I like comedy, specially mixed into other genres. That said, I think that I get what you’re saying: comedy being added as an afterthought, as relief to something that would be otherwise serious. For example, an otherwise competent character acting idiotically OOC just to deliver a pun; I don’t like this either, if you’re going to add comedy then integrate it properly into the rest of the work.
I like comedy, specially mixed into other genres. That said, I think that I get what you’re saying: comedy being added as an afterthought, as relief to something that would be otherwise serious. For example, an otherwise competent character acting idiotically OOC just to deliver a pun; I don’t like this either, if you’re going to add comedy then integrate it properly into the rest of the work.
does OOC mean out of control or is it something else?
Out of character. For example, if a character is shown as kind through the whole series, and then you see them kicking a dog, that dog-kicking is OOC.
It’s often used for poorly made comedy: pick someone smart and make them act really dumb.
Ah gotcha