Spoiler for the first game of thrones book - what's the point of Ned
dying? Isn't reading books about having fun? Shouldn't he break out of
prison and right wrongs? That's fun, right? What's the point of not
having that fun?
It's because no, it's not about having fun. Stories started so as to
give us warnings abount the real world. Story tellers added fun to the
warnings so as to make people listen who might not otherwise.
If you only want to have fun, it's actually you stepping away from what stories are about, not the OP.
The whole "It's all about being entertained/having fun" thing going
through gamer culture at the moment is poisonous. Don't get me wrong, I
remember the era when it was all about self centered DM's doing things
their way and only their way. That was poisonous - and the over reaction
to that of making it 'all about the fun' is simply poison from the
other end of the spectrum.
Originally posted by me, here
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