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Fighteer
MOD
(Time Abyss)
13th Oct, 2018 05:51:43 AM
You are generally correct. Narm is another one of those terminally misused concepts that we fight a rearguard action to keep clean.
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I've been running into a problem with multiple misuses of narm. However I wanted to double check just in case I'm the one who is misunderstanding the trope. Narm is only applicable when a scene or moment is unintentionally funny or cheesy right? It's all about what the creator intended. If they wanted a funny thing to happen during a serious scene it can be considered mood wiplash or even big lipped alligator moment but not narm. And people getting over their sadness in less than three minutes is angst what angst or mood wiplash not narm, right?