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@bigjohngolfs TELLING @stoolpresidente THE LORE OF BIG JOHN 👀 😂 ALL HEART ❤️ ALL FOG 🌫️
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- Length · 27 Oct 2026
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Telling personal lore over gameplayfrom @bigjohngolfs
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Overview
The creator, while playing a round of golf shown through gameplay footage, answers a question about his skill level by recounting his personal "lore." He explains his journey from attending a golf academy as a teenager with D1 aspirations, to getting sidetracked by partying, failing out of community college and then Michigan State, working construction, and eventually finding his way back to golf.
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Simple outline
- 1Establish high-level skill
- 2Recount a series of failures
- 3Describe hitting a low point
- 4State the return to passion
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Classification
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook
POV TELLING DAVE THE LORE OF BIG JOHN GOLFS
Verbal hook
You're a scratch, Sean?
Visual hook
A wide shot of a golf course with a white ball flight tracker graphic arcing high into the sky, paired with a picture-in-picture inset video of the players.
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Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
An external character poses a direct question about the protagonist's current high status or skill, prompting them to explain 'how they got here.'
Payoff
The protagonist concludes by stating their return to their original passion, ending with a simple, present-tense statement ('Now I'm here') that resolves the chaotic journey and brings the story full circle.
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Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Relatable Failure Redemption Arc
A highly skilled individual reveals their non-linear, failure-ridden backstory in a rapid-fire monologue, making their current expertise more impressive and relatable by subverting the expectation of a straightforward path to success.
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The Prodigy Origin
The protagonist reveals their specialized training and early promise, establishing a high-potential starting point that contrasts with what comes next.
- 2
The Audience Surrogate Interjection
A secondary character interrupts with a clarifying question that an uninformed viewer might also have. This is quickly resolved to maintain momentum, add authenticity, and provide comedic relief.
- 3
The Cascade of Setbacks
The protagonist delivers a rapid-fire list of personal, academic, or professional failures that derailed their initial trajectory, creating the sense of a downward spiral.
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The Grounding Detour
The protagonist mentions a period of working a non-aspirational or manual labor job, signifying a 'rock bottom' or reset moment in the narrative.
Themes
Techniques
Post caption
TELLING @stoolpresidente THE LORE OF BIG JOHN 👀 😂 ALL HEART ❤️ ALL FOG 🌫️
Text overlays
title · beginning
POV TELLING DAVE THE LORE OF BIG JOHN GOLFS
contextual · middle
5TH FRANKIE FRANCIS TDN
Transcript
You're a scratch, Sean? Yeah. I play Michigan State? No. I, I went to a golf academy when I was tier, and that's actually... I met Better, and I was tier. I just wanna play d one golf. I was, like, better than I was now. Am I supposed to know who Carter is? Good King. Got it. And, he... I found out I could drink and smoke weed with the older guys. Right? He's two years older than me, so I hung out with all the older guys. Then, went to community college, filled out of community college, went back to community college, got into Michigan State, filled out of Michigan State, worse construction, got back into golf. Now I'm here. Best