[ SECRET POST #3066 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3066 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Christopher Walken]


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[Harry Potter/Parvati Patil]


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[The Mummy]


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[tokyo ghoul]


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[Ioan Gruffudd/Alexander Siddig/Dominic Keating/Max Pirkis]











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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This phenomena extends to fanfic too. So many authors of long-term, decent fanfiction have had to put in little notes to explain to readers something that should be terribly obvious. In the case most memorable, the author had to put in a note that they were using unreliable narrators. Some people are just silly.

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, yeah. Some people can only read text, never subtext. My favorite Avatar story had multiple comments from people saying "But why do the characters say things are like THIS in the Fire Nation, when even in this story they're more like THAT instead?" BECAUSE FASCIST GOVERNMENTS LIE YOU PISS-IGNORANT LITTLE FUCKERS. I WEEP FOR A FUTURE IN WHICH PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT CAN VOTE.

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen the notes having to warn for unreliable narrators in some fics. The level of reading comprehension can be so low it's scary.

When I was 12 I was aware of the concept that people sometimes lie when telling stories, even if they're the main character. Isn't that normal? Even 8 year olds get this, surely?

I worry for these people that take everything so literally. They must be a goldmine for advertisers.

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't even have the character is lying. To me the unreliable is more about how the character's world view influences what they see and how they interpret events. They can be 100 percent honest in how they report it, but still not be right because the prejudices, views, past, what have you gets in the way.

This is not say that characters don't lie - but that even the hero is not going always be right about what is really going on in a story.