"And then everyone clapped" moments

[Zinless]

Have you ever encountered an "And then everyone clapped" moment in stories? As in, moments where the author's self-insert power fantasy is not so subtle... where it's clear the scene is just the author's adaptation of their shower thoughts/revenge fantasies. I know it's the core of many stories, but sometimes the author just doesn't try to hide their spite, you know?

 

[Racosharko]

Have you ever encountered an "And then everyone clapped" moment in stories? As in, moments where the author's self-insert power fantasy is not so subtle... where it's clear the scene is just the author's adaptation of their shower thoughts/revenge fantasies. I know it's the core of many stories, but sometimes the author just doesn't try to hide their spite, you know?

Do you have an example?

 

[laccoff_mawning]

You mean like... the entirety of wise man's grandson? Or whatever that story was called...

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Occasionally I catch myself writing scenes like that and USUALLY stop myself or tweak them a bit.... usually. Don't recall running into one elsewhere (unless facetious posts to Facebook count - then I could find two accounts rife with them in about fifteen minutes of searching old posts), unless it obviously was done as a self-referential joke (recall seeing this done well exactly once and attempted one other time but don't recall where; was a few years ago).