Anonymous
9/7/2025, 7:56:53 PM
No.150256429
>>150256029
>While we don't literally see Loki butchering the hallway of goons, we can infer from context clues that activating the curse allowed him to accomplish the gruesome aftermath we saw
yes, I said as much. But as with the banana/orange knock knock joke example, it's not effective storytelling to just tell us what it does. We need to see it in action before we see it fail. This is a prime example of why it's recommended to show don't tell.
>More importantly, we know that Loki's not himself when he does it, and is worried about what the aftermath could be
Again, we don't see this. We're told this.
I'm not saying that the audience doesn't understand what's going on, but we don't feel it. That's two different things. It's like telling the audience that something is a really sad moment instead of actually doing the work to make the sadness resonate in that moment. I don't care if this ends up being a series or not, I think introducing this supposed mega power through inference and then having the first opportunity to actually show it in action go over like a wet fart completely diminishes its capabilities. The next time they waffle over whether or not to use it, there aren't any stakes. The audience doesn't give a single shit. The decision has no weight to it. Why wouldn't you just press it all the time?
We really needed to see it get out of hand for ourselves first.
>While we don't literally see Loki butchering the hallway of goons, we can infer from context clues that activating the curse allowed him to accomplish the gruesome aftermath we saw
yes, I said as much. But as with the banana/orange knock knock joke example, it's not effective storytelling to just tell us what it does. We need to see it in action before we see it fail. This is a prime example of why it's recommended to show don't tell.
>More importantly, we know that Loki's not himself when he does it, and is worried about what the aftermath could be
Again, we don't see this. We're told this.
I'm not saying that the audience doesn't understand what's going on, but we don't feel it. That's two different things. It's like telling the audience that something is a really sad moment instead of actually doing the work to make the sadness resonate in that moment. I don't care if this ends up being a series or not, I think introducing this supposed mega power through inference and then having the first opportunity to actually show it in action go over like a wet fart completely diminishes its capabilities. The next time they waffle over whether or not to use it, there aren't any stakes. The audience doesn't give a single shit. The decision has no weight to it. Why wouldn't you just press it all the time?
We really needed to see it get out of hand for ourselves first.