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  • Aztechnology@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What were you ahead on the curve of in hating?
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    2 months ago

    One I hate that I am unsure of a term for but I call it “Family time” is when a show or movie makes everyajor twist revolve around the main characters family…

    Star Wars is a great example that no one notices it in

    Darth Vader is Lukes father Leia his sister

    Both rolls could have worked without those twists

    But it is far worse in other shows and series or even ruins them for me

    Fringe was ruined by it imo

    Slow horses is falling into this trap with season 4

    It’s a cheap ploy to try and make the moment or stakes more dramatic by involving the characters in ediate family as ploys or villains. At the same time it just feels out of place most of the time that the entire world these characters are in revolve around 1 family.

    So many shows use this trope but I don’t even see a proper term calling it out and at the same time it has ruined so many shows and just shows a lazy writing or plot narrative.

    The author does not know how to write for the dramatic response they want the audience to have for the villain or ploy so they make some dramatic reveal that their family member was secretly involved making it more difficult for the main characters to make decisions or take action.