me in high school: anime has given me unrealistic standards towards relationships
me today: anime has given me unrealistic standards towards gender affirmation
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tenten used to be my favourite naruto girl as a kid bc she was the only one that wasn't boy crazy and she had cool hair ig. the standards were so low.
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// HOWLING PURRING BARKING MEOWING
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Happy STS! Do you hate prologues? Or do you sometimes use them?
Happy STS right back!
Ah, prologues... such a controversial topic ahahahahaha
To be honest, I have never read a prologue that bothered me. Nine times out of ten a prologue just leaves me curious. Generally they detail events that won't link back to the main story until much later and, dammit, I love me a good slow-burn mystery that all comes together in the end.
Every now and then I'll read a prologue that detracted from the mystery rather than added or that was only put in because it was an action scene and the next four chapters are going to be really slow, but idk, maybe I just have low standards, because I just read it anyways without forming an opinion. Text has to be outright confusing or uneventful for like more than three chapters before I get annoyed with it.
In my own writing though? If it serves the story, yeah I'll use a prologue. Sometimes setting up the mystery early means dramatic irony or increased tension. Sometimes prologues are a good way to tease the cool magical world that will appear later in the story, provide perspective, or show rather than tell backstory that helps the reader become more invested in a character.
And sometimes, they reveal too much too soon or do not add to the story in a way that will have satisfying pay-off.
I guess, what I am trying to say is, it depend
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