It’s Not a Plot Hole, It’s Foreshadowing
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It’s Not a Plot Hole, It’s Just Something That They Opted Not to Spoon-feed You Because It Would Be Obvious If You Thought About It For 20 Seconds
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It May Be a Plot Hole, But It Still Works In Terms of the Story’s Themes and Character Logic
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Okay, It Is a Plot Hole, What Are You Going to Do, Cry about It?
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All Works of Fiction Represent Constructed Realities and by Demanding a Lack of Plot Holes, You Are Improperly Importing the Rules of Objective Reality into a Subjective Creation that Must Be Judged Primarily on Its Aesthetic Merits
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Dude, Just Come-up With a Headcanon Like A Normal Human Being
You could tell someone a non fiction story from history like it’s just a work of fiction and they would find plot holes in it, it’s inevitable no matter how well written something can be
i remember in steven universe people kept calling things plotholes when they really werent plotholes. The orb on the moon. The fact that ruby claimed pink diamond was shattered with roses sword. They called these things plotholes despite it was clearly just forshadowing for future episodes. Half the time plotholes arent plotholes, yall are just impatient and want instant conclusion to plotlines