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storyboard writer: ok so how about this, a character trips over a table during a chase scene, but the table has a vase on it, and the character has their arms stretched out and the vase falls perfectly into their hands, they say phew with their upper eyelids lowered a bit
animator: this is the eighteenth time you’ve said this to me
storyboard writer: that’s how great of an idea it is and how original it is







How about we replace the vase with a very sharp knife where it stabs directly into the characters hands pinning them down and they will scream painfully trying to pull the knife out with both hands pinned down while the chaser behind them slowly catch up.
finally, a realistic scenario