There are many stories I enjoy despite plot holes because the setting/âcharacters/âprose delight me so much that itâs fun to imagine what hidden factors could justify the plot holes â I can trust an author so much that I assume theyâll explain things later (or that thereâs a hidden explanation they created for me to discover myself).
Recent examples include Sousou no Frieren (lots of symbolism and emotion to obscure thin worldbuilding, I feel so many feelings that I barely think about the plot) and Moonfall (written like a fable from the perspective of someone who doesnât fully understand the world, so that I can imagine any plot holes may be due to something they donât see).
This isnât rational, but not all fiction is meant to be rational. And in some sense, isnât all fiction âwireheadingâ? Even reading rationalfic is an escape of sorts, into a world unlike our own, one that is more interesting and fun to think about (on average).
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There are many stories I enjoy despite plot holes because the setting/âcharacters/âprose delight me so much that itâs fun to imagine what hidden factors could justify the plot holes â I can trust an author so much that I assume theyâll explain things later (or that thereâs a hidden explanation they created for me to discover myself).
Recent examples include Sousou no Frieren (lots of symbolism and emotion to obscure thin worldbuilding, I feel so many feelings that I barely think about the plot) and Moonfall (written like a fable from the perspective of someone who doesnât fully understand the world, so that I can imagine any plot holes may be due to something they donât see).
This isnât rational, but not all fiction is meant to be rational. And in some sense, isnât all fiction âwireheadingâ? Even reading rationalfic is an escape of sorts, into a world unlike our own, one that is more interesting and fun to think about (on average).