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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thefutilist" data-source="post: 9835603" data-attributes="member: 7044566">I would add, group understanding and appreciation of the conflicts/stakes in play. Which could be considered a given but I want to make a case that it’s not.I often argue, here and everywhere else, about certain Narrativist resolution mechanics. Until recently I’d put a lot of emphasis on the mechanics themselves but I found, in discussion, that the real points of difference were how we (me and the people I was arguing with) viewed stories. How plot and conflicts were created and resolved and what the stakes were at any given point.This is most common when talking about failure. I’ll be like, failure is great, he asks his brother for help and his brother says no. To which I’ll often get a response like ‘boooring, how about a man walks through the door with a gun, or his brother says he’ll only help if he breaks up with his girlfriend or something.’What’s happening here, is we’re reading the fiction differently Not necessarily in terms of our understanding but where we attribute meaning, theme, answering premise and what moral lines actually are.</blockquote>