Re:Signs Your Story Is Classist
by HashingtheCode on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:39PM
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> unrealistic tropes
mmmmm...some tropes are rooted firmly in reality, maybe a little exaggerated sometimes, but there is truth to them nonetheless, just like there is some truth stereotypes.
I think there is nothing inherently wrong with using tropes. Freedom to choose is what is important. If the author wants to use tropes, they should be able to.
> If the author wants to use tropes, they should be able to.
Nobody is questioning that. However, you’re pretending that doing the same thing as everybody else has always done is ‘using your imagination’, which is laughable.
Re:Signs Your Story Is Classist
by HashingtheCode on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:46PM
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i didn't say nor imply that
That’s completely true. And yet, so many of our stories end up in the same rut of tired, unrealistic tropes. Maybe a look at the reality behind such depictions will encourage authors to exercise some of that vaunted imagination and break out into new directions. After all, an appeal to imagination doesn’t make much sense when you’re just using it to defend doing the same things that everybody else does.