what's the literary term for getting rid of a flat character?
Jazzing things up.
>>63518832
"putting them on a bus"
Jumping the shark.
>>63519145
This is neither literary nor the term for getting rid of a flat character.
>>63519145
why would you jump a shark?
Remember when Lost started out and it felt like the island was some kind of abandoned base for a global conspiracy? I sure do miss those times.
you mean trope
Most good literature doesn't have sequels or try to appeal to mass audiences, so there isn't really a case where there would happen.
>>63519305
i bet you;re a pretentious cunt in real life
>>63519329
Well I only meant that as a tv series goes on the producers get feedback and can change the script for later episodes. But I mean with a book you write it and it gets published and you can't change it. Unless it's a series, although even then since usually it's just one author they're probably gonna do what they want rather than write off a character their fans hate. Unless I'm taking the word literary too literally.But yes I am a pretentious cunt in real life.
>tfw you'll never wake to her whispering in your eat
>g'day m8
>>63518832
I simply refer to it as "writing them out." I think it's a pretty common phrase.
>>63519305
I think there are a few cases here and there. I remember Tolkien dropping a few characters he didn't like or turning them into new ones.
>>63519793
Or taking a shit on you.
>>63518832
Dropping a bridge on him
such a qt
