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