And, like, it's a fair cop Tragedy isn't always good art, and a tragedy is always trying to say something about what the author sees as the rules of the world we live in, and you're allowed to hate that statement
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People want to be *proven right* when they do things out of principle, they engage in a certain degree of magical thinking You leave your door unlocked and some primitive part of your brain thinks that by doing so, you will inspire people to be good and not break into your house
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But that's not what having principles actually means If you really have principles, you have to prepare that those principles will fail in the material world If you really decide to trust someone, you have decided to allow that person to harm you
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This is a difficult one as a writer, and is basically what my crappy fantasy novel is about. A protagonist who walks away from power only to realise that she really, really fucked up.
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