Thread:Topdarlingwh/@comment-8161155-20150924221101/@comment-8161155-20150925233339

This is my criteria for a character revelation:

1. It has to be significant to how we see the character (So not "Stan likes bacon")

2. It has to be something that still affects the character now, not just something that happened in the past. (So "Soos was once duct taped to the ceiling" doesn't cut it because this doesn't still affect him; it happened and now it's over. However, "Stan has a burn mark on his shoulder" is a revelation because we can still see the burn mark now, and he is very secretive about it)

3. It has to be something that we did not already suspect about the character. (Like my example above, Stan having shoulder hair is not a revelation because we have seen that he is very hairy. If it was revealed that Mabel had shoulder hair that would be a revelation because she has not been shown to be hairy and it is not common for 12 year olds to have shoulder hair.)

The Stan having thought about being a comedian thing does not fit criteria 1 just because he never said anything about how much he considered it. I'm sure everyone has considered it to some extent. If it was revealed that he seriously considered it then it would be a revelation, but until more is revealed we can't assume it was anything more than a thought from time to time. Also, seeing as he was just trying to impress Darlene, he very well could be lying.