TIL a lot of people don't know that at the western end of MA State Route 9 is a hairpin turn. It's a good thing we have the internet or someone in Italy right now might not know what to expect if they had every driven west on MA State Route 9 for several hours without stopping. We can learn a lot of information on the internet that could come in handy later. You might read this and think "when will this ever be useful information" but because of Chekov's Principal because you have now learned this, you will find yourself needing this information in a pivotal moment in the third act. It's a sort of spell you can cast on a main character. Tell them a piece of useless information early enough in their journey and you will place on them a destiny. A cruel use of this magic is to tell someone how to cure a rare and deadly poison, however even though you can destine them to encounter said poison, you are by the nature of this spell equipping them with the tool to prevent theost fatal outcomes. This element of the spell is what prevents it from being more powerful than you might expect. The only way to resist this magic is to not see yourself as the main character. This is easier said than done. So remember, MA-9 ends on a sharp hairpin turn. Turn slowly.
I should be doing other things but it's critically important that I understand the nature of this turn so that when the time comes I can pull off the perfect pendulum turn and do a sweet drift for the final scene.
I can't find this hairpin turn. The official terminus is in Pittsfield, and I mean, it's a 90 degree turn, but it's also at a stoplight in the middle of the city so that doesn't feel like it counts. There are a few tight turns that I could see taking someone by surprise, but they're nowhere near anything I'd consider the end, except maybe the one that turns into downtown Ware.
I'm not trying to gatekeep hairpin turns here but not gonna lie I'm kinda disappointed. I was really looking forward to he MA-9 hairpin out of nowhere. I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious or maybe digging way too far into what was someone's silly anecdote about a turn that took them off guard once.
