How To Stop Deus Ex Machina

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  1. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    You either make the enemies harder to defeat in a reasonable way or level the playing field to counteract the overpowering advantage of the protagonist. The former means only the protagonist is OP while the enemies are also OP, while the latter, everyone is OP in their own way, thus, OP is nothing than just a step to a story's conclusion.
     
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    Just use the brain when writing and Deus Ex Machina will not happen.
     
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    Fok TV Tropes, that pathetic dead forum. I asked for recs there and got suspended coz some guy with a stick up his ass reported me for making multiple requests lol. Then I sent a complaint to the complaint forum or whatever and got banned.
    It's been over a week and not a single reply to any thread I posted at all, well screw those mods anyway, I don't need a dead forum with trolls for mods that think they have power.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    I get lost in Wikipedia too
    I was reading about Honey and Clover and ended up reading about a Japanese actresses the that starred in the Taiwanese drama. She was in a band. I ended up here lol:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Suzuki#2000–2002:_Legal_problems_and_blacklisting
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Lots of typos too lol
     
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    Easy! Don't be part of the manga Mirai Nikki!
     
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