You’ve seen it so many times. A movie character finds themselves in a deadly situation. It’s almost impossible for them to come out alive. But somehow, they do.When you watch these films, do you ever wonder how these heroes wake up to see another day? Well, it’s because they are covered by an invisible shield called plot armor.Plot armors are loved, hated, and debated. You want these characters to survive, but you also wonder how they aren’t dead. Well, when it comes to plot armor, there’s not much we can do. Just imagine the writer saying, “This guy will die when I want him to!”Now, let’s take a deep look at plot armor with some popular movie examples.So, What Exactly Is Plot Armor?Well, as we’ve loosely discussed, consider plot armor to be a protective narrative shield around a key movie character. It is an armor that saves them from virtually anything. Overwhelming dangers attack them from all sides, but they come out on top, all thanks to plot armor.Typically, plot armor is used by writers to make their central characters reach the end of their arcs or to fulfill their narrative purpose. Your hero can’t kill the villain at the end of the movie if he himself is murdered by a bunch of goons, somewhere in the middle. Now, that bunch of goons may be required to keep the plot moving forward, and plot armor is used to keep the hero alive and ready to fulfill his ultimate purpose.Some characters...
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