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cGh ONE / Chris Providence
@cghone.com

…This is just “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality,” but with Batman and progressivism, isn’t it?

Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social

I want a "villain" for Bruce Wayne that's just some dude who's really positive and charismatic who thinks wealth disparities are central to Gotham's issues. I want him upset Bruce by doing things like building a homeless shelter over the alley where the Waynes died and dedicating it to them.

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Glendos Fen
@glennmuir.bsky.social

God, imagine what superhero comics-based sex and death cult swirling around whatever new fucking overhyped technology will look like years from now...

cGh ONE / Chris Providence
@cghone.com

Sure, it’s possible to do a deconstruction of a story. Pretty sure it’s its own genre at this point. And yeah, a “This is what the protagonist should be doing instead,” story is doable. But you really run the risk of going into “Author Tract” territory. And those rarely end well.

tvtropes.orgAuthor Tract - TV TropesAll writers put something of themselves into their stories, but some of them go just that little bit further. For them, the real point of writing is not to shape worlds or create characters, but to pr...
cGh ONE / Chris Providence
@cghone.com

For example, this is one of the reasons I never tried to write a deconstruction of Harry Potter. I have a feeling I’d try to “stick it” to Rowling too much. Sure, she’d deserve it (she’s a terrible person), but I might end up focusing more on proving a point instead of telling a good story.