There was that D&D dungeon master tip where the DM would ask the players what they think it was, or what their solution was, and the DM would pick their favorite answer because they didn’t actually think of one.
Foreshadowing is utterly pointless to me because I can’t remember the beginning of a novel or series in that level of detail by the time I get to the end.
I think those connections get made with multiple readings. No one is memorizing 400 pages and match small details to later events on a first read.
Maybe, but then I’ve got better things to do than reread or rewatch things…
Yeah the goodies only shows when you read it a second time, especially when the manga is like bi-monthly or monthly, no one gonna remember something 10 chapters away which could be anything between 5 to 10 months.
Soon this meme template will be two pixels.
One of my favorites is how tiny pieces of lore in One Piece become major plot points later. At first, people thought it was some 5D chess foreshadowing. Nope, it turns out the lead writer just goes back and re-reads his old content when he starts running out of ideas. He’ll just grab some tiny thing from like two years ago, and turn it into the next major plot hook.
Yeah, haki isn’t a thing when Oda did the first chapter, but heck yeah it just make sense later on why the fish would just run with just a stare, and how Garp is feared for just being a normal human without power. It’s also funny that later on Seastone isn’t much of a plot point when fighting Logia, considering Smoker have to custom made his baton with a Seastone to beat fruit user.
Not knowing anything about One Piece makes this comment absolutely incredible. I have no idea if it’s real or all made up.
It’s all made up by the god named Oda.
On the other hand, i should’ve been more vague to make it sound even more nonsense.
Hint: everything is made-up.
English teacher: “wow, look at the incredible symbolism in the camera work”
Creator: “uhhhh… this is a documentary, and that was a video that some bloke took with his phone”
Like that last scene of the gladiator, it looked cool
Actually saw videos of a british tourist who got stuck in Nepal during the uprising that did exactly that. Was just filming his traveling experiences when he found himself accidentally making a documentary lol
Got a link? Sounds interesting.
Yeah that’s the one. Thanks for linking it!
Cheers!
Just because a writer isn’t consciously aware of doing it intentionally doesn’t mean it wasn’t part of the process that happened in their brain
Me in highschool when my creative writing teacher called out all the things that subtly foreshadowed the dark ending. It blew my mind that I was hinting towards an ending that I hadn’t even thought of, and gave me my first big dose of imposter syndrome
