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Jun 22nd 2024 at 7:28:39 AM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is separate from PoweredByAForsakenChild because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a LivingBattery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly {{Chosen On}}es. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is separate from PoweredByAForsakenChild because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a LivingBattery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly {{Chosen On}}es.One}}s. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

Jun 22nd 2024 at 7:28:15 AM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope PoweredByAForsakenChild because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type LivingBattery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. {{Chosen On}}es. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs.martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

Jun 22nd 2024 at 7:25:07 AM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" as that character and premise is the fulcrum of the entire story, but it is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" as that character and premise is the fulcrum of the entire story, but it is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

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[[AC:Literature]]* Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", which has a tortured child that perpetuates utopia as the fulcrum of the entire story.

Jun 22nd 2024 at 7:22:20 AM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" as that character and premise is the fulcrum of the entire story, but it is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" as that character and premise is the fulcrum of the entire story, but it is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden. burden.----!!Examples

Jun 21st 2024 at 3:41:47 PM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Omelas" as that character and premise is the fulcrum of the entire story, but it is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

Jun 21st 2024 at 3:41:20 PM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia utopia, et cetera for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

Jun 21st 2024 at 3:41:03 PM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintain peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintain maintaining peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

Jun 21st 2024 at 3:40:16 PM

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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintain peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like terrible torture, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" or "always taking the blame for the family" etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.
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Any character—not necessarily a child—that is tasked more or less arbitrarily with bearing persistent, effectively infinite burden as a way of maintain peace, happiness, goodness, or utopia for others. This is a reference to the tortured child that perpetuates utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," but is separate from the "Powered by a Forsaken Child" trope because it is A) referring to the character, who need not be a child but must be innocent and B) doesn't imply a Living Battery-type mechanism necessarily. Similar to Atlas, but Atlas was not innocent and his burden is punishment. The subject should be more or less interchangeable as to not comprise mostly Chosen Ones. The subject maybe lack some agency as to not comprise mostly Martyrs. The burden can be a literal physical burden, like the victim of terrible torture, torture to ensure peace, or it could be a more spiritual burden like "always being the butt of the joke" for the sake of the friend group or "always taking the blame for the family" for the sake of your relatives, etc. A character may even have a "Child of Omelas Complex" if they resonate with the sense of constant burden.

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