I absolutely hate the trope where they start out with something interesting and have to do a flashback to the parts that led up to it. Like I just had that happen with a sequel to a book I was reading, and I’m really struggling to get started. I fucking hate the
*cold open to something dramatic happening*
Record scritch “I bet you’re wondering how I got here. Well, it all started…”
bullshit trope and its really hard for me to look past some times.
Wait, that really happened? I thought the gulf of Mexico renamed shit was just memeing. Google maps still shows the proper name instead of the tantrum name.