/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18407980]

>be me
>12 year old me reads fantasy
>get to action scene
>heart is pounding, reading really fast, in a state of flow
>be 27 year old me
>action scene makes my eyes roll back into my head with boredom
>get really into scenes where main character is finally linking up with his love, or some other social drama involving the heart
Is this what it’s like to grow up? I never imagined being an adult male who loves romance

[Anonymous No.18407992]

>>18407980
I'm an adult (younger than you) and the action scenes are still thrilling.

[Anonymous No.18408011]

>>18407980
Depends on the build up. The action scene in Blood Meridian for example with Holden making gunpowered was great because of the build up, but the random fights weren't that interesting because of how common and droll they were. What I find really heart racing is when a character btfos another verbally, like in Stoner.

[Anonymous No.18408085]

>>18407980
>14 year old me reads fantasy
>get to action scene
>heart is pounding, reading really fast, in a state of flow
>action scene makes my eyes roll back into my head with boredom
>22 year old me reads
>get really into scenes where main character is finally linking up with his love, or some other social drama involving the heart
>be 33 years old me
>sentence has a good prose and/or original thought and/or a rare word.
>heart is pounding, re-reading again a few times really slow.
>smile, close the book, make a tea and repeat the period in my head for the rest of the week.

[Anonymous No.18408135]

>>18407980
>>18407992
I find action scenes really boring because they're usually difficult to describe considering how fast one can read. The time window of a fight with punching for example is really boring since it's so fast. There's not enough room to imagine the sequence of physical movements, as compared to accomplishing the atmosphere of a place description, emotions, or dialogue. Not to mention every writer has the same trite descriptions of adrenaline with no purpose or meaning. I still like when a story has some of these scenes, but they're usually not my favourite unless it's supposed to be shocking or graphic, like in a horror novel or American Psycho or something. I want to read a comfy chapter with an interesting conversation, not a bunch of sentences that basically just say, "I swung my sword right, and then he dodged, and then I went overhead, and his head was cleaved from his shoulders!" Feels like they're just putting in garbage in anticipation of getting a film or television adaptation.

There's more nuance and excitement in a scene like the Man from the Underground pacing back and forth for hours than there is in any fight scene in any work of fiction.

[Anonymous No.18408146]

>>18408085
based

[Anonymous No.18408153]

>>18408135
i remember liking how the fights were described in The Last Wish

[Anonymous No.18408595]

>be me
>decide the read the iliad at 21
>"here we go, probably a nice read with some comfy martialism"
>read first page, fucking badass imagery of apollo shooting cosmic arrows at the army
>immediately hooked
>action scenes are full of violence and heroism, totally consumed by the book
>get to the monumental epic showdown between achilles and hector
>cum my pants from excitement
we got literature figured out from the beginning

[Anonymous No.18408688]

>>18408595
>>action scenes are full of violence and heroism, totally consumed by the book
>heroism
Lol, filtered

[Anonymous No.18408724]

>>18408688
You sound like a bugman, anon.

[Anonymous No.18408731]

>>18408724
Oho, what a BASED and dare I say REDPILLED comment anon.

[Anonymous No.18408734]

>>18408731
And a correct one, too.

[Anonymous No.18408745]

>>18408734
You forgot to post
>img6_fashwave.png
alongside it

[Anonymous No.18408747]

>>18408745
I am sorry anon, but there is nothing fashy about calling out a soibug take when I see one. Not even sure what that post was supposed to mean, in all honesty.

[Anonymous No.18408749]

>>18407980
>>action scene makes my eyes roll back into my head with boredom


ohh yeah? u obviously haven't seen A Better Tomorrow I&II yet. this film brought tears to my eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AKTNIrtjyE

[Anonymous No.18408759]

>>18408747
>jokes on you, I dont get it
Oof, cringe

[Anonymous No.18408760]

>>18408595
The epic showdown is them running around Troy like Scooby-Doo

[Anonymous No.18408782]

>>18408759
It is not that I do not get it, anon. It is that there is nothing to get. I have gotten all that could reasonably be understood from your short post - specifically, that you are incredibly retarded.

[Anonymous No.18408787]

>>18407992
soya

[Anonymous No.18408804]

>>18408782
Still seething are we?

[Anonymous No.18408825]

>>18408804
I am not opposed to seething. As a matter of fact, I was seething at something completely unrelated just two hours ago. However, you have given me nothing to seethe about, since your vocabulary seems limited to no more than four words at a time.

[Anonymous No.18408833]

>>18408825
Uh.... Ooookay friendo

[Anonymous No.18408844]

>>18407980
I do recognize that as I got old, my interest for more sensitive and feminine aspects of films and literature got growing, but I never stopped to care for action and the like

[Anonymous No.18408860]

>>18408833
Uhm, like, yikes, friendo.

[Anonymous No.18408872]

>>18407980
Both of these are cringe. Action scenes are for edgy 13 year-olds and social character interaction is for women. Do you even /lit/ bro?

[Anonymous No.18408915]

>>18407980
read manga

[Anonymous No.18409077]

>>18407980
>>18408011
Not to jerk off McCarthy to much, as if that was possible but his actions scenes tend to be some of the most enthralling stuff I've ever read.