I watched a movie where a wizard bound souls to puppets and then those puppets killed the people that helped him learn how to bind souls to puppets.
Is that one of the 12?
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theneverfox@pawb.social 3 days ago
It’s kinda true, but incomplete. There’s twelve stories that we’ve told each other since antiquity
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 days ago
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 days ago
Unironically, yes. Creations turning against their creators, classic. The wizard was probably set up as the personalization of some force or ideal, like a Greek god
And let me guess… This led events that set up some kind of call to adventure for a hero, who initially ignores the warning signs until something bad happens, then he goes on a journey through a wider world than he could ever have imagined, and after defeating the villain and/or ending the threat he returns home changed?
That’s a total shot in the dark, I have no idea what movie you’re talking about, but in modern storytelling we usually have an A and B plot. And the heroes journey is by far the most common story in media
How close was I? And what’s the movie?
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It is the puppet master and starting from the first scene almost everyone is murdered by puppets. No hero, no journey. Just a fun little ride for the viewer.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes.
DownByLaw@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
No, you seem to be relying on old data and are wrong. Newest estimate is that there are ~15.83 stories that we’ve told each other since antiquity
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s a different number every time. All it really means is that people really like categorizing things.
Denjin@feddit.uk 3 days ago
There’s only one story we’ve been telling each other since antiquity and it’s that we only tell each other X stories to each other since antiquity.
Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There are only 2400 stories…
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 days ago
I always say it’s about 12…