and yet

There’s an interesting trend towards people criticizing characters in stories for having flaws and making poor choices.

CHARACTER??? OVER ALMIGHTY PLOT???

HOW DARE YOUUUUUU

I’ve noticed the past decade an unbearable over-emphasis on “plot” as the be-all end-all of what matters in storytelling. It’s not. Some stories are light on plot, heavy on character development. Or joke delivery systems. 

i loved it, man. in the theatre i was full of joy. I don’t use the word lightly.

Oh man I need to read that again

That was certainly a lot of words 

I’m listening to the new Pod Meets World podcast with Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle. It’s been excellent so far, they’re willing to do some deep digging on how being child actors affected them, and they’re very transparent without being shitty. They address in the first episode, “Ben isn’t here…

Can’t blame him either! The pure love and passion put into LOTR by Jackson, Walsh, et al is tremendous. He got to make his dream project. The Hobbit was a nightmare that I’m sure he doesn’t want to relive. 

what the fuck. 

“had the closest facial likeness of our Industry’s leading actors,”

...... jesus, you’re right. 

okay? 

ehhhhh

yes, but nerds are always going to be nerds 

LFG

... what? 

totally. My kid likes looking through it as well, we watch game trailers through it. 

I’m going to check it out! 

Shut the fuck up.