>>107245114Not the anon you are arguing with, but characters being written no in character is not just an actual trope, it's something that frequently gets assessed at fanfic tier level writers since it's something you only see in bad fiction. There is no way in hell that valid criticism is a 'buzz word' simply because you want to defend yourself, King.
While 'constant asspulls' isn't your standard critical literary terminology, again it's not a buzz word. When something is not being foreshadowed or is a mere plot contrivance, or worse, lazy scriptwriting, then something coming out of the blue to resolve a problem is an "asspull" - call it a lazy plot contrivance or a lazy plot device or lazy scripting if you prefer, but it's far from a buzz word.
I shouldn't even have to defend "slog" much less a mystery with "no mystery."
