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PunkPunk
23rd Sep '18 1:08:48 PM
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Punk Punk has an unclear definition and there has been much discussion on what to do with it. Reference post.
Remake the page as an index of "xpunk" subgenres, bringing the definition into line with Wikipedia's Cyberpunk derivatives page, and remove pages that don't fit:
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"A number of cyberpunk derivatives have become recognized as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction. These derivatives, though they do not share cyberpunk's computers-focused setting, may display other qualities drawn from or analogous to cyberpunk: a world built on one particular technology that is extrapolated to a highly sophisticated level (this may even be a fantastical or anachronistic technology, akin to retro-futurism), a gritty transreal urban style, or a particular approach to social themes."
Remake the page as an index of "xpunk" subgenres, bringing the definition into line with Memers's posts 63 and 70, and remove pages that don't fit:
"The essence of the "punk" genre are about mash ups for their science fiction settings, historical elements in the period its set in, and mixing in modern elements usually sharing the same kind of themes."
Remake the page as an index of "xpunk" subgenres, bringing the definition into line with Another Duck's posts 47 and 61, and remove pages that don't fit:
"It's a type of setting in a sparse and hostile environment with a reliance on technology (retrofuturistic, Used Future, or otherwise gritty) and a story focused on society or people breaking new grounds. The setting is at least somewhat dark or oppressive (but the story can be comedic). I don't think it's necessarily the mash-up that makes it, but the exploitative and harsh nature of technology. However, mixing technology levels highlights it as significant in the setting, which is a point. Technology is important.
