The Tempted ARC

The Tempted ARC is where the PROT sees a bright shiny object, wants it, goes after it, and then realizes they chewed off more than they bargained for. It’s a mix of FOMO (fear of missing out) and FAFO (fuck around and find out). The thing they’re going after could be empty like popularity, wealth, power, a new high, an affair, or just the glitz and glamour of the big city.

After the “first taste”, the PROG gets caught in ever escalating situations that causes more harm, increases risk, asks more and more, costs more, puts them in more dangerous situations… and leads to disillusionment, disenchantment, and has the glaze of their eyes wiped off, the rose-tinted glasses shattered.

The Tempted ARC is typically a NEGATIVE ARC, a “cautionary tale” that teaches the audience that “not all that glitters is gold”. It is the monkey’s paw, the deal-with-the-devil, it’s hubris. PROT usually cheated, made a dirty pact, strayed, acted out-of-character, or something.

The Emotional Arc

alt. CMX: They don’t walk away or get away. They simply get crushed and destroyed by this world.

The Stakes

The Triangle(s)

Media

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Novels & Literature

Short Stories

Comic Runs/Arcs

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