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So, I'm curious about people's thoughts on stories where pretty major plot points are never really explained.
For example, in the Halloween series, Michael Myers is shot and stabbed, and yet he just gets up and keeps going, and why or how he manages that is never addressed to my knowledge. Being immortal is portrayed almost like it's just a fact of his existence and nothing more need be said.
In Tim Curran's Worm, the origin of the buggers is never addressed. They just pop up from underground and start eating people.
Personally, I don't have a problem with it. I view as a mark of a story that's more "fun" than anything else, but I don't doubt it does get to some people. I dunno if I could ever write anything leaving such facts unexplained.
Thoughts?
For example, in the Halloween series, Michael Myers is shot and stabbed, and yet he just gets up and keeps going, and why or how he manages that is never addressed to my knowledge. Being immortal is portrayed almost like it's just a fact of his existence and nothing more need be said.
In Tim Curran's Worm, the origin of the buggers is never addressed. They just pop up from underground and start eating people.
Personally, I don't have a problem with it. I view as a mark of a story that's more "fun" than anything else, but I don't doubt it does get to some people. I dunno if I could ever write anything leaving such facts unexplained.
Thoughts?