In middle school a teacher of mine put on Space Jam and lost her mind at the "Whoa! I didn't know Dan Aykroyd was in this picture!" joke. She had to pause the movie she was laughing so much. She also sighed wistfully and said "We used to dance to music like this" when the Quad City DJs theme came on

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difficult and couldnt possibly be summed up in a bsky thread devoid of context. what i will say tho is that whatever your surprise is, do everything in your power to avoid anything like the "twist" in AiTSF2 which is one of the worst in history and makes me wonder how the same person made 999.

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this is not to call things trite - tropes exist for a reason, foreshadowing is good, etc. sometimes the expected way IS the best way to handle something, and introducing something unexpected just for shock value is often terrible. thing is, though. when it works??? it fucking works.

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like, as a writer, anyone who's watched smth with me can tell u, my ability to correctly predict character arcs and plotlines is exceptional. idc if this is sounds arrogant like it is just true. when u write, u know what would make a good plotline, generally, and how things "should" play out.

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the absolute best thing that can happen to me when experiencing a piece of media for the first time: being proven wrong in a way that has me grinning or giggling the absolute worst thing, conversely: being proven wrong in a way that has me sighing or facepalming

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