I will be happy if the #NewSincerity of "Hi-Fi Rush" obliterates the forced #whedonesque of "Forspoken" so thoroughly that its like shall not rise again.

This is a piece by @austin_walker on authorial earnestness and buying into your own fiction. He's talking about a video game, but it's touching on the "Whedon-esque' dialogue that everyone is pondering on. Do you mind when an author winks at you through the text?

Post-Cringe: Forspoken and the Self-Sabotage of the Smirking Protagonist

https://www.clockworkworlds.com/post-cringe/

#Whedon #Whedonesque #Narrative #AuthorialVoice #Forspoken

Post-Cringe: Forspoken and the Self-Sabotage of the Smirking Protagonist

If you're on Twitter or frequent gaming forums, you have probably been unable to escape clips of Forspoken (Square-Enix studio Luminous' new open world action RPG) today. Just in case you spend your time better than me, though, here's a small collection of them: I present to you *actual* dialogue

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Mid-Autumn , the moon festival, 第一次在里瓣用Oz庆祝中秋 #Buffy #Whedonesque
#Firefly Ariel星球,Simon在高级医院检测出River的问题是被联盟开发大脑,强化了她对周围人情感的高强度感知,特别是恐惧。我虽然是如此个笨蛋,可总觉得我也被丢到Miranda星球,做过同样的脑部手术😔 #Whedonesque(umm...anybody needs a crew for a heist? Captain Mal? No?
哈哈哈哈哈看到有个网站大概是买了Angel播放权,推荐语说:还有什么比世界末日(covid)时期看Buffy的衍生剧Angel更合适的事呢?(我耳边顿时响起来Angel主题曲:You are my sanctuary. )(巧合的是,几天前看完的Lucifer最新一季还有引用:"We help the helpless.") #whedonesque