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utilitycaster · 11 months

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something I keep repeatedly realizing, and then not writing about, is how wiki summaries and meta usually end up focusing on completely different things, and not even in the sense of "your wiki summary should be as neutral and factual as possible whereas meta is inherently making an argument" nor "wiki summaries tend to focus on the story itself whereas meta on actual play frequently, though not always, incorporates analysis of mechanics" but rather "meta is, 99% of the time, about a conversation that can be summarized in a single sentence if that."

#this is specifically about how i'm writing up the Sean Finnerty episode 3 summary #and the break in the cenote is absolutely crucial to understanding all the characters but sean especially #but also it's like one line in the summary bc it's not a plot scene.#same though with the essek and caleb tower scene like that's NOT the focus of what is a jam-packed episode #and also it's the most important thing of all time for meta purposes.#anyway it's a GREAT exercise and i think it's genuinely informed a lot of how I engage with fiction as primarily a meta writer re: works #and also tbh is why I have been side-eyeing people who consume primarily through shipping; they're bad at both of these.#candela obscura spoilers #cr tag

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