little known fact, once you are older & no longer in school, time stops being real. did that thing happen one year ago? two? five? a few months ago? who knows.
seeing the west get booster shots while covid variants are mutating in the developing world because vaccines are still patent protected tooth and nail by the same westerners that are now closing borders… how does that not radicalise you.
Weak Trope: Having a character’s driving motivation be REVENGE up until the last second when they pull the “revenge won’t bring my wife/sister/town/three-eared dog back” and leave the bastard they’ve been hunting down alive.
Strong Trope: Hello! My Name! Is Inigo Montoya! You Killed My Father! Prepare! TO! DIE! *corners count rugen* Beg for your life *slashes cheek* Offer me anything I want in the world! *slashes other cheek* I WANT MY FATHER BACK, YOU SON OF A BITCH. *stabs count rugen to death*
Weak Trope: The character killing the bastard out of revenge and then waxing poetic about how empty they still feel inside and that revenge honestly isn’t worth it in the long run.
Strong Trope: I’ve spent so long hunting my revenge, I don’t know what to do now. – You ever think about being the Dread Pirate Roberts? – *thoughtful frown*
