Going Arc-y
Sep. 20th, 2007 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinRealization of the day:
No matter how good Making Money is, I cannot expect it to best or even equal Going Postal because a big part of what makes Going Postal so awesome is the brilliantly executed character arc. You don't even notice it until the end, when it sort of comes and hits you in the face, but it doesn't feel like it was just thrown in at the end artificially* because when you do get smacked in the face you realize that it's been there all along,** and while it's vastly significant, character-wise, it's subtle enough to be believable. How could Making Money surpass that? DON'T ANSWER THAT, LUCKY YANKS.
I was thinking, yesterday, of making a list of all the things that make Going Postal so awesome. This resulted in a smirky grin being plastered on my face for a couple of hours. I think this is when someone calls professional help.
*"And then he was good! The End."
**And then you get ridiculously giddy, if you're me.
No matter how good Making Money is, I cannot expect it to best or even equal Going Postal because a big part of what makes Going Postal so awesome is the brilliantly executed character arc. You don't even notice it until the end, when it sort of comes and hits you in the face, but it doesn't feel like it was just thrown in at the end artificially* because when you do get smacked in the face you realize that it's been there all along,** and while it's vastly significant, character-wise, it's subtle enough to be believable. How could Making Money surpass that? DON'T ANSWER THAT, LUCKY YANKS.
I was thinking, yesterday, of making a list of all the things that make Going Postal so awesome. This resulted in a smirky grin being plastered on my face for a couple of hours. I think this is when someone calls professional help.
*"And then he was good! The End."
**And then you get ridiculously giddy, if you're me.
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Date: 2007-09-20 10:46 pm (UTC)And you're completely right about the arc of his redemption - it's so subtle that neither Moist nor the reader sees it happening - it just kind of reveals itself all at once.
On the other hand, Pratchett just moves from strength to strength in his writing. I have faith, Terry!
-Karla