Well, this is a common theme, but from a different perspective. The Heartstrikers comes at Forgiveness from society's perspective instead of the individual's. There's a horrible person who does not deserve forgiveness, does not want forgiveness, and in fact threatens to kill everyone involved in trying to give her forgiveness because she thinks Virtue Is Weakness (they have to use a Magically-Binding Contract just to get her to stop being Stupid Evil). But they have to forgive her anyway because the Cycle of Revenge needs to stop somewhere.
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That's interesting. Shows how you could play with a theme.
A cruel, sick joke is still a joke, and sometimes all you can do is laugh.
Themes I feel are not gone over in fiction enough include:
2. Humanity's desire for progress becoming it's undoing
3. The concept of Hauntology (considering the ways this concept is conveyed and discussed, I'd probably just be vying for more philosophical fiction dedicated to analyses of Retrofuturism)
4. Byronic heroes (specifically more deconstructions of them (this is coming from a place of love Byron has my soul)
5. The concept of Limit-experience (Bataille)
6. The concept of Negative capability (Keats)
7. Nuanced depictions of Autism/Asperger Syndrome
8. Applications of critical theory (specifically Situationist International's theory of the spectacle)
Edited by KeironCioran on Nov 24th 2018 at 11:17:30 AM
Maybe something relating to Creating Life, but explored beyond Creating Life Is Bad.
I can't word this too eloquently but:
The fact that sometimes a hero HAS to kill the villain(s) to get the job done.
And not just in Literature.
We hear themes like "good vs evil" with messages like "word hard to get what you want" all the time in a variety of genres.
What are some you've encountered that you think are just plain underutilized but are just as important?
(Low-key hoping this discussion could inspire other writers looking for ideas — like me)
A cruel, sick joke is still a joke, and sometimes all you can do is laugh.