[ SECRET POST #5300 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5300 ⌋

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[meadowphoenix]

I think there are some circumstances for which this is easier than others, i.e when the conflict requires some outside party or circumstances to resolve, but I agree in I've noticed so many people think that winning implies the winner did the right things and the loser did the wrong things and that's just not necessary. Sometimes the winner did stupid shit, and the loser did the right things, and the probability wasn't with them.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. Sometimes people have an overly simplistic view of life and how it works. I think it's part of that unconscious belief that if you do the "right" things, nothing bad will happen to you, and when bad stuff happens to others, it's because they did the "wrong" things. It's a really toxic magical thinking that promotes a false sense of security.

[(Anonymous)]

oh wow, both these comments. I never really thought about it that way but it's so true - even in stories where the protag has some sort of magical or superpowered reason to be considered a hero or chosen one or wtfever, there's still the underlying narrative of doing right things/not doing wrong things. even though we all know, irl, that that's bullshit and people can do all the right things and still get fucked over...

I'm gonna have to lie down and think about this for a while. kudos both of you.

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, you're welcome. It's a bit mind blowing when you realize that people (very unconsciously) think this way and it drives how they behave, but... yeah. Think about how so many look with contempt upon the less fortunate, even people who claim to be Christians. IMO it's because they're terrified of being poor and homeless and being treated badly, so they unconsciously reassure themselves that this would never happen to them because they're good people who do all the right things, and this sort of awful fate only happens to people who deserve it. It has to be someone's fault, and not "shit happens because this is how the universe works".

The same thinking is very prevalent in the stories we tell ourselves. It's very scary for people to see good guys and heroes do the right thing and it blows up in their faces due to circumstances beyond their control, but damn, that's common as dirt IRL.