/lit/ - Literature

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Don't you just love it when an otherwise serious or emotional scene is then utterly ruined by some completely inappropriate and out of place "snarky" quip? Gotta have as many obnoxious Whedonisms as possible to keep the emotional pulse of a book/movie as flat as possible. It's as if the writer is absolutely terrified of what other people may think of them if they attempt something serious, like they need a means to be like "ha ha I was just joking bro, it was cringe on purpose ha ha".

I would much rather read something that is brave enough to take itself seriously and occasionally loses its balance into cheesy/cringe territory than any hamfisted Marvel quip garbage so long as the former is done so honestly and with heart.

Modern writing has no balls. Theres' a reason why most of the books discussed in these threads and on this board in general are 30+ years old.

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