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To preface I have no education even near either film or psychology and am purely playing armchair expert here 
While often used as tool to increase tension and maybe prolong the moment to let the audience digest the gravity of the situation I wouldn't call it a wholly unnatural behaviour.
Like deer in headlights I know I've more than once frozen up in moments of sudden danger so it is a thing.
Though I'd expect people prone to danger, like fictional seasoned adventurers, would have trained themselves to overcome the "freeze" reaction in favour of actually moving out of harms way.
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Quote: often used as tool to increase tension and maybe prolong the moment to let the audience digest the gravity of the situation
Does it also explain why women never come to the point?
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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What gets me in these situations is when it's a "time to run away, fast" situation and the cast just stand around talking about how urgently they should take that action rather than actually running away and talking about it later in the pub.
Another is when the hero is going to hold off the bad guys while the target/victim gets away. Said target always stands around saying things for several seconds (at least) instead of running away immediately - as a result the hero's actions are often wasted or made more difficult. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Have often heard that anger is a manifestation of unfulfilled desires. Is it that these characters have a number of such unfulfilled desires so that anger comes naturally to them?
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I happen to know something about anger . It is in fact deciding that another is less than human so they are treated in an inhuman way .
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mmm.. perhaps...
The author did reply to my comment saying there justification to come.
I fear the author is just a young writer. While promising, his character writing could be improved...
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May I say my two cents re/ psychology of fictional characters in particular as I see on TV shows e.g. "The Good Doctor" and many others. It is inevitable whilst a character in some difficulty a social compatriot will state "I'm here for you." I have absolutely no idea what that means. I am always irritated upon such . As for anger I also agree it occurs easily e.g. for TV characters . I assume writers insist on it for "drama" which also always irritates me as I enjoying nothing more then characters behaving in a logical manner which unfortunately does not occur too often . -Cheerio
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A like minded soul it seems... a beer for you! 
At the risk of sounding old and curmudgeonly, I fear the quality of our TV shows and movie might have gone down over time... which in turn affect young writers. Though there is more variety of skill to be found in literature.
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I fail to understand the question...
You never saw (nor heard of) people, of any age, or origin, lash out?
You have no people imprisoned in your country, for unpremeditated violence?
And anyway... would there be any novel left, without that anger?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Anger is understandable.. 3 books in a row with characters excessively angry, less so...
In fact, check it out for yourself if you want, the story is quite interesting, I just grew to dislike the main character for reason that might not affect you...
Awakening The Angel System (LITRPG): S1 The Great Escape | Royal Road
modified 10-Jan-23 14:43pm.
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I can no more imagine what you are reading than I can imagine how you experience it.
cheers, Bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Super Lloyd wrote: better than imagining it, you could simply read for yourself!
The web is saturated with self-published books of all types, many novels so poorly written they can be called "penny dreadfuls," the kind of sensationalized low-fi novels for the working classes in England available dirt cheap om rag paper,
I read literature by authors of major stature, like winners of the Nobel, Pulitzer, Booker, prizes, and books about consciousness, evolution, neurology, archaeology.
Impaired vision and my own literary/technical activities limit my time for going off the rails on the web to visit the catacombs where the self-published stuff fills the caves.
But, that's just me: whatever you enjoy and find entertain or meaningful is great,
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Oh well... perhaps this link will serve someone else looking for a free read then, lots of free novel on Royal Road!
And no pressure, good to know literary entertainment is plentiful for you! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: prompt to anger and lash out first then, perhaps, think. Also generally having an angry mood.
Intermittent explosive disorder. One that I found.
Super Lloyd wrote: alternatively sometimes somewhat absent minded going so far as staring blankly at an impending doom aiming right at them
Extreme depression. They want to die and just have not acted on it.
I have seen criticism of the way in which disorders are defined in that the criteria are almost always subjective.
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I guess it's just me overreacting. This kind of thing happen occasionally, I guess. This is not the kind of protagonist I am interested in though. And I have seen that in a few novels, to compound my disappointment.
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Super Lloyd wrote: Am I unnaturally calm? or are American always angry (I suspect they are, I have something against American to be honest)?
You're not calm at all. You're just clearly not in touch with your anger. It's more passive aggressive. I mean, props for honesty I guess, but we all know if an American said they had something against all Europeans, etc. we'd be considered racist, prejudiced, etc.
Jeremy Falcon
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So I am angry but you are prejudiced? Why couldn't I also be prejudiced but not particularly angry, like you are instead, hey?
I am thousands of kilometers from America. I am more sad for them than anything else, their society seems rife with internal conflict.
Anyway whatever, not really addressing my question here, are you?! 
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I don't take posts seriously that show blatant passive-aggressive hostility, while pretending to be calm. And the vast, vast majority of chats I've had with folks on CP has convinced me this is not the place for deep, intellectual, introspective type discussions. Most devs are not mature in the slightest you see, and the hallmark trait of maturity is introspection.
Jeremy Falcon
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mm.. if I understand your reaction, you don't care about my post but are still upset by my prejudice?
well, since I am sure you don't really care that much about my prejudice anyway, I hope my worthless apology would suffice to cheer you up then?
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: And the vast, vast majority of chats I've had with folks on CP has convinced me this is not the place for deep, intellectual, introspective type discussions.
Versus which site where they do that?
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Unfortunately, none of them. 
Jeremy Falcon
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That's why we call them "fiction books". Because they are full of fictional characters. Exaggerated emotions. Artificially crafted situations. Made up conflicts. They are not mirroring the reality.
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Sure... but the best authors have the most believable and compelling psychology for their characters.
Meanwhile aspiring author aim to recreate this magic as well, at least I hope.
However, these misguided and common failed attempt at it leave me confused. Is my psychology wrong? Are some common literary trope both too common and too bad for good literature to thrive? Such are the thing I wonder about...
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