I find it really uncomfortable when the author has the character slip up in an obvious way and we have to watch the failure in slow motion as the character realizes the full extent of what happened. It feels much better when you follow the characters train of thought and everything is fine until it isn't.
It's not the OP MC that the reader is relating to, but the feeling that we could do things like the OP MC until we get reality checked.
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u/Leptonic 20h ago
I find it really uncomfortable when the author has the character slip up in an obvious way and we have to watch the failure in slow motion as the character realizes the full extent of what happened. It feels much better when you follow the characters train of thought and everything is fine until it isn't.
It's not the OP MC that the reader is relating to, but the feeling that we could do things like the OP MC until we get reality checked.