Apparently, after Bagoas won a dance contest, the Macedonian troops started yelling that Alexander should kiss him, and then they kissed. At least according to Plutarch, they did.
Oh, wow, yes, Rimmer definitely needs to read this.
I think that's particularly true in episodic fiction, where the world needing perpetual saving gets exhausting, but having the overwhelming majority of the stories be about saving a few people, or a few dozen, or sometimes just the one, tends to work better.
True! As Supernatural's gone on, it's started having more episodes focusing on the overarching plot and fewer one-off 'hunt a thing, save some people' episodes; maybe the stakes would feel less exhausting if it returned to the 'frequent small victories against a larger backdrop' format.
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Oh, wow, yes, Rimmer definitely needs to read this.
I think that's particularly true in episodic fiction, where the world needing perpetual saving gets exhausting, but having the overwhelming majority of the stories be about saving a few people, or a few dozen, or sometimes just the one, tends to work better.
True! As Supernatural's gone on, it's started having more episodes focusing on the overarching plot and fewer one-off 'hunt a thing, save some people' episodes; maybe the stakes would feel less exhausting if it returned to the 'frequent small victories against a larger backdrop' format.