It’s just better to not talk about the movie while watching the movie. No need to build expectations or even lead the story.
Let the story tellers tell the story.
Oh here is my strategy:
Friend: “I really like X, I hope they don’t die”
Me: “Oh they go hard in the final episode its great!”
Friend: “WOOOOOOOOW SPOILERS!!!”
Me: “I’M SO SORRY”
The character dies in episode 4
Friend: “YOU FUCKING LIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!”
I’ve done this more then I’d like to admit
A movie that can be “spoiled”, is not a very good movie. It means it is a one trick pony and would not withstand repeated viewings. Good storytelling means you don’t get bored rewatching it.
Every Marvel movie: :/
Let’s be honest, why should plot twist be even unexpected anyway?
is there a community for not having friends growing up / ever and literally not having experiences about this
i dont know of any specifically, bc i never looked it up, but i do have a ‘meme’ mag that has a focus on weird girls/female-hermit experiences. often i post about isolation and other mental health topics. everything there can apply to men and others too, but its a femininity-focused mag fyi. @weirdgirlmemes. idk if this is at all a good answer but throwing it out there
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My wife went to school for English lit and is a professional writer. I cannot get a plot twist past her notice. It sucks so much. There was a video game that featured a serial killer (no spoilers, so no title) and I NEVER would have guessed who it was. I played it and I was shocked at the twist. Then I had my wife play it and in the first five minutes of the game she was like “That man is evil and I don’t trust him” and I was like WTF!!! He’s like nice and friendly and stuff. How the fuck does she do it. I spent hours having to gaslight her about how correct her prediction was. She also always knows when someone is going to die. I have to tell her not to comment predictions about movies because she’s correct at least 70% of the time.
Gaslighting is when you convince someone their lives experiences aren’t real, not when you don’t confirm or deny someone’s guess.
i think nearly everyone is aware that the word gaslighting has been used improperly online ever since it became popular.
anyway this meme implies that you slyly try to convince them that their guess is wrong and plant doubt in their mind so that the movie’s twist will still hold up. i still agree gaslighting isn’t the proper word to use.
You know what? You’re totally right. It was closer to the definition than I had figured.
I hate it when that happens.
