Wanara009
Troubadour
Well, to be fair, most of it is just bad writing. It sorta goes without saying, I think.
I kinda assumed this was about "things we can technically get away with, but which still kinda annoys us."
Anders, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of work I liked that commits one or more things in the list I made. The way I see them, they are a mark of bad writing, yes, but that doesn't mean a work containing them can't be good.
There are authors that can get away with what I listed though. One of the best example I could think of Gary Stu character is Batman. Yes, that Batman. Remember, Batman isn't just a vigilante trained in all manner of martial art, he is also a genius, and a detective. If we go certain incarnations outside the comics, I say he's about 20-30 years old, certainly not enough time to develop all those skills to the degree he exhibited. Yet I sometimes pick up Batman material and liked it, despite the Gary Stu characteristic.
An example of Deus Ex Machina I liked can be found the Power Ranger Wild Force (yes, I like Power Rangers--stop laughing--but stopped watching after Wild Force) where a Zord is introduced and beat the arc's antagonist. Even though it annoyed the hell out if me, I liked the overall story of the season to make me to forgive it.
I think most of my pet peeves are things writers, bad or good, can get away with. It's just I can bring myself to forgive good writers because they can execute it well. If a bad writer try to do it though, the only way to execute them is with a firing squad.
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