I think it's also that it's a lot easier to write a concentrated burst of cool, especially if you're able to throw out references to other cool things left and right. Actually keeping it up is a lot harder, and they'd soon run out of steam, but by stopping and jumping back to the beginning they can disguise that. (It occurs to me that the format is really the bastard child of the mysterious prologue often featured in fantasy, with the distinction that the mysterious prologue is meant to happen before/around the same time and be simmering in the background as the main plot develops until the two intersect explosively, while the not!flashback used here uses a similar format but loses the reason for the delay.)
Amy's not a sue, don't worry. (If anything, she's the type of character where I think the author's worrying overmuch about her being a sue.)
Amy's not a sue, don't worry. (If anything, she's the type of character where I think the author's worrying overmuch about her being a sue.)
You're probably right. I do worry excessively about her being a Sue, mostly because I don't want to be preaching about what not to do and then find out I've done it myself. It's a compulsive thing, I fear.
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Date: 2008-04-05 09:46 pm (UTC)Amy's not a sue, don't worry. (If anything, she's the type of character where I think the author's worrying overmuch about her being a sue.)
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Date: 2008-04-05 09:52 pm (UTC)Amy's not a sue, don't worry. (If anything, she's the type of character where I think the author's worrying overmuch about her being a sue.)
You're probably right. I do worry excessively about her being a Sue, mostly because I don't want to be preaching about what not to do and then find out I've done it myself. It's a compulsive thing, I fear.