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LuvLoogie

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9. MC is floundering. loses sense of self

Sat Jul 29, 2023, 12:39 AM

Jul 2023

Show his increasing disillusionment.
Girl crosses his path (at work related seminar. They are in different fields) She realizes she knows who he is from grade school but it's been years, and they never hung out. But they're contemporaries a couple grades apart and share much of the same experiences, teachers, events...

It turns out she's more genuine than him. There's some attraction, but she's more advanced emotionally. He tries but fails with her, but in the process finds himself again.

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[Trope Discussion help] First Girl After All [View all] sakabatou Jul 2023 OP

I might run this with a Chekhov's Gun.. Permanut Jul 2023 #1

As far as I know, there's no Chekov's Gun sakabatou Jul 2023 #4

To what degree is truth presented in the story that you have in mind ? Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #2

The story has been presented already, so I'm going to use a generic example sakabatou Jul 2023 #3

that happened to me. totally blanked out on a person Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #5

That's how it felt to me sakabatou Jul 2023 #6

Still pushing Chekhov's Gun.. Permanut Jul 2023 #7

There's no Chekhov's Gun to my knowledge in the actual show. sakabatou Jul 2023 #8

MC is floundering. loses sense of self LuvLoogie Jul 2023 #9

That sounds like something that'd happen in the first season as character establishment sakabatou Jul 2023 #10

Well you'd essentially be deconstructing MC LuvLoogie Jul 2023 #12

That isn't what happens within the story. sakabatou Jul 2023 #13

My own personal fix sakabatou Jul 2023 #11