And it drives me bonkers. I’m reading The Dolphins of Pern rn.
Aramina: “My plot x-ray tells me that 16 chapters and 6 in-story years from now my son is going to need some family conflict. I better throw a fit, decide I hate dolphins for absolutely no reason and forbid him ever to have anything to do with them.”
🙄🙄🙄
No, because people aren’t like that. Real people don’t conveniently and magically have irrational opinions because Plot.
Real people think there were 5G tranceivers in covid vaccines to track or control people, or that it was the mark of the devil and having it would get them sent to hell. I know one person - a real person who actually exists - who more than once compared vaccine exeptions (which had to be worn in public if one was for whatever reason exempt from wearing a face covering) with yellow stars and pink triangles. She refused to wear a mask and refused to display a card because “that’s how the Nazis started”.
Real people think Donald Trump was a worthwhile president of the USA and still support him as a candidate.
Real people believe the earth is flat.
I’m sure you can see where this is going.
Simple truth is, real people are fucking morons.