[ SECRET POST #4769 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4769 ⌋

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Comments

[meadowphoenix]

I mean, most of the time I don't actually think that's about getting a character wrong. it's about getting a character to where you want them to be in the plot and deciding that the path there isn't actually significant their decisions making or character or their idea of characteristic A is from a different perspective or culture or assumes the audience already knows the limits their imposing on certain ideals because either the world or the author already imposes those limits and so the action you think they should have taken was not from the author's perspective an option.

both of those choices are about perspective and tbf a lot of writers don't have consistent perspective when they need the plot to move. and some problems are bigger than others. in your example if the protag were on a separate quest, they might think their quest is just more important, which doesn't actually erase or contradict their impulse for justice. now if they have the option to save those people without dying, and there's no contravening or conflicting goal or motivation, and they just decide not to and that's not foreshadowing a lost soul/evil twin/robot replacement, then yeah, that's super annoying, but I rarely see that kind of blatant wtfery.

eta: there's also the argument that you can always make some watsonian reason for an action and most of the time I think you can

tl;dr i sorta get what you mean, but I probably need a more specific example because most character motivations aren't conceived of as exactly the same between creator and audience for a multitude of contextual reasons and that's not the same as getting the character wrong.