i think nearly everyone is aware that the word gaslighting has been used improperly online ever since it became popular.
anyway this meme implies that you slyly try to convince them that their guess is wrong and plant doubt in their mind so that the movie's twist will still hold up. i still agree gaslighting isn't the proper word to use.
My wife went to school for English lit and is a professional writer. I cannot get a plot twist past her notice. It sucks so much. There was a video game that featured a serial killer (no spoilers, so no title) and I NEVER would have guessed who it was. I played it and I was shocked at the twist. Then I had my wife play it and in the first five minutes of the game she was like “That man is evil and I don’t trust him” and I was like WTF!!! He’s like nice and friendly and stuff. How the fuck does she do it. I spent hours having to gaslight her about how correct her prediction was. She also always knows when someone is going to die. I have to tell her not to comment predictions about movies because she’s correct at least 70% of the time.
