Gene Siskel was fond of a movie cliche he called "The Climbing Killer Syndrome." This described the mysterious compulsion that forces killers to flee upwards instead of sideways.
Jay: If I were that lady, I'd be like, 'Those two are fighting each other. Imma get outta here now. I got out of the temple, I'm off.'
Rich: Well, to be fair, she knows that that thing has to die, or the aliens might be trapped in Antarctica where they can't hurt the rest of humanity.
Rich: Well, to be fair, she knows that that thing has to die, or the aliens might be trapped in Antarctica where they can't hurt the rest of humanity.
— Half in the Bag, Alien vs. Predator rifftrack
"And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper piece harlot."
But there'd be no story without all this dissension
So Inflict this conflict with the utmost of intentions''
So Inflict this conflict with the utmost of intentions''
—Relient K - Devastation and Reform
...It forced him to look at his life and choices, which was an unpleasant experience he does not wish to repeat. (Narrative causality says he will.)
— Production notes for the Homestuck fic Ancestor Summoning
There befell, in fact, one of those disasters, half inevitable and half accidental, which periodically descended on the First Men, as though by the express will of some divinity who cared more for the excellence of his dramatic creation than for the sentient puppets which he had conceived for its enacting.
