#imbuing your characters with flaws and then throwing them into situations that activate their worst tendencies = INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS

[knowlesian]

seeing somebody argue that a character making a stupid choice is bad writing simply because they didn’t go for the best course of action always baffles me

like my friend have you ever met a single human being, including yourself???? we are constantly making horrible choices, it’s kind of our thing

[epersonae]

I do also appreciate your tags:

#the actual question re: is the writing good is “does this stupid choice feel like the kind of stupid this character would be”#holding the idiot ball out of nowhere for plot reasons = annoying#imbuing your characters with flaws and then throwing them into situations that activate their worst tendencies = INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS

seeing somebody argue that a character making a stupid choice is bad writing simply because they didn’t go for the best course of action always baffles me

like my friend have you ever met a single human being, including yourself???? we are constantly making horrible choices, it’s kind of our thing