The dialogue exchange you refer to was actually written by my co-writer.
And I just wanted to have Wogglebug shed his first tears in a way that was prevalent to who he is and in a way that enabled him and Sylvie to relate to each other. If I didn't have him cry in this moment or even have those three animal-headed bullies in at all, how else could I have him shed his first tears?
If you’re asking this seriously then this is further evidence that you are an absolutely shit writer.
-If Wogglebug is as intelligent as he claims, he would still fucking know what tears are even if he’s never cried himself. It would make more sense for him to just start to cry, have Sylvie say “oh no, Mr. Wogglebug, are you crying?” and Wogglebug say something like “I suppose I am. I’ve never experienced it myself, and though I know through my education that tears are brought on by sadness, I never imagined it could hurt so much.” Or something. Instead of “wHaT iS tHiS wAtEr CoMiNg FrOm My EyEs????”—it’s obvious you’re trying to make him sound endearing because “daww, he doesn’t know what common everyday things are” is a trope used a lot when non-human characters interact with human ones, but it doesn’t work with Wogglebug because his whole fucking thing is supposed to be how smart he is.
-There is literally no emotion or direction whatsoever to this crying scene; the audience doesn’t have time to feel anything, it just
happens and then we cut to the next scene. There’s no emphasis that this is the first time he’s ever felt sadness. It’s dry and boring just like the rest of this nightmare festival of apathy you call a “movie”. You do know making a movie requires things like giving your voice actors direction and using the proper camera angles to get the emotions and message across and not just taking a script and dryly translating it to bland visuals and one-take voice overs, right?
That was sarcasm, the evidence the answer is “no” is right here in this thread.
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