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		XorNot on June 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months (2020... No, but the why is. It's worthwhile being very careful taking fiction books as a depiction of how peoples minds work, because they're just plainly not - they're a depiction of how a very small subset (authors who publish books) think peoples minds work.

NateEag on June 3, 2021 [–]

Smaller than that - each author's mind is unique.

Any piece of fiction should be considered on its own for whether its characters are plausible and consistent.

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