stackyFACTSNothing screams 'I painted myself into a narrative corner' quite like a sudden leap into the past. Instead of organically revealing character motivations through current actions, writers just hit the pause button to spoon-feed you a childhood trauma. It is the creative equivalent of training wheels.
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