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# For those characters who act against the intended Aesop and get called out on it, are there any factors within the story that would give them a justified reason for it?
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*** [[MoralDissonance Moral Dissonance]]: By the Aesop's own standard's, the solution is no better than what the villains are doing (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
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*** [[FantasticAesop Fantastic Aesop]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because you bend the rules of the story to make it so.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved
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*** [[MoralDissonance Moral Dissonance]]: By the Aesop's own standard's, the solution is [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
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*** [[MoralDissonance Moral Dissonance]]: By the Aesop's own standard's, the solution is [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] doing (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
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Family Unfriendly Aesop does NOT mean “bad Aesop”, and has been renamed to Hard Truth Aesop to combat misuse.
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*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal in [[RealLife reality]].
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*** [[GainaxEnding Gainax Ending]]: A more extreme example of the above where the ending [[NonSequitur has no clearly discernable relation to the story at all]].
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*** [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Ending]]: There's some sort of [[HappyEnding happy ending]], but it does nothing to solve the actual problem.
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*** [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Ending]]: There's some sort of [[HappyEnding happy ending]], but it does nothing to solve the actual problem.problem or simply has nothing to do with the original problem.
*** [[GainaxEnding Gainax Ending]]: A more extreme example of the above where the ending [[NonSequitur has no clearly discernable relation to the story at all]].
*** [[GainaxEnding Gainax Ending]]: A more extreme example of the above where the ending [[NonSequitur has no clearly discernable relation to the story at all]].
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*** [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Failure Is The Only Option]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because [[AuthorAvatar the character teaching the Aesop]] manipulates the situation to make it so.
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*** [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Failure Is The Only Option]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because [[AuthorAvatar the character teaching whoever is supposed to teach the Aesop]] manipulates the situation works to make it so.so, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero not necessarily deliberately]].
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# Especially when writing about [[RealLife realistic issues]] or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything things that have a clear real-life equivalent]], analyze what you're writing in terms of the problems you set up and the solutions you present. Unless there's a [[JustifiedTrope valid reason]], avoid the following as they tend to [[UnfortunateImplications send the wrong kind of message]]:
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# Especially when writing about [[RealLife realistic real world issues]] or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything things that have a clear real-life equivalent]], analyze what you're writing in terms of the problems you set up and the solutions you present. Unless there's a [[JustifiedTrope valid reason]], avoid the following as they tend to [[UnfortunateImplications send the wrong kind of message]]:
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*** [[DebateAndSwitch Debate and Switch]]: A plot twist leads to the problem becoming irrelevant, being erased or never having existed in the first place, without acknowledging what would happen if the problem really did exist.
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*** [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Failure Is The Only Option]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because [[AuthorAvatar the character teaching the Aesop]] manipulates the situation to make it so.
*** [[InformedWrongness Informed Wrongness]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because you insist it is, with nothing in the story to actually back this up.
*** [[DebateAndSwitch Debate and Switch]]: A plot twist leads to the problem becoming irrelevant, being erased or never having existed in the first place, without acknowledging what would happen if the problem reallydid ''did'' exist.
*** [[InformedWrongness Informed Wrongness]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because you insist it is, with nothing in the story to actually back this up.
*** [[DebateAndSwitch Debate and Switch]]: A plot twist leads to the problem becoming irrelevant, being erased or never having existed in the first place, without acknowledging what would happen if the problem really
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*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want or deserve.
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*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires story relies on other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want or deserve.
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*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal in [[RealLife Real Life]].
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*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal in [[RealLife Real Life]].reality]].
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*** [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: The solution is morally [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want or deserve for themselves.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want or deserve for themselves.
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*** [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: The [[MoralDissonance Moral Dissonance]]: By the Aesop's own standard's, the solution is morally [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want ordeserve for themselves.deserve.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want or
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*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal.
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*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal.illegal in [[RealLife Real Life]].
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# Especially when writing about [[RealLife realistic issues]] or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything things that have a clear real-life equivalent]], analyze what you're writing in terms of the problems you set up and the solutions you present. Unless there's a [[JustifiedTrope valid reason]], avoid the following as they tend to have [[UnfortunateImplications Unfortunate Implications]]:
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# Especially when writing about [[RealLife realistic issues]] or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything things that have a clear real-life equivalent]], analyze what you're writing in terms of the problems you set up and the solutions you present. Unless there's a [[JustifiedTrope valid reason]], avoid the following as they tend to have [[UnfortunateImplications Unfortunate Implications]]: send the wrong kind of message]]:
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*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
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*** [[AesopCollateralDamage Aesop Collateral Damage]]: Side characters are sacrificed so the protagonist can learn the solution, and thus never get to learn or apply the solution themselves.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies because the protagonists are lucky or privileged, not to others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
*** [[LostAesop Lost Aesop]]: The plot is written without the Aesop in mind, so whatever you think your characters should do has no bearing on whatever actually happens to solve the problem.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies because the protagonists are lucky or privileged, not to others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
*** [[LostAesop Lost Aesop]]: The plot is written without the Aesop in mind, so whatever you think your characters should do has no bearing on whatever actually happens to solve the problem.
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*** [[AesopCollateralDamage Aesop Collateral Damage]]: Side characters are sacrificed so the protagonist can learn the solution, and thus never get to learn or apply the solution for themselves.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies only because the protagonists are lucky or privileged,not to and doesn't help others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
*** [[LostAesop Lost Aesop]]: The plot is written without the Aesop in mind, so whatever you think your characters should ''should'' do has no bearing on whatever actually happens to solve the problem.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies only because the protagonists are lucky or privileged,
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*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want and deserve for themselves.
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*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward (or even the [[StuffedInTheFridge motivating victim]]) for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want and or deserve for themselves.
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# Especially when writing about [[RealLife realistic issues]] or [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything things that have a clear real-life equivalent]], analyze what you're writing in terms of the problems you set up and the solutions you present. Unless there's a [[JustifiedTrope valid reason]], avoid the following:
** '''Problems that aren't problems''':
*** [[FantasticAesop Fantastic Aesop]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because you bend the rules of the story to make it so.
*** [[DebateAndSwitch Debate and Switch]]: A plot twist leads to the problem becoming irrelevant, being erased or never having existed in the first place, without acknowledging what would happen if the problem really did exist.
** '''Solutions that aren't solutions''':
*** [[DeusExMachina Deus Ex Machina]]: The solution is something that comes out of nowhere and has no justification for existing in your story.
*** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Space Whale Aesop]]: The solution has no realistic real-life equivalent.
*** [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Ending]]: There's some sort of [[HappyEnding happy ending]], but it does nothing to solve the actual problem.
*** [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding Only The Leads Get A Happy Ending]]: The solution only works for the protagonists, not for others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AesopCollateralDamage Aesop Collateral Damage]]: Side characters are sacrificed so the protagonist can learn the solution, and thus never get to learn or apply the solution themselves.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies because the protagonists are lucky or privileged, not to others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
*** [[LostAesop Lost Aesop]]: The plot is written without the Aesop in mind, so whatever you think your characters should do has no bearing on whatever actually happens to solve the problem.
*** [[CluelessAesop Clueless Aesop]]: You don't properly research the real-life issue, so you have no idea what the problem is, what the solution is, or how either of these would actually work in reality.
** '''Heroes that aren't heroes (or [[DesignatedHero shouldn't be]])''':
*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal.
*** [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: The solution is morally [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want and deserve for themselves.
*** [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]: The solution is something that no one could reasonably be expected to agree to, or that many people wouldn't, so that to most readers/viewers it barely feels like a solution at all.
*** [[WhatMeasureIsAMook What Measure is a Mook?]]: The solution is to save/redeem the [[KarmaHoudini main villain]], but the same principle isn't applied to minor villains or underlings.
** '''Problems that aren't problems''':
*** [[FantasticAesop Fantastic Aesop]]: The problem and/or your preferred solution are only applicable because you bend the rules of the story to make it so.
*** [[DebateAndSwitch Debate and Switch]]: A plot twist leads to the problem becoming irrelevant, being erased or never having existed in the first place, without acknowledging what would happen if the problem really did exist.
** '''Solutions that aren't solutions''':
*** [[DeusExMachina Deus Ex Machina]]: The solution is something that comes out of nowhere and has no justification for existing in your story.
*** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Space Whale Aesop]]: The solution has no realistic real-life equivalent.
*** [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Ending]]: There's some sort of [[HappyEnding happy ending]], but it does nothing to solve the actual problem.
*** [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding Only The Leads Get A Happy Ending]]: The solution only works for the protagonists, not for others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AesopCollateralDamage Aesop Collateral Damage]]: Side characters are sacrificed so the protagonist can learn the solution, and thus never get to learn or apply the solution themselves.
*** [[BornWinner Born Winner]]: The solution applies because the protagonists are lucky or privileged, not to others who apply the same moral principles.
*** [[AuthorTract Author Tract]]: The solution is something you are strongly in favor of but which has no real bearing on this particular issue.
*** [[LostAesop Lost Aesop]]: The plot is written without the Aesop in mind, so whatever you think your characters should do has no bearing on whatever actually happens to solve the problem.
*** [[CluelessAesop Clueless Aesop]]: You don't properly research the real-life issue, so you have no idea what the problem is, what the solution is, or how either of these would actually work in reality.
** '''Heroes that aren't heroes (or [[DesignatedHero shouldn't be]])''':
*** [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The solution is something that is generally dangerous, immoral or illegal.
*** [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: The solution is morally [[NotSoDifferent no better than what the villains are doing]] (or even [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact same thing]]), but it's okay because it's the good guys doing it.
*** [[SatelliteCharacter Satellite Character]]: The solution requires other people to be the solution or the reward for the protagonist, with no consideration for what they want and deserve for themselves.
*** [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]: The solution is something that no one could reasonably be expected to agree to, or that many people wouldn't, so that to most readers/viewers it barely feels like a solution at all.
*** [[WhatMeasureIsAMook What Measure is a Mook?]]: The solution is to save/redeem the [[KarmaHoudini main villain]], but the same principle isn't applied to minor villains or underlings.
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used as a metaphor for real world discrimination. While good writers have managed to write their X-Men stories in a way that makes the anti-discrimination message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the type that needs to be said]], bad writers can end up breaking the intended aesop and look hypocritical. The {{Muggles}} in X-Men are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them to be]] since all they can do is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world, yet they are the main reason humans in the X-Men universe fear mutants.
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used a fantasy story using FantasticRacism as a metaphor for real world discrimination. While good writers have managed discrimination is easy to write break because the people practicing FantasticRacism in that setting might actually be justified in their X-Men stories fear of a specific race. If they have powers that are potentially deadly or have a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil tendency to enslave or kill other races]], then the people fearful of them have plenty of reasons to fear them. Another factor to consider with this type of aesop is if you try to act like HumansAreTheRealMonsters. If you portray everyone in a way your fantasy race as victims of racism and have all the bigots be humans, that makes the anti-discrimination message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the type that needs to be said]], it seem less like racism is bad writers can end up breaking the intended aesop in general and look hypocritical. The {{Muggles}} in X-Men are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them like racism is good or bad depending on which group is discriminated against. In this case, despite trying to be]] since all they can do say racism is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world, yet they are the main reason bad, you're fine with painting humans in a negative light just so your fantasy race can have the X-Men universe fear mutants.
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# Examine you heroes' actions in detail. With everything they do, repeat your Aesop and ask yourself - do they do as you tell them, or do they do the exact opposite?
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# Examine you your heroes' actions in detail. With everything they do, repeat your Aesop and ask yourself - do they do as you tell them, or do they do the exact opposite?opposite?
# Also examine your villains' actions in detail. If they are actually following the aesop, then ask yourself how you treat them in comparison to the heroes. Do you treat them as an AntiVillain who [[VillainHasAPoint the heroes admit makes sense]], or do you treat them as a CompleteMonster who is wrong about everything? The first example can add a layer of moral ambiguity to the story, while the second example breaks the aesop since villain or not, they are following the aesop, and makes it seem like [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality it's only okay when the heroes follow the aesop]].
# Also examine your villains' actions in detail. If they are actually following the aesop, then ask yourself how you treat them in comparison to the heroes. Do you treat them as an AntiVillain who [[VillainHasAPoint the heroes admit makes sense]], or do you treat them as a CompleteMonster who is wrong about everything? The first example can add a layer of moral ambiguity to the story, while the second example breaks the aesop since villain or not, they are following the aesop, and makes it seem like [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality it's only okay when the heroes follow the aesop]].
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used as a metaphor for real world discrimination. While good writers have managed to write their X-Men stories in a way that makes the anti-discrimination message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the type that needs to be said]], bad writers can end up breaking the intended aesop and look hypocritical. The {{Muggles}} in X-Men are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them to be]] since all they can do is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world.
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used as a metaphor for real world discrimination. While good writers have managed to write their X-Men stories in a way that makes the anti-discrimination message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the type that needs to be said]], bad writers can end up breaking the intended aesop and look hypocritical. The {{Muggles}} in X-Men are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them to be]] since all they can do is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world.
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used as a metaphor for real world discrimination. However, those While good writers have managed to write their X-Men stories in a way that makes the anti-discrimination message [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the type that needs to be said]], bad writers can end up breaking the intended aesop and look hypocritical. The {{Muggles}} in X-Men are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them to be]] since all they can do is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world.
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So, say you're doing a work and want to teach your readers something. Perhaps you believe that ScienceIsBad, or maybe ScienceIsGood. However, you need to avoid one dreaded pitfall - a BrokenAesop, when the heroes of your story break the rule you're trying to teach your readers. How to avoid it?
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So, say you're doing a work and want to teach your readers something. Perhaps you believe that ScienceIsBad, or maybe ScienceIsGood.ScienceIsBad. However, you need to avoid one dreaded pitfall - a BrokenAesop, when the heroes of your story break the rule you're trying to teach your readers. How to avoid it?
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# If the aesop is about a real world issue, do the differences in setting break the aesop? For example, Comicbook/XMen has mutants with superpowers who have to deal with discrimination from normal humans, used as a metaphor for real world discrimination. However, those {{Muggles}} are powerless against mutants, and can do nothing about the destruction that gets caused on a regular basis. Although the normal humans tend to be painted as intolerant bigots, they can come across as [[StrawmanHasAPoint more reasonable than the writers intended them to be]] since all they can do is sit back and hope they don't end up a casualty in the mutants' battles. The aesop doesn't translate well into real life because superpowers don't exist in the real world.
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# Make sure you understand what AnAesop the general [[AnAesop Aesop]] of your story is. If you don't know what you're writing about, it's just flat out not going to work.
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So, say you're doing a work and want to teach your readers something. Perhaps you believe that ScienceIsBad, or maybe ScienceIsGood. However, you need to avoid one dreaded pitfall - a BrokenAesop, when the heroes of your story break the rule you're trying to teach your readers. How to avoid it?
# Make sure you understand what TheAesop of your story is. If you don't know what you're writing about, it's just flat out not going to work.
# Examine you heroes' actions in detail. With everything they do, repeat your Aesop and ask yourself - do they do as you tell them, or do they do the exact opposite?
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# Make sure you understand what TheAesop of your story is. If you don't know what you're writing about, it's just flat out not going to work.
# Examine you heroes' actions in detail. With everything they do, repeat your Aesop and ask yourself - do they do as you tell them, or do they do the exact opposite?
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