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According to Gullible.info, "The World Modern English Conference says that there are only eight distinct story patterns from which all stories are written." I am really curious as to what they say the eight story patterns are. I tried to find it online but after half an hour I had no luck. If anyone knows where I can find such information I would probably crush on you hard.
Btw, this is my first post, but I often read the forums and am a huge gullible fan. I spout gullible facts to my friends as if I always knew them! Haha thanks for replies.
The story as old as time itself, "Boy meets girl, girl meets boy, they fall in love beneath the light of a silvery moon, which inexpicably explodes for no decernable reason." (Paraphrasing from _Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy_)
I can only remember four of them right now - Romance, Quest, Betrayal, and Moral Tale. I'll keep wracking my brain for the rest of them.
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Don't forget the "Three's Company misunderstanding." They worked that one week in, week out.
I believe that the "Three's Company misunderstanding" would explain the Old Testament story of Lot and his two daughters. Of course, it was just called incest back then.
Posted By: AtheneI can only remember four of them right now - Romance, Quest, Betrayal, and Moral Tale. I'll keep wracking my brain for the rest of them.
Don't forget Vengeance, which is a hybrid of the four listed above [although Romance not always included].
Might I point out Beauty and the Beast, which is a tale as old as time, a song as old as rhyme.
Posted By: Cody56Posted By: AtheneI can only remember four of them right now - Romance, Quest, Betrayal, and Moral Tale. I'll keep wracking my brain for the rest of them.
Don't forget Vengeance, which is a hybrid of the four listed above [although Romance not always included].
Thanks! I had indeed forgotten Vengeance. I also forgot Misinterpretation (the "Three's Company misunderstanding"). Thanks, Cody and Udo!
Posted By: UdoboyMight I point out Beauty and the Beast, which is a tale as old as time, a song as old as rhyme.
That is a classic example of the Romance pattern. It's also "true as it can be."
Only when Angela Lansbury sings it. Otherwise, I don't believe it.
It's good that we have so many gullible fans. We need more people like you =).
So we've got:
Romance
Quest
Betrayal
Moral Tale
Vengeance
Misinterpretation
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I'm out of the office today, so I can't get to the forms and look this up. What are the other two? I seem to remember that they're Conquest and Defeat, but don't quote me on that.
Yes, Conquest is one of them, but Defeat doesn't sound right. I keep pondering this over and over - it's keeping me up at night, singing "This is ponderous, man, reaaalll ponderous".
Ah yes. Conquest is often called by the French Tour de Force. Is Prophetic one of them?
I've got the form right here. You guys were right. The eight distinct story patterns are:
Romance
Quest
Betrayal
Moral Tale
Vengeance
Misinterpretation
Conquest
Prophesy
Whew! I'm so glad you found the form, Legat! That clears up a lot.
And thank goodness there is a form, right? Imagine this horror story: Gullible.info abandons the traditional ways of trivium and gets a "database". Then some sleepy janitor bumps the "database" with his broom and knocks some of the bips out of place. Then all of a sudden who knows what new ninth story pattern magically appears! This is why paper exists. Just goes to show that you can't trust anything on the internet. If it's on a computer there's a good chance it got some error in it just from sitting around and being bumped every once in a while. Would you go to a doctor if you knew that would happen to them? And yet people still trust their banking to these things???
Gullible.info is the number one factoid destination, and our forms are just one of the reasons why.
Posted By: TaedI believe that the "Three's Company misunderstanding" would explain the Old Testament story of Lot and his two daughters. Of course, it was just called incest back then.
Posted By: King DavidFather and daughter, mother and son, but never brother and sister. Keeps the blood lines pure according to dog breeders. I assume that applies to all mammmals. Btw, I am not an incest advocator.
Maybe you should've called yourself King Oedipus.
I would rather send a man to his death to steal his wife than kill my father to marry my mother.
Well that's what Oedipus probably wanted too, but we can't get everything we want now can we?
I'd do neither.
"I'll take 'Sex with my Mother' for $400, Alex."
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