Quote Originally Posted by Nixxe View Post
It's not intended to. It's intended to contradict your claim that the only legitimate storytelling is storytelling that allows you to be passively spoonfed without having to mentally engage with the material.
What do you think you're doing when you are being told a story visually or audibly? It's a passive thing. Did you know some people have a hard time mentally engaging with a cutscene or a dialog box where they're forced to listen/watch/read so they tend to skip it?