A dramatic principle that states that a prominently featured object, character or plot hook must always end up being irrelevant and go absolutely nowhere, because pointlessly subverting people's expectations is the height of storytelling genius.
"I guess the author kind of forgot about all that massive foreshadowing they did back in Act 1.."
"Nah. It was probably an example of Benioff's Gun..."
"Nah. It was probably an example of Benioff's Gun..."
by Streetad July 27, 2021