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Post by cannonlongshot on Mar 23, 2017 9:11:44 GMT
There will never be a kitten turner. Johnny is absolutely mad about cats. I never noticed Major Tom's plot armour in MAG16 before now. |
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Post by Samwise on Mar 23, 2017 9:14:56 GMT
Yeah, maybe i didn't think that one through. But a Leitner that you pass under a lamp to produce hamsters would be good. Iwould love it if Jonny made a statement focused entirely on hamsters! |
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Post by Jonny on Mar 23, 2017 10:20:36 GMT
I have, written down, a small list of rules for writing The Magnus Archives - they're largely focused on keeping it fun, escapist Horror rather than genuinely upsetting Horror. One of the rules is as follows: "If a dog, cat or other pet is introduced during an episode, they will survive the episode." While it's true I love cats & dogs, the real reason for this rule is that I know more than one person who, if a pet is introduced in any story and placed in or adjacent to peril, they find it really takes them out of it. They just get too worried about whether the animal is going to survive to properly enjoy the story. This rule is to make sure those people can still immerse themselves and enjoy the podcast. |
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Post by spooniermist on Mar 30, 2017 10:08:57 GMT
I have, written down, a small list of rules for writing The Magnus Archives - they're largely focused on keeping it fun, escapist Horror rather than genuinely upsetting Horror. One of the rules is as follows: "If a dog, cat or other pet is introduced during an episode, they will survive the episode." While it's true I love cats & dogs, the real reason for this rule is that I know more than one person who, if a pet is introduced in any story and placed in or adjacent to peril, they find it really takes them out of it. They just get too worried about whether the animal is going to survive to properly enjoy the story. This rule is to make sure those people can still immerse themselves and enjoy the podcast. That's... really weird. So, they're totally fine with human viscera, but not with a cat being run over? That's so strange to me, although I don't do pets of any kind. Maybe I'm just dead inside. |
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Post by Oneiros on Mar 30, 2017 10:21:26 GMT
I have, written down, a small list of rules for writing The Magnus Archives - they're largely focused on keeping it fun, escapist Horror rather than genuinely upsetting Horror. One of the rules is as follows: "If a dog, cat or other pet is introduced during an episode, they will survive the episode." While it's true I love cats & dogs, the real reason for this rule is that I know more than one person who, if a pet is introduced in any story and placed in or adjacent to peril, they find it really takes them out of it. They just get too worried about whether the animal is going to survive to properly enjoy the story. This rule is to make sure those people can still immerse themselves and enjoy the podcast. That's... really weird. So, they're totally fine with human viscera, but not with a cat being run over? That's so strange to me, although I don't do pets of any kind. Maybe I'm just dead inside. It's also why we got a lot of mileage out of / investment in the Brutor storyline in #RQGaming. |
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Post by Jonny on Mar 30, 2017 11:25:52 GMT
You're not wrong, but people generally have very different emotional reactions to animals then they do to humans. It's the same reason doesthedogdie.com is a thing. If I had to try and rationalise it I'd probably say it's because animals are often considered "innocent" in a way that (adult) humans aren't, but at the core it's just a common emotional quirk. It's not something that I've really examined in depth, but if you're writing fiction I find it's an important thing to bear in mind to avoid setting off the wrong emotional beats in your audience. Same principle applies to children - their suffering has a completely different emotional resonance to that of adults, and it's something you've got to be careful of. |
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Post by spooniermist on Mar 30, 2017 13:16:15 GMT
You're not wrong, but people generally have very different emotional reactions to animals then they do to humans. It's the same reason doesthedogdie.com is a thing. If I had to try and rationalise it I'd probably say it's because animals are often considered "innocent" in a way that (adult) humans aren't, but at the core it's just a common emotional quirk. It's not something that I've really examined in depth, but if you're writing fiction I find it's an important thing to bear in mind to avoid setting off the wrong emotional beats in your audience. Same principle applies to children - their suffering has a completely different emotional resonance to that of adults, and it's something you've got to be careful of. Fair enough. To be honest, I'm pretty dead inside and not a lot really upsets me. That said, if a child were to die in TMA, or go through something horrible, that would make me feel a little uncomfortable, I guess I can see that some people might be the same with innocent animals. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 13:49:55 GMT
Still behind you all and playing catch up. But the young tramp passing as "Stanley Kubrick" with scars on his neck - is this a young Michael Crew? Post childhood lighting strike but pre being chased by an ozone reeking entity?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 16:38:37 GMT
Still behind you all and playing catch up. But the young tramp passing as "Stanley Kubrick" with scars on his neck - is this a young Michael Crew? Post childhood lighting strike but pre being chased by an ozone reeking entity? Sorry just reheard. Scars due to dog attack. Recall query. |
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