1. La Definición Clásica y la Necesidad Narrativa.
El principio de la Pistola de Chéjov establece que cualquier elemento significativo introducido en una historia debe ser relevante y utilizado posteriormente, evitando detalles superfluos que distraigan al lector o espectador.
- Chekhovs gun is a well known principle in storytelling named for anton chekhovs observations. If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise dont put it there.
- Chekhov if in act i you have hung a gun on the wall, then in act ii it should be fired. One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isnt going to go off. America is now in act ii.
- The point of chekhovs gun is that it has to go off. Its the introduction of an important piece intricately describe that will at the climax of the piece fire.
2. Aplicaciones Metáforicas y la Extensión del Concepto.
El concepto se aplica a menudo a elementos no literales o abstractos, como secretos, miedos, o incluso objetos cotidianos que adquieren una importancia crucial en el desarrollo de la trama.
- These dont have to be literal guns, of course, and in fact, they dont have to be physical objects at all. A powerful chekhovs gun could be a characters secret that we sense will inevitably spill out a characters fear that will be tested in some way.
- Chekhovs gun but for kinks. If a character has a kink of theirs revealed, at some point they must be shown doing that kink.
- The chekhovs gun of exurban america is a busted tension strap in the middle of a two-lane highway.
- I like how spiked fences are chekovs gun in a movie, and if you see on you just know someone is going to get impaled.
3. Subversión y Conceptos Opuestos.
Los escritores a menudo juegan con las expectativas del público, introduciendo conceptos como el "Anti-Gun de Chéjov" o el "Reverse Chekhov's Gun", donde un elemento introducido no se dispara o se utiliza de manera inesperada para resolver un problema posterior.
- Whats the opposite of a chekovs gun?
- Its basically chekhovs anti-gun. Every sign points at it eventually being fired, but then it just isnt.
- Writing is like a reverse chekovs gun situation tho. Accidentally writing yourself into a corner and realizing like omg thank fuck i mentioned that gun offhandedly earlier!
- I love me a good, subtle chekovs gun im a story but im looking back at mine like because its basically chekovs armory and no one knows which gun is real and when it will go off.
4. Confusiones y Referencias Culturales Relacionadas.
La popularidad del principio ha llevado a su mezcla con otras teorías y referencias culturales, a menudo con resultados humorísticos o la creación de nuevos términos.
- Biboo confusing chekovs gun with pavlovs dog and saying pavlovs gun has such wonderful implications. For some reason, every time pavlov shot his gun, the study participants started salivating.
- The other day, one of my kids accidentally made a reference to pavlovs gun, and now im spending a lot of time wondering abut chekhovs dogs.
- They really should call it ibsens gun--where do people think chekov learned it from?
- Chekhovs medical tricorder is when you introduce something incongruous because you need it to pay off straight away. Startrek generations trekculture.