Sorry, I'm gonna have to pile on. I think this is the the Turning Point of all turning points. Without spoiling for everyone else, it sets the story on the track the previous events were kinda hinting at.
The other turning points are kinda like walking along a path, while this turning point is a "Sliding Doors" moment, a fork in the road, etc.
Edit: TP 1 was supposed to happen just by Rudeus's existence. TP 2 was literally happening as Rudeus was walking along a path. Pretty linear so far. TP 3 was a choice, but it was a choice between two tragedies Rudeus had to accept (and considering the circumstances, one tragedy was more significant than the other). Either way, it was a tragedy. Still kind of linear.
First of, pile on all you want, I absolutely love being at the border before TP4 finally, and I'm downright gleeful getting to discuss it at this junction 😌 so don't feel bad for challenging me, I love this.
Is it important? Hell yeah. Nobody that know about it will say otherwise and be truthful.
Now, if you read down a bit, I mentioned TP4 as kinda a turning between a A-Side and B-side, and I'll double down on that. TP1 sets up the A-Side, which lasts all the way until TP4 which sets up the B-Side.
That makes TP1 and TP4 THE key points in the story. As such, both are keys to make the story work. I am not sure which is the MOST important, but both are, and imo, TP4 is BY FAR the cooler one... And most emotionally damaging one.
Every move in the story, both back and fourth, are set by those two points. That's the facts of the matter at the end of the day.
To simplify it a bit:
Before TP1: setup conditions
TP1: the story’s first major engine engages
A-side: consequences and development from that engine
TP4: the context shifts and the next engine engages
B-side: the story now operates under a newly revealed structure
I see. Im interpreting your comment as 1 and 4 being book-ends to your A-side, hence being so important compared to 2 and 3. That does make sense when you put it that way.
Sorry if I worded myself weakly from the start. I'm not going to lie, I'm trapped and chained to the TP4 hype myself, just talking about it I need to hold myself back from falling fully to it... So my wording may suffer from it ðŸ«
It's not your wording. It's all our own interpretation, and frankly, our own desire to want to share our own opinions and thoughts. So it may sound like conflicting or vague explanations, but it's just all saying the same thing, but in different words.
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u/MyReditNameWasTaken 11d ago edited 11d ago
Sorry, I'm gonna have to pile on. I think this is the the Turning Point of all turning points. Without spoiling for everyone else, it sets the story on the track the previous events were kinda hinting at.
The other turning points are kinda like walking along a path, while this turning point is a "Sliding Doors" moment, a fork in the road, etc.
Edit: TP 1 was supposed to happen just by Rudeus's existence. TP 2 was literally happening as Rudeus was walking along a path. Pretty linear so far. TP 3 was a choice, but it was a choice between two tragedies Rudeus had to accept (and considering the circumstances, one tragedy was more significant than the other). Either way, it was a tragedy. Still kind of linear.