• Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I absolutely hate the trope where they start out with something interesting and have to do a flashback to the parts that led up to it. Like I just had that happen with a sequel to a book I was reading, and I’m really struggling to get started. I fucking hate the

    *cold open to something dramatic happening*

    Record scritch “I bet you’re wondering how I got here. Well, it all started…”

    bullshit trope and its really hard for me to look past some times.