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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-01-01 07:04 pm

[ SECRET POST #6571 ]


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(Anonymous) 2025-01-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thinking on it more, a couple of points I'd like to make:

First, passable writers are capable of portraying worldviews that they disagree with. While the shine is off of the Stormlight Archive for me, it contains a great example of this principle: Jasnah is a fantastic atheist character, who generally comes out looking better on both a moral and intellectual level than the religious people around her. The author, however, is a devout Mormon.

Second, one does not need to agree with a worldview in order to get something out of its portrayal. Fiction is at its best when it helps us to understand and/or empathize with those who think and behave differently from us. And it is only when we understand a point of view, and understand why someone might hold it, that we are able to argue persuasively against it.