bear with me, i'm sleepy

[aliasjack]

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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I dislike superlatives like "the dumbest literary device ever". Superlatives = imprecise thoughts

[wynand]

Yeah, I was all proud of that title--I came up with the plot in like May 2006 when I first penciled strip #102 with the intention that I'd create this stupid indie rock band and that they'd then come violently together with the Diane plot--then I let it hang for something like a year--so it was incredibly satisfying, which is the feeling Chekov's Gun should give to the user in my mind

Re: I dislike superlatives like "the dumbest literary device ever". Superlatives = imprecise though

[wynand]

Or, um, what you already said, harlock

Re: I dislike superlatives like "the dumbest literary device ever". Superlatives = imprecise though

[aliasjack]

Yes, it can be satisfying, but when it's lazy, it's just annoying. That's basically what I'm saying.