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[-] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Amnesia isn't an encumbrance for writers, it's a crutch. When you aren't good at writing characters and settings with logical depth, you give your main character amnesia. That way anytime something needs explaining you just have your character ask why something is the way that it is. If you need a Deus ex machina to solve a writing mistake you just pull something out of the blue and claim it was always a likelihood.

[-] ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 7 months ago

I basically agree. It's not something that can NEVER be done. Tropes like that can be used with extreme care, and can sometimes pay off.

My opinion is that it's an encumbrance and a tool only to be wielded by experts AT BEST. At worst, it's just a bomb covered in shit that will utterly turdify any media it gets tossed into.

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