That delayed knock was wasted on this character, honestly. Can you imagine if Pat and Pran had had a delayed knock? People would have needed medical attention. Sankaew and Sasin delayed knock? Tears. If there was a second knock that came after May walked away from Ai?

This asshole doesn't deserve to be sad after delaying that confirmation knock. This fucker has been unrelentingly selfish and cruel to the man he's crying about hurting with his fucking "I still love you" knock. He doesn't love Than, at least not more than his own pride.

The term is called "ludonarrative dissonance" and it's the incongruity between the player character in gameplay and the player character in narrative. Generally, this happens when the narrative design doesn't work closely enough with the gameplay design to ensure a cohesive narrative and gameplay experience. This often happens because of the different speeds at which these get designed - not all gameplay systems exist or are mapped out when initial narrative design happens, and we can continue working on gameplay long after major narrative voiceover recording is already set in stone. The player character complaining about killing a narrative enemy stands out as weird while the party already slaughters thousands of nameless minions in gameplay for levels and loot.

The opposite concept also exists - it's called "ludonarrative harmony". These are games where the gameplay and mechanics of the game work in tandem with the narrative to reinforce and help each other hit harder. The Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games are a pretty good example of this - the player is using detective and interviewing skills to advance a case and find a killer. The things the player does and the narrative usually line up well enough that the elements feel congruous and work together to become more than the sum of their parts.

The general importance of this depends on how important the team leadership cares about it. If the creative and team leadership wants to embrace ludonarrative harmony, they have to enforce it through the team's tasking and prioritization.

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By Just another freak from Hawkins Lab Every long-running sci-fi series eventually hits a point where the seams show. The cracks. The narrative shortcuts. The “don’t look too closely” moments. Stranger Things has had its share of these, and most fans have gracefully shrugged them off because the heart of the show — the kids, the nostalgia, the monsters — keeps everything afloat. But one plot…

So *fidgets and mumbles* I've been exposed to the Tumblr outcry of how Morrison verse did Talia so dirty it's inexcusable

And I've been trudging my way through various X men comics, and Miss Jean Grey being a fiasco from the Phoenix force thing seems to be a consistent trope through out different creative teams

By fiasco I mean a convinient plot point to start shit up while also doing a teasing, fall from grace villain arc that isn't going to fridge the character indefinitely

When it comes to Talia I don't think anyone writing past the year 1990 can replicate the whimsey of past decades creative teams, who brought her to life im the first place

Like clearly hippie era free spirited strong willed chic mold is not going to translate well in different time periods

Rebellious subculture belonging to another generations youth, is one of those vibes that really takes conscious effort to recapture down the road

Ahhh yeah so not that I want to argue over the misogyny behind the actual writing

But more desire to point out its lazy writing contributing to significantly accelerating the problem?

Obviously a dastardly plot had got to take place as the medium requires infinite amounts of threats worthy of the good guys

And one of the fastest way to get that ball rolling, is threatening a beloved character that already means so much to loyal repeater audience of the show

Btw; not Another Search for cyclops comment had me snorting aloud.

OUTRIGHT LIES:

Bold-faced lies with eye contact Partial truths that omit key details Deflection to different topics False confessions to hide bigger secrets Creating elaborate fake scenarios

LIES BY OMISSION:

Strategic silence Vague/ambiguous answers Changing subject subtly Body language contradicting words Technically true but misleading

SELF-DECEPTION:

Analepsis(Flashback) - Carl Hammoud , 2010.

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