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Doylist analysis of the Scooby Gang at the climax of Cold Days
Serack:
--- Quote from: knnn on July 24, 2015, 08:36:56 PM ---I like the idea Serack. Frankly, even the first scene with Mac in the bar (where Sharkface smashes in) is a little weird. Even Harry comments on how this was a mistake.
Still, it seems to me that 1+2+3 might be sufficient motive to introduce Mac in itself. If you wanted to add something more, I suppose one could also say that Mac might simply be a token "male victim" to balance out Andi, Sarissa, Molly and Justine (and possibly Lily as well).
I guess another possibility is the by showing Mac's healing powers Harry has some sort of secret knowledge he can use in the future. E.g. Harry can now safely shoot Mac, knowing that he will eventually heal. Perhaps this is a way to convince MM Mac that it's "good" Harry, or maybe Harry can show people he's serious by "killing" Mac?
All in all, an interesting analysis. It might be interesting to apply the same tool on some other scenes.
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Excellent alternate Doylist perspective that was much farther out of the box than I had managed to go. Although I wouldn't count Andi in that list since Butters does the job well enough.
I'm so stoked at the feed back I'm getting here guys.
knnn:
--- Quote from: Serack on July 24, 2015, 08:50:50 PM ---Excellent alternate Doylist perspective that was much farther out of the box than I had managed to go. Although I wouldn't count Andi in that list since Butters does the job well enough.
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True, I forgot about Butters. Still, I don't think you could really have Butters shot that easily.
Serack:
--- Quote from: knnn on July 24, 2015, 08:54:20 PM ---True, I forgot about Butters. Still, I don't think you could really have Butters shot that easily.
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I just meant Andi's victimhood was almost identical to Butter's. They were held for the same reason together earlier in the story. In my silly mind, I'm canceling out the same term on opposite sides of an equation/ratio
wizard nelson:
The only reason, which I've said elsewhere that I can think of, is to be able to mirror aurthers injury and healing on Avalon.
Serack:
--- Quote from: wizard nelson on July 24, 2015, 09:03:02 PM ---The only reason, which I've said elsewhere that I can think of, is to be able to mirror aurthers injury and healing on Avalon.
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Please remind me of that story. It's been a couple years since I have studied those legends in detail.
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