Line #5 PlayingWith/CrapsackWorld


1	'''Basic Trope''': A terrible setting to live.
2	* '''Straight''': The world is full of corruption, betrayal, despair, hopelessness and angst, and villains are often {{Karma Houdini}}s, {{Jerkass}}es, or even {{Hate Sink}}s [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and there is always a traffic jam]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** ''Everyone'' in the entire world, whether good or evil, dead or alive, or even non-existent, endures intense suffering - [[AndIMustScream every waking moment consists of pure torment]].
5	** DeathWorld
6	** {{Mordor}}
7	** HellOnEarth
8	** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 An entire galaxy of crapsack worlds]].
9	** InAWorld chalk full of [[NightmareFuel nightmarishly]] horrific [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]], [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat over-the-top]] [[CartoonishSupervillainy cartoonishly evil]] [[CardCarryingVillain card carrying villains]] motivated by [[ForTheEvulz evil alone]] and {{Jerkass}}es who will happily betray and sacrifice everyone they know for a moment of power, [[Literature.NineteenEightyFour if you want a vision for the future]], imagine a [[VillainWorld boot stomping on]] [[AfterTheEnd the human face forever]], [[VideoGame.TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope there is no hope under the]] [[ThoseWackyNazis black sun]], [[Literature.XeeleeSequence a brief life burns brightly]] but is a [[TabletopGame.Warhammer40000 retinal afterimage that will be]] [[WeAreAsMayflies obscured by a million brighter lights]], and the mere [[ThoughtCrime idea]] of trying to [[AWorldHalfFull fix this world]] will give birth to more insanity than [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow man can handle]], and it is true [[{{Manga.Berserk}} that man has no control]], even [[YouCannotFightFate over his own will.]] The world is a [[SinisterSurveillance Orwel]][[BigBrotherIsWatching lian]] [[WretchedHive thousandth-world]] [[PlaceWorseThanDeath shithole]], unscrupulous and outright [[BlueAndOrangeMorality insane]] [[MegaCorp megacorporations]] and [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny hyper-totalitarian]] [[InvincibleVillain superstates]] that would give Creator/GeorgeOrwell nightmares are all around, evil is [[AlwaysChaoticEvil omnipresent]] and [[TheBadGuyWins always wins]], [[KarmaHoudini karma houdinis]] are everywhere, to be kind and selfless is to be abominably [[GoodIsDumb stupid]] and anyone who dares to display traits associated with an AllLovingHero is doomed to an [[FateWorseThanDeath eternity of rape, humiliation, exploitation, and suffering]], the [[ALighterShadeOfBlack closest thing]] [[EvilVsEvil to a sympathetic faction]] are the terrorists- ahem, [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters freedom]] [[InsistentTerminology fighters]], who are really just [[TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse non-descript]], glorified [[TerroristWithoutACause thugs]], [[HumansAreBastards humans are bastard]] [[HumansAreMorons morons]], AliensAreBastards, [[ApatheticCitizens citizens are apathetic]] [[GullibleLemmings lemmings]], GodIsEvil and so is [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks Satan]], Heaven does not exist and [[CosmicHorrorStory somehow this world has a Hell]], the economy is pretty much dead and what wealth is left to the [[LowerClassLout poorest of society]] only flows around because of [[MoreCriminalsThanTargets criminals stealing from other criminals]], there is no such thing as a 'good' crook, the police are just as [[DirtyCop corrupt]] and [[PoliceBrutality violent]] and are too busy [[MindRape mind raping]] dissidents and [[DonutMessWithACop eating donuts]] to care about your problems, morality, ethics and charity are unheard of, the closest thing to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans utopia]] is an insular dictatorship where TheEvilsOfFreeWill have been thoroughly quashed, everyone lives in [[PerpetualPoverty abject destitution]] and [[InescapableHorror eternal fear]] of having their [[YourSoulIsMine souls eaten or enslaved]] by [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], MagicIsEvil, ''[[LogicalExtreme all]]'' [[ThereAreNoGoodExecutives corporate executives]] are [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt bastards]], the infrastructure is falling apart, healthcare is non-existent, every country is at [[WarIsHell war]] and [[ForeverWar always have been]], millions are perishing like flies round the clock in [[NightmarishFactory disease-ridden,]] [[NauseaFuel urine soaked,]] [[NightmarishFactory industrial death camps]] with NoOSHACompliance, their souls will be bound to their bodies, which will be [[BodyHorror melded into]] [[UnwillingRoboticization steel]] and they will be made to work [[DownerEnding forever]] as {{Brainwashed}} servitors, the rivers and air are choked with pollution, their homes are collapsing inwards, the cities look like the median between GangsterLand and a [[FinalSolution giant concentration camp]], everyone's [[TooBleakStoppedCaring depressed]] and motivated only by ThePowerOfHate, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the local Domino's Pizza takes forever to deliver.]]
10	* '''Downplayed''':
11	** [[CrapsackOnlyByComparison The area where the setting takes place is known for violence and a low standard of living. However, characters note that there are better places in the world, and they're only in the worst part of it]].
12	** WretchedHive in an otherwise benign setting.
13	* '''Justified''':
14	** The world is portrayed AfterTheEnd.
15	** The government in charge is ''dangerously'' incompetent.
16	** The government in charge is evil.
17	** The government running this is both [[FascistButInefficient incompetent and evil]].
18	** The PowersThatBe in charge of the world [[GodIsEvil are monsters]].
19	** It's {{Hell}}
20	** CosmicHorrorStory
21	* '''Inverted''': SugarBowl.
22	* '''Subverted''': AWorldHalfFull.
23	* '''Double Subverted''': At the last moment, the writers YankTheDogsChain and snatch away the happy ending [[EarnYourHappyEnding the heroes had worked so hard for]] - Craptown ends up just as crappy as ever.
24	* '''Parodied''':
25	** [[WorldOfJerkass Everyone is either an extreme]] {{Jerkass}} [[SadistShow or a]] ButtMonkey.
26	** The RichBitch is in a suburb which has a few problems, but is [[AWorldHalfFull otherwise okay.]] She acts as though she's been put on HellOnEarth, because she was just given a compliment from a [[ChivalrousPervert gentleman]].
27	* '''Zig Zagged''':
28	** The heroes [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]], but then YankTheDogsChain leads it to be taken away. Then they discover a section of the world that's [[SugarBowl a great place to live]], until it turns out to be a CrapsaccharineWorld.
29	** DependingOnTheWriter, sometimes the world is a crappy place to live in, while at other times, it isn’t.
30	* '''Averted''': The world in question isn't a particularly good or bad place to live.
31	* '''Enforced''':
32	** The author is living in a real-life WretchedHive, which warped the worldviews that became the model for his fictional worlds.
33	** The author's a pessimist.
34	** The author is creating a horrible place [[{{Dystopia}} as a part of his sociopolitical commentary.]]
35	** The author knows that these kinds of worlds produce lots of conflict, and thus plot.
36	* '''Lampshaded''': [[{{Understatement}} "This place sucks."]]
37	* '''Invoked''': A villain declares that DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans and starts to work to turn the SugarBowl [[SugarApocalypse into a crapsack world]].
38	* '''Exploited''': A god creates a CrapsackWorld [[ScoobyDooHoax to benefit himself]].
39	* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob immediately start working to make the world better.
40	* '''Discussed''': "Why does this place have to suck?"
41	* '''Conversed''': "Hey, 'realism' does not necessarily mean 'ugly hellhole full of crime.'"
42	* '''Implied''': The alien protagonists are discussing on a planet to explore new species. When taking about Earth, they decide not to, but it’s never explained on ''why'' they don’t want to visit Earth.
43	* '''Deconstructed''':
44	** Because life in the world is ''so'' terrible, many people [[DespairEventHorizon fail to see the point in living]] and are DrivenToSuicide as a result. Those that aren't DrivenToSuicide simply end up loathing the world more, [[DespairEventHorizon and are further entrenched in their hopelessness]], and even [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds snap and want to set it on fire]] just to make some kind of difference.
45	** The government running such a Hellhole find keeping everybody oppressed and miserable [[DystopiaisHard much harder than they thought]], with constant rebellions, strikes, and people just wanting happiness or just a square meal on the table.
46	** The horrible conditions of the world makes the tiniest glimmers of the most ephemeral happiness treasured beyond anything. The people of the world are driven to become [[TheHedonist hedonistic]], [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] {{Ubermensch}}en, caring little for what happens to other people or a world beyond saving, just so long as they can be happy for just one moment.
47	** The horrible conditions of the world cause people to develop a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]], [[TheSocialDarwinist darwinistic]] worldview, and even devolve into AlwaysChaoticEvil.
48	** TooBleakStoppedCaring.
49	* '''Reconstructed''':
50	** The heroes tries their hardest to make the world a better place, and after a long time of hardships [[EarnYourHappyEnding they actually do make it better]]... [[BittersweetEnding But not without great sacrifices and casualties]].
51	** Running a dystopian government would be hard if the place wasn't full of ApatheticCitizens who are only looking out for themselves.
52	** The world is such a terrible place ''because'' of people like that, thus creating an endless cycle. Some people realize this and become [[KnightInSourArmour Knights in Sour Armour]]. No matter how small the difference is, it is still a path to the right direction. Even if they failed, others may be [[TheDeterminator determined]] to better the world and its people.
53	* '''Played For Laughs''': BlackComedy or CrapsaccharineWorld.
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55	[[CrapsackWorld Welcome to Suckyville,]] population, ''you''.
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57	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
58	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

Context PlayingWith / CrapsackWorld