#i’ve never seen rashoman

[merge-conflict]

Sometimes I just like to think about how much I love a good pov change within a larger story because you can revisit the same thing with multiple characters in a way that does some world building and also interesting characterization.

If I say “V managed to track down a few leads about what he was looking for.” It’s clear she’s just executing a task, and doesn’t feel that strongly about it. If I say “Goro found what he was looking for eventually— although only after enduring several increasingly difficult conversations with people he had never met and hoped never to meet again.” Then you know he is not well suited to the task and was in fact bitching to himself about having to do it the entire time.

The trick is just finding what moments warrant the echo. What thoughtless process for one character is another character’s gauntlet of annoyance, for instance.