Story Elements
Why do I like what I like?
| element | as seen on |
|---|---|
| Coming of age | |
| Learning to do something | montage - dirty dancing, footloose, karate kid |
| Transformation summer | biggest klutz in 5th grade, keeping the moon |
| Misunderstood enemy/threat | the beast in sandlot |
| Enemies to friends - esp when women are pitted against one another and end up on the same team | legally blonde |
| Deep mythology with generational ties | holes, secret garden |
| Friendship friendship friendship | |
| Dancing | Dirty Dancing and Footloose obvi |
| Swimming | ?? no memory of what i was thinking of |
| Growing things/szn changes | Gilmore girls, Anne, secret garden |
| Singing | |
| Someone closed off learns to open up/soften | |
| Band of misfits goes on an adventure | Firefly, Becky Chambers |
| Chosen fam | Somebody Somewhere |
| Music / clothes from another time | |
| Magic in the everyday / subtle magic | |
| Bottle episodes - ppl thrown together who wouldn't otherwise be |