The importance of fiction
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:15 am
Whenever great darkness looms on the horizon, the only way people choose to keep going, to survive, is to find hope.
Some of us find that hope in each other.
Some of us replace that hope with addictions.
And many, like me, find that hope in fiction. Stories of fantastical proportions where the world is saved by a few heroes, with a purpose.
Heroes we know by name,
Gibbs, Picard, Kirk, Yunalesca, Swan, Janeway, Link, Ashelia,and Lightning to name most of the ones who have kept me going.
Heroes we don't know,
Be they the police, or soldiers, firefighters, or paramedics, in a book, who are so seemingly inconsequential to the plot that they don't even get a name beyond "Officer Smith".
Heroes we wish we knew,
Be they fictional, or not. They're important.
Some of us write fiction because it is an outlet for us; an escape from the everyday mundane that plagues our lives.
And some of us read, or play through fiction to find those very heroes, just to make it through one more day.
A few people in the fleet have made commentary that they disapprove of something in a sim; the nature of a character, or the plot of the current mission. I am guilty of this. I am not pointing fingers.
But maybe, even if it's just for today, don't bring the darkness of our world in to these stories that we're writing.
Maybe. Just for today.
Let's all just enjoy the characters we write, and focus on writing something that might give us a little bit of hope. No matter how little.
Maybe. Just for today.
Write.
Some of us find that hope in each other.
Some of us replace that hope with addictions.
And many, like me, find that hope in fiction. Stories of fantastical proportions where the world is saved by a few heroes, with a purpose.
Heroes we know by name,
Gibbs, Picard, Kirk, Yunalesca, Swan, Janeway, Link, Ashelia,and Lightning to name most of the ones who have kept me going.
Heroes we don't know,
Be they the police, or soldiers, firefighters, or paramedics, in a book, who are so seemingly inconsequential to the plot that they don't even get a name beyond "Officer Smith".
Heroes we wish we knew,
Be they fictional, or not. They're important.
Some of us write fiction because it is an outlet for us; an escape from the everyday mundane that plagues our lives.
And some of us read, or play through fiction to find those very heroes, just to make it through one more day.
A few people in the fleet have made commentary that they disapprove of something in a sim; the nature of a character, or the plot of the current mission. I am guilty of this. I am not pointing fingers.
But maybe, even if it's just for today, don't bring the darkness of our world in to these stories that we're writing.
Maybe. Just for today.
Let's all just enjoy the characters we write, and focus on writing something that might give us a little bit of hope. No matter how little.
Maybe. Just for today.
Write.