Wall Banger/Literature: Difference between revisions

** The Wallbangerish nature of the Red Wedding didn't come from implausibility; if it had, then readers would not have retrieved the book. It just came from a feeling of wasted time. A variety of interesting characters and plot intricacies appeared to have been [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|thrown out all at once for the sake of a shock.]] Perhaps some of them have been picked back up. Other than the apparent pointlessness of that twist, that chapter was ''so good''.

** In [[Real Life]], people don't die when it's most dramatic, especially during war. In war, they mostly die when the enemy out maneuvers them. It's a no-win situation: it would have been a wallbanger if Tywin Lannister, [[Manipulative Bastard]] extraordinaire, did not take advantage of the {{spoiler|petty Lord Frey's indignation and use it to singlehandedly win the war without actually fighting it himself}}. That GRRM doesn't succumb to the [[Rule of Drama]] is a strength of the series, not a weakness.

* [[Ayn Rand]]'s ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' has a 90-page monologue on the evils of any system other than free-market capitalism. The rest of the book has its wallbanger moments, but that one makes you want to chuck the damn thing out a window.

** From a literary standpoint, how does it make any sense that John Galt's response to increasing collectivism in America (which he sees as bad) is to form what is clearly a union?