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When the world is the villain. What does that mean? Society? Nature? Human nature? It really doesn't matter.. I actually think you are onto something interesting, because i am not sure if...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:47:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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dolphin_of_france
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2019-12-08T12:47:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
When the world is the villain. What does that mean? Society? Nature? Human nature? It really doesn't matter.. I actually think you are onto something interesting, because i am not sure if what you are attempting has ever been done or done successfully. However, i think there is a way to tackle it. Man vs Nature (Jack London classics) handle the Man vs. Nature struggle very very well. There is no reason why you can't do the same thing. How? you ask. In the Jack London story if you look at the antagonists, they are the wolves, the howling winter wind, and the blinding blizzards. Each threatening, dangerous, impassive, and deadly. More than that, they are all faceless. So I believe you can achieve what you are trying to achieve by making ALL the antagonists nameless and faceless, casually cruel opportunists. I hope you have a good story for the main character.. But I think if you want the villain to be the society, the trick is to not name ANYONE
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-08-22T17:56:25Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 3