Willow - Official Teaser Trailer

[Zaukrie]

There's a novel by Eve Forward, called Villains By Necessity that covers why...

It's still fiction. Or are you suggesting we just give up on having a better world in real life?

 

[Umbran]

It's still fiction. Or are you suggesting we just give up on having a better world in real life?

I am not sure of your intent, but this comes across to me as inconsistent.

The complaint is that fiction commonly has this balance. But when I bring up a piece that talks about why, you discard it as fiction without apparently considering its content. And then talk about giving up on the real world.

My response is thus - either fiction speaks to the real world, or it does not. If you are concerned about how fiction doesn't reflect reality, then don't discard things as fiction.

 

[Zaukrie]

I am not sure of your intent, but this comes across to me as inconsistent.

The complaint is that fiction commonly has this balance. But when I bring up a piece that talks about why, you discard it as fiction without apparently considering its content. And then talk about giving up on the real world.

My response is thus - either fiction speaks to the real world, or it does not. If you are concerned about how fiction doesn't reflect reality, then don't discard things as fiction.

I'm asking why fiction always says this, when if that was real, life would be awful. Why can't fiction allow for a better world over time?

 

[Ryujin]

I'm asking why fiction always says this, when if that was real, life would be awful. Why can't fiction allow for a better world over time?

A "better world" has no conflict. No conflict means not a lot of interesting story potential.

 

[Davies]

Looks like DnD movie everyone has wanted. Also, why is there a balance of good and evil in every universe? Why can't there be more good? It's a terrible message that we are destined to have evil.

All life depends on the end of other life. Until that changes, evil is inevitable.

 

[Zaukrie]

All life depends on the end of other life. Until that changes, evil is inevitable.

You can have death without evil.

 

[Zaukrie]

A "better world" has no conflict. No conflict means not a lot of interesting story potential.

Where did I say perfect? I said better. I'm sad that no one seems to think anything matters in fiction. If you can never make the world better, why bother trying to make it better?

 

[Davies]

You can have death without evil.

No, you cannot. To harm another is evil. It may be a lesser evil (self-defense) or a greater one (deliberate murder.) But it is always evil.

Also, you are setting up the strawman "nobody seems to think anything matters" when the actual fact is "everyone has a different perspective than I do".

 

[Zaukrie]

No, you cannot. To harm another is evil. It may be a lesser evil (self-defense) or a greater one (deliberate murder.) But it is always evil.

Also, you are setting up the strawman "nobody seems to think anything matters" when the actual fact is "everyone has a different perspective than I do".

If you can't make the world better, why try? There's no strawman there. I'm asking, if the world must be in balance, and you make your part better, you make someone else's worse. Seems like that's actually bad. So, why? Why try?

People die of all kinds of non violent things. You can have death without evil

 

[Davies]

People die of all kinds of non violent things. You can have death without evil

Did anything you ate today die of natural causes? The wheat was harvested, the fruit was plucked from the tree, the vegetables yanked from the earth. Life depends on the end of other life.