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And how inconsistent God was in the story in helping is what I would consider a plot hole and one of the reasons I found it a poor story. It's called a “deus e
by Blikkentrekker 6y ago
And how inconsistent God was in the story in helping is what I would consider a plot hole and one of the reasons I found it a poor story.
It's called a “deus ex machinā” for a good reason — it makes for rather poor storytelling if some higher power, with all the might to ensure a happy end at any point, only elect to do so at specific points.
- stan_rogers 6y agoAgain, you don't live in that world. The writer and his audience did. If you can't meet it halfway, or at least allow for it, you're going to miss everything... and that's your fault, not the author's. It doesn't matter at all how it reads with a thoroughly modern mind.