# The Good, the Bad and the Handoff

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**Category:** Dramatica Theory\
**Created:** [August 16, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-handoff/4066 "2025-08-16T12:07:56Z")\
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I’m pretty sure it’s in the original Dramatica theory book, it’s been like that since ‘95. 😊 The searches you’re doing are gathering up the totality of discussion on the matter, and most of that discussion revolves around looking at the Main Character Throughline to help assess Story Judgment–because that’s typically the easiest way.

A quick search of the discussions here for `story judgment audience` bring up this treasure from 2017:

> [@Blade Runner 2049, storyform thoughts? \[SPOILER ALERT\]](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/blade-runner-2049-storyform-thoughts-spoiler-alert/1268/21):
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> It’s been part of the theory since the very beginning - it’s why you find it under Plot Dynamics, not Character Dynamics. It’s why it is called Story Judgment and not Main Character Judgment. The theory book is not perfect in its description of every single story point. Occasionally they took shortcuts in an effort to help explain certain story points. The shortcut for this is whether or not the MC resolves their personal problems as that is the closest connection an Author has emotionally with…

We’ll look into how we can make this more apparent to Narrova going forward.

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