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"Realism" in stories
How do you guys feel about people defending stories with "well it's realistic"? I've seen this expressed in two different stories this week, and it's only ever used to describe characters being forgiven for bs as soon as the story finishes. I asked this in the homepage comments and got two really interesting responses so i would like to see more opinions.
A story can realistically portray people behaving badly, forgiving someone too quickly, avoiding consequences, or making irrational decisions. But by itself doesn't answer whether that portrayal is thematically coherent, or well written.
We have to acknowledge that there's a difference between depicting realistic behavior and endorsing it. A chara...... reply
