#good vs evil

Andthenhe realized why he was thinking like this.

It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn’t then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.

Terry Pratchett,Jingo

themes to base your wip around

• grey morality v/s goodness/badness (cliche but still amazing)
• ignorance v/s knowing too much
• love and its power and downfalls (not necessarily romantic love)
• greed and its addiction
• power and who gets it
• grief/loss/moving on
• regret
• vengeance/hatred
• coming to peace with something
• realising the reality of something
• coming to terms with something
• finally facing their problems
• giving into evil
• faith (not necessarily religious)
• finding home after long a journey
• retellings of old stories
• embracing the unexpected
• kindness and trust

“You can’t stop being a monster, but you don’t have to be the evil kind.”

“Tell me I’m still a good person. Please.”

“I wish I could.”

“Then do it.”

“I can’t. I don’t believe you are.”

“The world and I once believed the same things and I was a hero. Now our beliefs differ and I am the villain. Funny how easily it changes..”

”I’m not a good person. That doesn’t mean I don’t believe good people exist.”

1. “You’re not a bad guy.”
2. “I’m just tired.”
3. “How much longer will this last.”
4. “I’m done.”
5. “You did the best you could.”
6. “You’re powerless.”
7. “This isn’t your fault.”
8. “I’m not ready.”
9. “I’d rather die.”
10. “Is it enough yet?”
11. “Do you care?”
12. “I can’t see a way out.”
13. “You aren’t right for me.”
14. “I desperately wanted it to work.”
15. “I’m not the good guy here.”
16. “It was never okay.”
17. “You wanted to hurt me.”
18. “Why do you hate me?”
19. “Seeing you hurts me.”
20. “I thought we were over.”
21. “Love can’t fix this.”
22. “You’re not my mom.”
23. “You left me all alone.”
24. “I thought I wanted this.”
25. “This isn’t my home.”
26. “I lost.”
27. “It’s not about you.”
28. “I need protection.”
29. “Now I know you’re terrible.”
30. “I can never forget.”
31. “It just isn’t enough.”
32. “We can’t be friends.”
33. “I want more than this.”
34. “You misunderstood everything.”
35. “I can’t talk to you.”

elvendara:

For@mysme-fictober2020 prompt list

and

@juminweek2019 Day 3:Soap Operasvs.Videogames

7: Good vs. Evil

*I have never played the game Among Us so please forgive any inaccuracies. I grilled my son who has played a lot and apparently has gotten very good at being the imposter.*

I’m sure you all can guess who is who but here’s a cheat sheet:

(purple) catdad101

(red) god707

(green) supermanyoosung

(lime) Unknown2.0

(white) adonis389

(brown) coffeeisgod

Adonis389: I say the imposter is catdad101, let’s eject him.

Catdad101: we have not yet commenced the game, is that allowed?

God707: LOL adonis389, I think we need more proof first.

Unknown2.0: Agree, let’s just all go do our jobs.

Adonis389: fine, whatever, but I’ve got my eye on you purple!

Catdat101: my name is catdad101, if we are to play this game, we should do it correctly.

Adonis389: You are going to be so annoying aren’t you?

Supermanyoosung: let’s just play guys. I’ve heard really good things about this game, it’s supposed to be addictive. Unknown2.0, wanna hang out together, I’ll watch your back and you watch my back.

Unknown2.0: what if I’m the imposter?

Supermanyoosung: you wouldn’t kill me, would you?

Unknown2.0: no comment.

Supermanyoosung: SAERAN!

Coffeeisgod: can we please begin, I have a lot of work to do.

Catdad101: agreed, ready to play.

Jumin sipped his glass of wine and watched the opening screen. “Interesting.” He set the glass down and got to playing. Saeyoung had given him an introduction, playing a game on his phone to show him how to play, what to do, where to go, how to do his tasks, and how to get around.

After five minutes the alarm went off and the discussion was opened.

Supermanyoosung: somebody killed coffeeisgod! OMG, she’s dead!

Adonis389: not coffeisgod! Why?! I can’t believe you would kill your assistant trust fund kid!

Catdad101: excuse me?

Adonis389: I know it was you! It had to be, who else?

Catdad101: I believe it was you.

Adonis389: WHAT!? Are you serious? I am NOT the imposter, and if I was, I wouldn’t kill Jaehee first!

God707: IDK adonis389, I think catdad101 has a point. Taking out coffeeisgod is a pretty smart move for you.

Unknown2.0: I have to agree. I vote adonis389 as the imposter.

Adonis2.0: you both are crazy! I can’t believe this! Supermanyoosung you believe me right?

Supermadyoosung: sorry, I vote you as the imposter too, I can’t believe catdad101 would be able to successfully kill coffeeisgod, or anyone else, lol.

Catdad101: well, I believe I am offended by that, but, I concur, jettison the imposter!

Jumin chuckled and took a deep drink of his wine. This game was more fun that he had assumed it would be.

The next to fall was unknown2.0. Jumin grinned and shook his head. The discussion opened once more.

Supermanyoosung: OMG, I don’t know what happened! The lights went out and when they came back up unknown2.0 was on the floor! Which one of you did it?

God707: this can’t be! I thought you were supposed to watch his back supermanyoosung!

Supermanyoosung: I know I know!

God707: I don’t believe you.

Catdad101: I do not believe him either. They have been together the entire time, who else could have done it? I saw no lights going off.

Supermanyoosung: because you were in a different area of the map!

Catdad101: exactly!

God707: yes, exactly! So you admit it was you!

Supermanyoosung: no, that’s not what I meant!

Catdad101: I vote you as the imposter supermanyoosung.

God707: me too, I shall avenge my brother!

They jettisoned supermanyoosung, but he was not the imposter.

God707: NO….you?

Catdad101: I don’t understand what is so difficult about this game. It was rather easy to kill them and manipulate you all into dismissing me as a threat. Shall we play again?

slightly-ethereal:

quasi-normalcy:

quasi-normalcy:

Healthy relationships are clearly better in real-life but fucked-up ones are way more dramatically interesting in fiction. In much the same way–indeed, in exactlythe same way–that feudal monarchy is a hell of a lot of fun in fantasy and historical fiction novels, but complete shit to actually live under.

Feudal monarchy is so hilarious because it’s just like: “What if we based our entire sociopolitical structure on fucked-up family dynamics?”