1 | ->'''Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale):''' So, Kristen, there must be something really special about you for Creator/{{Robert|Pattinson}} to take such a liking to you and risk the lives of his entire family. Tell us about yourself.\ |
2 | '''Creator/KristenStewart (Bella Swan):''' Me? Oh, no. I'm just a hollow placeholder for all of the teenage girls in the audience to project their personalities onto. I have none of my own whatsoever. |
3 | -->-- ''Film/{{Twilight}}: [[http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight.html The Abridged Script]]'' |
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5 | The audience surrogate is often present to help the audience identify with a character within the work. The immersion supports the SuspensionOfDisbelief, and the audience feels a strong sympathy to those characters, often facilitating a ProtagonistCenteredMorality. To create an audience surrogate, several techniques are available: |
6 | # The character is responsible for [[PointOfView providing the audience with the story]]. |
7 | # The character [[TheWatson asks questions of the other characters to clarify their thoughts]]. |
8 | # The character [[MetaGuy says things the audience would say]]. |
9 | # A character who the audience (or the children in the audience) doesn't just sympathize with, but are supposed to actively see themselves as -- by desire, by default, or by author inference. |
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11 | '''This trope is about the last one, as the other three have tropes of their own.''' |
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13 | See also CreatorViewerReactionsIndex, which covers opinions the creator can have about the audience, as well as adjacent concepts. |
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15 | This trope is broad enough, several subtropes have evolved from more specific usage: |
16 | * AscendedFanboy: |
17 | * TheEveryman: |
18 | * GreekChorus: |
19 | * HeroicMime: videogames pretend you get to write your dialogue. |
20 | * LeadYouCanRelateTo: The PointOfView character is supposed to share many traits with the audience. |
21 | * ThisLoserIsYou: A negative view of the assumed audience. |
22 | * UnfazedEveryman: |
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24 | This trope is also related to EscapistCharacter and OtakuSurrogate. |
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