[ SECRET POST #6022 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6022 ⌋

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


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Who is they? The characters? Because if you mean the writers, then this a weird response.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still weird if you think the characters are calling the shots. Just less weird than thinking that there is only one way to write a story and no writer could ever deviate from that.

This ^^

[(Anonymous)]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, the writers. The only reason writers have characters get pregnant is for a baby plot. What other reason is there?

[(Anonymous)]

To write an abortion plot?

[(Anonymous)]

For the exploration of "consequence" to sex. For the exploration of how characters emotionally handle the idea of procreating. For the exploration of if the character wants kids or not. For the exploration of an abortion plotline. Hell you could even have a character get pregnant with the only reason being a different way to kill off a character. Pregnancy does not always equal babies.

[(Anonymous)]

DA - adoption plotline, infidelity plotline, alien abduction plotline - the possibilities are literally endless.

[(Anonymous)]

Different lurker dropping in to add -

Miscarriage plotline, induced with lemon juice and parsely leaves (or a bunch of other things that were not secret before the church burned people for knowing how to terminate a pregnancy), discovered the existence of menstrual extractors and DIYed or bought one, used black magic or other unusual means (not a very reliable method in this world, but hey, if you're writing fantasy it can be infallible), traded fetus to a friendly demon in exchange for various powers ... just off the top of my head.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt - excellent additions!

I always think when people say this whole "the writers have to do X for Y reasons!" they are just outing themselves for not being creative thinkers. And if writers "have" to do something then those writers lack imagination and creativity.

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DA

Thank you for pointing this out. I was thinking it, and also thinking how absurd it was that usually writers delight in telling a million variations on what could happen, and feel like apologizing for it if they're overwhelmingly telling the same story ... and yet this person thinks it's somehow self-evident that if you start with "pregnant" the only narrative endpoint is "baby." Because that is not how any writer I know would approach any other plot element.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi! "This person" here. I don't think it's the only endpoint, but big mainstream writers do!

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Hi. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to you. What you said just came off as very dismissive. Like "oh, you silly conspiracy theorists. There's a perfectly obvious explanation for why all pregnancy plots result in babies." And it wasn't clear if you were saying the scriptwriters were all copying each other, or you couldn't imagine any other way for the story to go, either, and whichever of these it was, it was bugging me.