by botgirl questi

hey can i share a mind-blowing realization i had

today?

sure. What's

up?

you're familiar with

the concept of breaking the fourth wall,

right?

uh huh. it's when you interrupt

an audience's suspension of disbelief

by disrupting their immersion in a narrative work, such as a play, a

movie or even a comic.

hey can i share a mind-blowing realization i had

today?

sure. What's

up?

you're familiar with

the concept of breaking the fourth wall,

right?

uh huh. it's when you interrupt

an audience's suspension of disbelief

by disrupting their immersion in a narrative work, such as a play, a

movie or even a comic.

until the fourth wall comes

down and we wake up from our temporary amnesia.

That's right! in a way, getting

lost in a story is like being immersed in a virtual world. you start off quite

aware that you're sitting in a chair and viewing a screen or a

page. but in a matter of moments you can almost

completely lose awareness of your body

in the physical environment.

I've always thought

of the fourth wall as being a barrier

between two worlds:

an imagined world of fiction;

until the fourth wall comes

down and we wake up from our temporary amnesia.

That's right! in a way, getting

lost in a story is like being immersed in a virtual world. you start off quite

aware that you're sitting in a chair and viewing a screen or a

page. but in a matter of moments you can almost

completely lose awareness of your body

in the physical environment.

I've always thought

of the fourth wall as being a barrier

between two worlds:

an imagined world of fiction;

and a physical reality.

hey, look at all those

people out there! I totally forgot

that i was a fictional

character.

that's right. i just broke the fourth wall by calling your

attention to the audience.

now here's where my

crazy new insight comes in.

and a physical reality.

hey, look at all those

people out there! I totally forgot

that i was a fictional

character.

that's right. i just broke the fourth wall by calling your

attention to the audience.

now here's where my

crazy new insight comes in.

is everyone ready?

there's more than one fourth

wall!

is everyone ready?

there's more than one fourth

wall!

in fact, i believe there are an infinite

number of fourth walls we can

discover.

pretty cool, huh?

in fact, i believe there are an infinite

number of fourth walls we can

discover.

pretty cool, huh?

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