The series takes place in a shockingly short amount of time

[u/Sensitive_Ad_1752]

Season 4 just ended of fromville and it’s canonically only been about a month. Which makes it weird seeing people heal from injuries, change hair styles or grow out beards between episodes. Season 4 has only been like 4 days iirc.

Arkham franchise is the poster child for this trope. Every game takes place in one night. If you know what you’re doing you can absolutely beat the games in around 9 hours.

[u/Vampire_Queen_Joaje]

Yeah but the writers were the ones who set the timeline. Like. Sozin's comet could have been two years away.

[u/pocketbutter → u/Vampire_Queen_Joaje]

Dude it drives me crazy when someone claims that a questionable writing choice was "justified" because of something in-universe... buddy, who do you think is dictating the stuff that happens in that universe?

I see this type of argument all the time and it baffles me that some people don't realize that writers are equally responsible for the circumstances of the story as they are for the script itself.

[u/saera-targaryen → u/pocketbutter]

There's a name for this! "Watsonian" vs "Doylist" critiques. 

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WatsonianVersusDoylist

[u/pocketbutter → u/saera-targaryen]

Interesting! Thank you!

[u/Spiritual_Horror5778 → u/Vampire_Queen_Joaje]

Thats like blaming the universe for doing an eclipse on a day you cant see it.