So, here's a question. Chekov's Gun: clever foreshadowing or cheap callback? I always get annoyed with uses of it, it's basically the dumbest literary device ever. It's the literary equivalent of a guy masturbating all over himself with how clever s/he is. It's as much foreshadowing as naming your book "Untitled" is postmodern. Even Deus Ex
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