tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post4889512607806433865..comments2023-04-28T04:20:05.766-07:00Comments on WRITER on WRITING: Can’t Find The TargetVirtual Strangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-4885847980824007212017-04-05T20:55:57.171-07:002017-04-05T20:55:57.171-07:00Oh, the blog looks different now! I'll say thi...Oh, the blog looks different now! I'll say this design is better. :) <br /><br />I know this is not exactly your point, but as I read Phoebe's backstory, I couldn't help thinking of comic books. You know, any A- or B-list character in the Marvel or DC universes has now what amounts to a whole library of backstory. *Everything* has happened to *everyone*, more than once, even. The "retcon" and the artificial division between canon and non-canon continuities have made a mess of every character's personality and it looks like there are no truly exclusive defining traits. <br /><br />Comic readers must be much, MUCH more forgiving than the rest of us. Maybe because when a story arc has been developing for years, in an episodic form, it becomes some kind of background blur against which any new developments can happen. But still. Pepole nitpick over very minor inconsistencies in the *Star Wars* movies as if they were capital sins, while comics are seemingly made of inconsistency. <br /><br />When I was in college, I read an essay about *culebrones* (soap operas I guess?). The author said that once a show had been on air for long enough, the romantic encounters, betrayals, secret reveals, etc. tended to multiply and overlap each other as the writers were forced to find interesting interactions for any conceivable pair of characters. This inevitably diluted them, making them less memorable and distinct, and leading the public to lose interest. <br /><br />If that man had been a comic reader, I guess he would have been even harsher in his appraisal. <br />Sebastiánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602932846719401091noreply@blogger.com