#WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF STORYTELLING YOU ABSOLUTE DINGUSES

[the-manderville-mambo]

You can have this back when you understand what it means

#ffxiv #for crying out loud people #''filler arc'' does not mean ''story arc with low(er) stakes'' #it does not mean ''story arc i personally find boring'' #IT DOES NOT MEAN ''DOWNTIME BETWEEN MAJOR PLOT POINTS'' #WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF STORYTELLING YOU ABSOLUTE DINGUSES #BREATHING ROOM IS NEEDED FOR A STORY TO FLOW WELL WITHOUT EXHAUSTING YOUR AUDIENCE #''filler arcs'' are story arcs that have no effect on the overarching plot #they're done to ''fill in'' airtime (often to give source material time to catch up) #they can have nice worldbuilding in them. even character development. so they're not entirely bad #but they don't actually affect the plot and any character development that happens in them is undone by the next official arc #THAT is what a filler arc is #the 6.5 storyline is ***Not A Filler Arc***