Coltan Scrivner

So prey animals take a mouse.

A mouse is never going to fight back against a cat or squirrel or something right against a dog unless it's cornered.

It's like a last resort kind of thing.

And that's what you see in horror movies, too.

You see that it's mostly the antagonist chasing the protagonist for 80 of the 90 minutes.

And then in the last 10 minutes, usually the protagonist gets trapped.

like a squirrel or a rat might, and it's forced to fight back and it's forced to get creative.

And usually a hero finds some kind of weakness in the antagonist or they suddenly get allies who come in and that's how they defeat them.

But it's not because they're more formidable.

It's not because they're smarter.

It's not because any of that.

It's usually like luck or they get allies that come in at the last minute.

For sure.

Bigger is stronger, right?

So whoever can handle that must be bigger and stronger.

And you see that in the animal kingdom, right?

You get these ritualistic fights, right?

The classic example people could probably think of are two gorillas like standing up and beating their chest.

You get a lot of examples of these ritualistic fights.

And the reason animals do that is because it's cheaper than getting into a real fight.