Trope Talk: Character Development Coma

What's up gamers welcome back to our character development any% speedrun, for today's exploit we're gonna be looking into a primo way to get your lead whatever information, incentives and arcs they need to take the next step in their journey! Step one? Bonk 'em on the head and point the camera at their dreams!
Got a favorite character development coma? Slap it in the comments!

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[greenhydra]

I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to Anakin slaughtering the younglings as "morally questionable".

[crazycatboysolomon]

"The average character is unlikely to talk like they're trying to get a good grade in therapy" gotta be one of my favorite quotes

[MrSignman]

I hate that feeling when I stand up too fast and start having vague and ambiguous visions of my future that prompt me to reconsider my life for a few seconds.

[Mjumiman]

"Oh my gosh are you okay?" - "I fly now"
Gotta say I love the built-in jokes on the slides, they always get an unexpected laugh out of me

[Skip]

“Call me Nat Geo because I’ve got a ton of gorgeous issues” is an amazing line and I am 100% stealing it

[stormie]

I love when Plot happens in Aurora and like two months later a trope talk comes out conveniently coinciding with that Plot

[WhaleManMan]

Someone literally fighting their own metaphorical character traits is my favorite

[DavidJoh]

Lovecraft used to use fainting spells just to avoid having to write an end which would explain how his first person narrator survived long enough to tell the story.

[dudewhatthewhat]

As soon as you mentioned dreams giving exposition, I immediately thought of Percy Jackson. Every dream he has is either symbolic or just straight up showing what is happening with the enemies. I swear, never once has this pour kid ever dreamt of going to school naked, or magically transforming the gods into gummy worms or something.

[purplehaze]

Describing Anakin slaughtering children as "morally questionable" is the biggest understatement I've heard in a very long time.

[GriffinPilgrim]

Ah, fiction, where "coma" always ends in waking up, fresh as a daisy.

[FirionLeFleur]

I love that almost any trope talk can circle to Avatar. What a great series.

[ricardoludwig]

My absolute favorite is when the character feels like they managed to solve all of their internal conflict through a dream but reality isn't agreeing with that and it becomes a problem

[christopherrichardson]

And once again we see Red's ongoing quest to implement footage from The Owl House into every single trope talk.

[niviovo]

I wonder how much development I'm missing because I don't remember my dreams.


Edit - I know this is late, but I remember my dreams now and I didn't miss shit

[marteeoh]

Practically, getting physically knocked out and sent into a character development coma is the storytelling equivalent of percussive maintenance

[MrPerson-zioc]

When I read “Character Development Coma” I think of a character dropping all their character development up to that point like most of the characters at the end of game of thrones.

[willieoelkers]

Honestly, for Dragon Prince I think the answer to “why can’t other people have a dream and wake up with power?” is “they can”. Callum had already been trying to connect to wind magic on his own and finally made the breakthrough in his dream; which kinda fits as the place to cement the kind of innate connection required. Seems to me like anyone could theoretically make the same breakthrough, or at least any other human wizard in the setting.

[Skellybeans]

It's fun to think that every time the Warlock takes a short rest their patron entity uses a coma phone to speak with them before granting them back spell slots. Like it includes a free power up power-nap.

[quinn]

As a narcoleptic, this video was one inside joke with myself after another 😂 I will now be referring to cataplexy as a 'character development coma' and take daily power-up naps. (Also, it's an awesome trope talk.)