Thread: Do you need to "connect" to a story and/or characters?
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Old 02-11-2023, 04:57 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Just goes to illustrate differences. *shrug*

I care about a lot of things when I read: good plotting, good dialog, good action, good word-craft. But for me, reading is about pure escapism. Including escaping from the real world need to care/worry about the characters I meet. They may make me laugh from time to time, but if they die, I don't mourn them. I don't shed tears. I just hope their death makes the story better. I don't care about them-- because there is no them. I care about how they propel (or drag down) the story.
This. And if I can learn something, whether it be facts about a subject I'm interested in, or about what makes a person (even if fictional) tick, or about how problems get solved, I'm all in. I have zero emotional involvement in fictional characters.
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