization is not when you deviate from that list. Characterization is about understanding the underlying motivation and worldview behind why a character makes the choices they do. Anyone will cry at certain points, literally anyone. But the goal of "good characterization" is to know under what circumstances that behavior will be consistent with the core of who the character is.

I'm not saying it's the pinnacle of anti-amatonormativity or whatever but I think it's so cool that olivia rodrigo's new album basically says "the love is real and deep and passionate and that's, like, the problem, actually". the love is all-consuming and sweeping the narrator off her feet and instead of that being a good thing, it's actually kinda ruining her life, because her entire personality is being rewritten to revolve around this love, all her previous dreams and goals have been abandoned in favor of prioritizing this relationship, she feels like an empty husk of a person when this guy isn't around and can do nothing but wait for him to be back, and it's like, a huge problem that starts to eat away at every aspect of her life. idk! not something I was expecting from such a mainstream artist, I guess? just like a clear acknowledgement of how being deeply in love doesn't always fix everything and can sometimes even exacerbate problems instead of making them better? it's cool, I love it

people who don't listen to albums in order are missing out. like girl... the evolution of the overarching themes.......... the storylines................