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Why does the protagonist have to get their arse kicked
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:39 pm
Before they win the fight?
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:49 pm to travelgamer
Wouldn't be much of an arc otherwise...
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:50 pm to THRILLHO
Equilibrium is a sick movie
Gunkata is cool and I don’t care what anyone says
Gunkata is cool and I don’t care what anyone says
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:52 pm to travelgamer
Hero's journey
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:01 pm to travelgamer
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Why does the protagonist have to get their arse kicked
If not, you get Rey from the Star Wars sequels
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:31 pm to travelgamer
because everybody loves a comeback win story
...well, except South Carolina
...well, except South Carolina
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:10 pm to travelgamer
Because that’s what life does. Then you figure it out and start swinging back.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:29 pm to travelgamer
The Rockford Files...didn't Jim Rockford get beat up pretty much every episode?
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:40 pm to parrotdr
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The Rockford Files...didn't Jim Rockford get beat up pretty much every episode?
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Bob and Ray revisited the Ace Willoughby format a decade later in a parody of the TV detective show Mannix. Their version, called "Blimmix", featured a dimwitted detective and whatever thug served as the antagonist, with Blimmix being beaten up at the end of each segment.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:48 pm to travelgamer
Part of the character development. If they were never in danger it wouldn't not be interesting
Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:52 pm to travelgamer
Welcome to story telling 101. You sound like a fun hang around the fire.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:53 pm to Don Quixote
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because everybody loves a comeback win story
Posted on 11/18/25 at 4:20 am to schexyoung
If you mean a campfire, you would be correct.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:32 am to SammyTiger
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Equilibrium is a sick movie
Equilibrium, to me is based off of farignheight 541 Ray Bradbury Novel came to a film.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:02 am to travelgamer
Also, this is why One Punch Man is so funny
they always build up the villains more and more and then he just blasts them.
they always build up the villains more and more and then he just blasts them.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:08 am to travelgamer
Building and release of tension. As other said, storytelling 101.
See also heroic journey if you want more of an understanding of overarching plot arcs.
See also heroic journey if you want more of an understanding of overarching plot arcs.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:26 am to travelgamer
So the girl in the picture can feel sorry for him and they can bang
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