#redefining protagonism and antagonism redefining what it means for something to be a complete arc

[starsailorstories]

I feel like “things that are good storytelling” and “thinks that are politically/morally/philosophically responsible and meaningful in this world” are two circles of a real tricky venn diagram and I’m interested in everything that’s close to the middle even if it’s not in the middle proper. It’s REALLY hard to 1. determine what’s in the middle and 2. stay in the middle long enough to get through a whole story. But I think the reason I’ve been stuck about that is that I haven’t been articulating it so maybe now that I have I’ll make progress at it

#im not totally sure what I mean by this #basically a lot of tropes we all grew up with are steeped in the values of an unsustainable worldview? #and i want there to be...new ones. and it's like learning a new language #i'm not even talking about obvious stuff like getting rid of ethnic stereotypes as villain signifiers and whatnot #im talking about really rattling the foundations while still having a compelling straightforward fiction narrative... #redefining protagonism and antagonism redefining what it means for something to be a complete arc #idk. i'm not doing it yet #but i want to someday