History Main / ArtisticLicense

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->''See, Dad doesn't think the decompression would tear open a hole that big in such a small plane, but obviously Dr. [=McNinja=] lives in a world that operates like a MortalKombat stage.''
-->-- '''Chris Hastings''', ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 Ch 14, p 17]] AltText

->''See, Dad doesn't think the decompression would tear open a hole that big in such a small plane, but obviously Dr. [=McNinja=] lives in a world that operates like a MortalKombat stage.''\\
-- '''Chris Hastings''', ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 Ch 14, p 17]] AltText

It's about putting the story first.

* [[{{Ptitleuvmtqrxe}} Bellisario's Maxim]]: ArtisticLicense as applied to fantastical elements of a syndicated television series, or "We're making a TV show! We don't have the money to have every bit of dust waft through the intangible hologram! Please try to relax and enjoy the story!"

In a nutshell, the writer is aware that some parts of the show are inaccurate. The history is wrong, or the science is off, or something else. Usually, it's assumed the writer DidNotDoTheResearch. But sometimes they did. Often they know that what they are writing is off, and wrote it anyway.

-->''See, Dad doesn't think the decompression would tear open a hole that big in such a small plane, but obviously Dr. McNinja lives in a world that operates like a MortalKombat stage.''\\
-- '''Chris Hastings''', ''TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 Ch 14, p 17]] AltText

-- '''The AltText of [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 this]] ''DrMcNinja'' comic.'''

Telling a good story is what is most important in fiction. If some things have to be fudged for the sake of a good story, then they will be fudged. If things have to be sped up to stay interesting, they will be. These are changes to ensure EmotionalTorque.

** [[MoffsLaw Moff's Law]]: ArtisticLicense as applied to fantastical elements of a multi-million-dollar film, or "You had enough tima and money to make flying CGI mountain ranges! You couldn't spare any for the scriptwriters?

* [[{{Ptitleuvmtqrxe}} Bellisario's Maxim]] (ArtisticLicense as applied to fantastical elements of a series)

* InexplicablyTailless

* HollywoodScience

* BellisariosMaxim (ArtisticLicense as applied to fantastical elements of a series)

-- The AltText of [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 this]] DrMcNinja comic.

->''See, Dad doesn't think the decompression would tear open a hole that big in such a small plane, but obviously Dr. McNinja lives in a world that operates like a MortalKombat stage.''
-->--The AltText of [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 this]] DrMcNinja comic.

->''The story is more important than the research.''
-->A lot of people who argue this trope.

''The story is more important than the research.''

Yet this is a double edged sword. For the license to work, the story has to be good. A bad story will often look worse for its inaccuracies. There isn't a complete consensus, however, about which stories are on the wrong side of SturgeonsLaw.

The license also doesn't allow ''every'' kind of inaccuracy. People still expect characters to be consistent; this cannot be used to excuse CharacterDerailment or ContrivedStupidityTropes. It also doesn't excuse [[DanBrowned false claims of accuracy]]. it will allow violations of ExternalConsistency, and sometimes GenreConsistency, but usually not InternalConsistency.

In a nutshell, the writer is aware that some parts of the show are inaccurate. The history is wrong, or the science is off, or something else. Usually it's assumed the writer DidNotDoTheResearch. This is not always the case. Often they know damn well what they are writing is off. It's about putting the story first.

Telling a good story is what is most important in fiction. If some things have to be fudged for the sake of that, it happens. There are often times many stories that are great, but if told in its entirety would result in a boring book or movie. These are changes to ensure the use of EmotionalTorque.

Yet this can be a double edged sword. Since the story has to actually be good, a bad story will often look even worse for its inaccuracies. Of course [[YourMileageMayVary which stories are good and which aren't vary among people]].

This also doesn't allow just ''any'' kind of inaccuracy. People still expect characters to be consistent, so this cannot be used to excuse CharacterDerailment and ContrivedStupidityTropes. It also doesn't excuse [[DanBrowned claims of accuracy when the story really isn't]]. A violation of ExternalConsistency (or sometimes GenreConsistency) but generally not InternalConsistency.

About as old as fiction itself.