And the death of interesting fiction. Mystery and inconsistencies are important. Explaining everything is the refuge of weak storytelling.
Inconsistencies exist irl. It's about perspective, and no one is omniscient
💯 so much this!
I dont need everything explained Sometimes a mystery is better But: If an Author decides to explain Something I want it to make sense in universe unless its very clear it comes from a unreliable narrator.
Yeah… I can go down that research rabbit hole without anyone’s help.
Yes, this! 100%
That is, a novel is not read the same as the Dungeon Master’s Guide Although I sympathize with the desire to know how the Macguffin or shadow-y bad works…it’s rarely good when I learn
A story that explainins something that doesn't need to be explained, when there are much more important things that are unclear, is one of my biggest pet peeves.
I think it's a matter of taste. My favorite stories are the ones that feel like ingenious machines of moving parts all working together. No detail is extraneous. You don't necessarily understand how the machine works until the end and then there's a blissful completeness of understanding.
For me Connie Willis is the exception that proves the rule, because no one else can write a story so internally consistent it makes you feel like you’re actually losing your mind