Pretty much, yes. The whole difference between Genre and Genre Savvy is that a Genre Savvy viewer recognizes what would actually happen in real life, whereas fictional characters not only don’t recognize that, their whole universe functions in a different, less logical way.
In fiction, refusing to shoot Osama bin Laden means he ends up serving time in jail, and justice is served.
In real life, refusing to shoot Osama bin Laden means he tells his followers he has enjoyed a Glorious Victory Against the Western Kuffar Cowards (don’t laugh: this is what fascist movements actually believe), which spurs them to a new wave of violence.
In fiction, refusing to shoot Osama bin Laden means he ends up serving time in jail, and justice is served.
Depends on the genre. Sometimes it means he waits until your back is turned and tries to kill you, thereby allowing you to kill him to defend yourself. Sometimes it means he goes free and mocks you and then dies of a heart attack. Sometimes it means he goes free and his mocking laughter is heard over the credits.
I think the genre I’m railing against is Dishonest Moral Propaganda. That’s what irks—they’re using lies to make a case for some nitwit ideology or behavior.
That Genre being ‘things that actually happen’, which would be a very niche genre in fiction?
Pretty much, yes. The whole difference between Genre and Genre Savvy is that a Genre Savvy viewer recognizes what would actually happen in real life, whereas fictional characters not only don’t recognize that, their whole universe functions in a different, less logical way.
In fiction, refusing to shoot Osama bin Laden means he ends up serving time in jail, and justice is served.
In real life, refusing to shoot Osama bin Laden means he tells his followers he has enjoyed a Glorious Victory Against the Western Kuffar Cowards (don’t laugh: this is what fascist movements actually believe), which spurs them to a new wave of violence.
Depends on the genre. Sometimes it means he waits until your back is turned and tries to kill you, thereby allowing you to kill him to defend yourself. Sometimes it means he goes free and mocks you and then dies of a heart attack. Sometimes it means he goes free and his mocking laughter is heard over the credits.
More importantly, he gets to return for the sequel.
I think the genre I’m railing against is Dishonest Moral Propaganda. That’s what irks—they’re using lies to make a case for some nitwit ideology or behavior.
You didn’t even mention ‘genre’. I was just trying to figure out how eli was characterizing us here.