In one sense all events in a story are there for the author's convenience, aren't they; and all are the result of the author's shoving and pushing? It's a nice question as to when or how that fact becomes distractingly obtrusive, though. For me, the key flags are inconsistency in terms either of external fact or internal motivation, or implausibility in terms of the fictional world - none of which is I think present in this case. Sketchiness is far less important, if the reader can fill in the blanks, because Man is a Blank-filling Animal. But there must be a minimum sketchiness threshold nevertheless, which in this case was crossed for you but not me.
Kyoko is my second-favourite too, though Homura is not my first. Homura is many people's, though, and the central character of the sequel movie, Rebellion, which - though I'm much more ambivalent about it - is certainly well worth watching for what they do with her alone (and for the gorgeous animation).
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Date: 2014-11-16 05:01 pm (UTC)Kyoko is my second-favourite too, though Homura is not my first. Homura is many people's, though, and the central character of the sequel movie, Rebellion, which - though I'm much more ambivalent about it - is certainly well worth watching for what they do with her alone (and for the gorgeous animation).