Does this sound familiar? A television series’ character, most likely a fan favorite, finds himself cornered. By what? The undead, a dozen or so enemy soldiers, a brutal serial killer … it doesn’t ...

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A Stephen King show that returns in 2026 comes off as the perfect Stranger Things replacement, but it has far higher stakes and a lot less plot armor.

Shonen anime series like JoJo's Bizarre Adventurearen't afraid to give their best characters some serious help from the plot. When a character has plot armor, the story itself will twist and bend to ...

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Plot armor is a fascinating and essential concept in gaming. Video game characters must go through unsurvivable circumstances and come out on top to grow their legend and make them iconic. Though plot ...