Springs09
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What storytelling tropes annoy you the most in fiction?
The most annoying one to me at the moment is when a character sees a ghost or a hallucination of another character (either dead or alive) clear as day and talk to them like they are really there. Usually the character has no mental illness or drug use and is often imagining a fully formed walking, talking person out of nothing but grief or angst. The hallucination also acts as a full-rounded person not just what the character perceived them as. Not only is it unrealistic (even to those with mental illness) it happens so goddamn much you'd think by its prevalence on TV that everyone on Earth hallucinates a dead person as if they are really there at one point. I liked it when it I saw it on Scrubs as a teenager but in recent years I've seen it on House, The Walking Dead, Sherlock, Mr Mercedes, The Leftovers, Bones, Dexter, Peaky Blinders, Justified, Castle Rock, Mr Robot, Batman Arkham Knight, 13 Reasons Why, Downton Abbey, The Haunting of Hill House, Swamp Thing, Daredevil and more I'm sure.
What are some tropes you can't stand in movies or TV?
The most annoying one to me at the moment is when a character sees a ghost or a hallucination of another character (either dead or alive) clear as day and talk to them like they are really there. Usually the character has no mental illness or drug use and is often imagining a fully formed walking, talking person out of nothing but grief or angst. The hallucination also acts as a full-rounded person not just what the character perceived them as. Not only is it unrealistic (even to those with mental illness) it happens so goddamn much you'd think by its prevalence on TV that everyone on Earth hallucinates a dead person as if they are really there at one point. I liked it when it I saw it on Scrubs as a teenager but in recent years I've seen it on House, The Walking Dead, Sherlock, Mr Mercedes, The Leftovers, Bones, Dexter, Peaky Blinders, Justified, Castle Rock, Mr Robot, Batman Arkham Knight, 13 Reasons Why, Downton Abbey, The Haunting of Hill House, Swamp Thing, Daredevil and more I'm sure.
What are some tropes you can't stand in movies or TV?
