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"Veronica is a character for whom your decisions feel like they truly matter, and she's also the one we feel that most deserves your help."
"One of the things we know is that the ending matters a great deal."
"I just personally cannot imagine Oda writing and creating a specific location in his story that is the literal representation of prologues and epilogues and not have planned from the start to have his epic conclude here."
"It could not come at the expense of the Luffy-Big Mom conflict as that has infinitely more narrative importance than simply checking off a box for Kid and Law."
"The new maker theory: based on the real-life story of Candice TRL Moore."
"Good grief! The significance of a phrase on the wall in Petscop 3."
"Stories in games matter so much, in the same way that stories in films matter so much."
"What Peter Parker needs in order to be his own hero and not just Tony's successor is a villain that hates him enough to form up a whole squad determined to take him down."
"The existence of a connection between our knight and the Pale King seems undeniable."
"Asta's little tiny actions for everyone throughout the entire series ended up mattering most."
"Every punch, every new technique, every drop of blood spilled holds narrative weight."
"Narrative undertones make animated violence serve a strong purpose."
"The deaths should have a purpose, goal, a meaning, and even the smallest death like has some value."
"The Overwatch era of this stream was like arguably the most emotional story arc of this channel ever."
"Rachel was now the centerpiece to this story."
"Food is only eaten when the meal shows us something important about the person eating it."
"The absence of Tony Stark is the entire point of it."
"Doctor Strange is 100% the key to all of this."
"The cliffhanger of Spyfall wasn't just for show, however. It also spoke to perhaps the biggest improvement of series 12: the development of the 13th Doctor."
"It was immediately after Mr. Mortimer Tregennis had left the room. That is a very important point."
"Full body is the first character we meet in the manga."
"Gwen's death marked a watershed moment in comic history, giving death a profound meaning for a time."
"It's more surprising now someone stays dead. People didn't tend to die like this outside of origin stories, certainly not supports or love interests this close and so brutally too."
"Gwen's death made some sit up and take stock of her character and the potential therein."
"Daenerys may be more important than Jon in the war against the White Walkers."
"It's gimmicky but it's still a full-on fight with many phases, has narrative significance, and I gotta say I'm just a super fan of it."
"Oda's conclusions always carry some greater meaning in the context of the broader story."
"The battle between awkward, wait is this the big guy I can steal and transfer other quirks, and one for all a transferable power stockpiling Quirk is at the heart of My Hero Academia."
"Loki being the person at the end of all this really does fall in line with the ideal of his glorious purpose."
"I love the Arya moment. I think for a character, what was the point? I mean, she killed the Freys, she had all these skills, but something more has to happen."
"He knows the power of the person that this button belongs to."
"Killing off characters frequently, not for shock value, but for the story itself."
"Starfire holds him tight, the tribe realizing that ghost is the one being talked about in the prophecy, the spirit of the prophecy."
"The only thing that remains is the story itself, which sometimes serves as a cautionary tale."
"Adding Giovanni adds weight to the whole storyline and ties itself much better into Gen 2 being a sequel."
"For such a short scene, it's densely packed with detail... establishes the personal and narrative stakes at play."
"Not only is Krieg a delightfully hate-worthy villain with a ton of tricks and weapons up his sleeves, but the fight also acts as a microcosm of what makes Luffy such a great protagonist."
"It created a world where your choices really felt like they mattered."
"A swordfight is nothing without meaningful stakes."
"They may never be full-on good guys... but the bond between them matters more to me than whatever they share with any of these other characters."
"They have to make Sauron a character with ideas and feelings and a motivation in the past and a future."
"So Qui-Gon's fighting for Anakin and that's why it's the duel of the fates, the fate of this child."
"Luffy smiles when he's about to die, just like Goldie Roger."
"We really use it as a narrative marker through the game."
"Sarah can hear Revelations and might be the key to finding a way out."
"The whole point of the ending is what you think Yoda will do with his experience with his last student."
"This arc is very important for Oda. I cannot see Oda starting this fight without that epic, epic full crew panel."
"Any villain that kills Beerus is a statement. That is a statement."
"Was Darla's story arc in Shazam meant to be symbolic? No. Can it be interpreted that way? Well, that's up to you."
"And honestly, I cannot think of a better way, plot-wise, to so clearly draw out the concept of a chosen family."
"Symbolically and narratively fitting to happen at the end of Wano."
"Everybody has a story... people started realizing that."
"As a viewer, the more time we spend looking at any element in the story, the more importance it develops in our minds."
"Batman is not Batman without Joker... that image is Batman coming to terms with that loss."
"Every single page was intentional, every character trait and piece of development was important to the overall plot and necessary to the arc."
"In Egghead, the Straw Hats represent freedom. They are now the ones who possess true freedom to do what they want, how they want."
"It was supposed to show how powerful Wanda has become."
"The final mention of the ark is not as destruction or theft."
"The stagger is such an important thing, it's the only unskippable cutscene in the game."
"Jinbe is literally one of the straw hats at this point he's a main character."
"Of course, all of these lore bits and relationships between the characters are contingent on it actually being canon."
"So in order that someone could one day achieve that, Joy Boy left behind a special gift, something that this person could use one day to connect the world together under the same sun: the One Piece."
"An anecdote is just a brief story or tale. It tells us something important about the subject matter at hand."
"It's essential in explaining a lot of what the rest of the series ties in later."
"I definitely think that the head doctor is like the big bad guy here."
"If Rogue One showed us the power of a lightsaber in a world without lightsabers this scene shows us the power of the Force."
"I think ultimately he did something sort of heroic that mattered."
"Superman should be the glue that holds the DC Universe together."
"Adversity should be seen as our friend... It's often the making of you."
"That is how an important character should die in one of these movies with a death that is meaningful not only to him in his arc but also to everybody around him."
"In the end, the devourer of Worlds will be the hero the Multiverse deserves."
"I'm so glad that that's the decision that they made because it made Zuko's arc worth that much more."
"Her being a nobody is the more powerful message."
"You cannot ignore this and overlook it. This is the most important question of any storyline."
"From the uncontrollable nightmares of his niece’s death to his aversion to recollectively evocative locations, trauma seems to be an important element that motivates much of the plot’s significance."
"The fact that stories have meaning is the essence of life itself."
"Without internal conflict, your plot is meaningless."
"Do not skip it, everything that Gundham says is immensely important."
"Stories in games can be just as emotionally investing as movies."
"Altair Ibn La'Ahad: Nothing is true, everything is permitted."
"Because Aaron Jaeger was born into this world."
"Best ending is where the players look back and everything has greater importance."
"Literally everything that you read means something, it attaches to their tread and says something about what they do in the world."
"They ground us, I think that may be the most important thing that they can do."
"Every scene every line of dialogue everything a character does has a set meaning and importance behind it there is hardly an ounce of fat anywhere to cut in this anime."
"I think five is going to end with him as important as one."
"These are modern myth, these are fairy tales, these are stories that you pass down generationally."
"Black Panther is just as much of a story arc that cuts through everything."
"If your memories were still intact, this would have been a much more emotional reconciliation."
"Roma was the only one who protected them even though he was literally by himself."
"He's only there for McQueen to put in the same situation as Doc Hudson."
"definitely the villain that has the most impact on Bond's personal life in either timeline."
"It's not about the ending. It's about all the individual moments throughout the course of the journey."
"If you kill him, Katniss, if you end all of this, all those deaths, they mean something."
"Don't you dare take away from me that he is the one that the prophecy was about."
"Dragonglass... it's gonna be a central point, people are going to want it."
"Ned's lack of disliking Rhaegar is incredibly telling."
"It meant a lot to the story going forward, very significant for sure."
"There's an emotional significance given to the story."
"Every single scene served an excellent purpose on top of also looking quite good."
"This money will be relevant at a certain point in the story."
"Stories ultimately are about survival."
"The teller of the story is just as important as the story itself."
"This chapter has to be in the top five most impactful moments of the series."
"Light Yagami is known for his famous laugh, something that is actually very deep in depth with his character."
"It's gonna contribute to these characters having more meaning later down the line too."
"It's really important I don't think a lot of people realize just how important it is to see a hero fail because that way the successes matter that much more."
"The world-building of Wakanda was a very solid deep message for everybody to look to and pay attention to."
"I would argue this is one of the items, a prop, that has had the biggest impact on its story."
"Harwin Strong is the only man Rhaenyra loved."
"Bakugo's death being here is very potent and powerful because it kind of rings a big message."
"This is what an event means something, stuff happens, change hearts and minds, empires."