Donkey rule

First panel An arcade game labeled: discourage donkey Kong from pursuing a literary career.

Second panel: donkey Kong saying “rargh! I’m writing a magical realist novel about a candlemaker who befriends a haunted mandolin”

Third panel: a large button labeled “criticize the ape’s turgid prose” being pushed

Fourth panel donkey Kong standing on the end game screen ”your words cut deep. Donkey has dropped out of his MFA program.”