I see it most in animanga, but it is everywhere in fiction, and sometimes in RL. The 'teach them a lesson'. The 'help them loosen up', or 'all in fun, nobody got hurt'--at least arguably. I've never been fond of them, even where its supposedly done for the target's own good. I think I've hit upon my problem at last, and I'll boil it down in the form of a question I'd like you to answer : Are such pranks, hoaxes, set-ups, ever as much fun for the targeted as they are for the planner?
I mean, even remotely. There's this idea in fiction I've read and watched that the targeted are supposed to laugh it off, and in fact even seem required by the script to do so. In RL, there seem to be consequences, like the school field trip where the teachers pretended to be armed gunmen. But in fiction, any character who actually is angered by this is sometimes chided even by other targets as being sore.
My take is obviously that its like a 90-10 bias for enjoyment for the planner, and always is. Since many times they are masters at this, the odds of them ever getting gotten in return are low, and anger or violence against them is treated as immature, no matter what they may have done. Your take?
I mean, even remotely. There's this idea in fiction I've read and watched that the targeted are supposed to laugh it off, and in fact even seem required by the script to do so. In RL, there seem to be consequences, like the school field trip where the teachers pretended to be armed gunmen. But in fiction, any character who actually is angered by this is sometimes chided even by other targets as being sore.
My take is obviously that its like a 90-10 bias for enjoyment for the planner, and always is. Since many times they are masters at this, the odds of them ever getting gotten in return are low, and anger or violence against them is treated as immature, no matter what they may have done. Your take?