All right everyone, Vida here!
Today I wanna ask, talk, and discuss about Protagonist Centered Morality. You are very welcome to put in your opinions about this, because seriously, this can be quite confusing.
First, what I know about this matter...
I discovered the Protagonist Centered Morality during a Tab Explosion when browsing the TV Tropes. Basically it's about how the morals of the story is dictated by the protagonist rather than the world around him. It's like how, because most writer write or narrate through the lenses about the Character's Sympathetic Points of View, it might accidentally make it seems like the whole world acts like how the character does.
For a very easy example: An Antagonist who has murdered a billion people and redeemed himself by doing "one" act of selfless sacrifice is pardoned for his actions and those who oppose him is portrayed as the Bad Guy (say, the police, council, or whoever is in charge of the law)
On the flip side, a side character who has been the hero's best bud since FOREVER and has saved the word like fifty times, is portrayed much worse for, say, wooing the Hero's love interest.
This is fine, and most experienced writer will probably notice this happening.
The problem is, what if the Writer's itself is the one doing it? I mean, for a weird example (yes weird, because the alternative has something to do with politics and I am not stepping a foot inside that matter.)
Say, the writer thinks that pineapple is the greatest food of all and he makes the main antagonist look bad by making him like apple instead. The MC, of course, loves banana and the Main Evil Overlord rules over the Apple emperor. (You can change the word banana with politic view#1 and the word apple with political view #2 if you don't get it)
Suddenly, it feels like the world's morality thing, is dictated by both the author and the protagonist. Right or wrong, they're all according to both the author and protagonist.
Then, what? Is this a bad thing? Should we avoid things like this and stay safe and neutral?
I'm getting off topic...
If I continue, I will probably just start spouting nonsense so... Yeah, what do you all think? What makes something called the 'Protagonist Centered Morality'? What makes it different from just writing from the Protagonist's Sympathetic Point of View?
And as Always, Thanks for Reading!!
PS: Sympathetic POV is just how the writer portrays the world through the Main Character's own thoughts and opinions.
Today I wanna ask, talk, and discuss about Protagonist Centered Morality. You are very welcome to put in your opinions about this, because seriously, this can be quite confusing.
First, what I know about this matter...
I discovered the Protagonist Centered Morality during a Tab Explosion when browsing the TV Tropes. Basically it's about how the morals of the story is dictated by the protagonist rather than the world around him. It's like how, because most writer write or narrate through the lenses about the Character's Sympathetic Points of View, it might accidentally make it seems like the whole world acts like how the character does.
For a very easy example: An Antagonist who has murdered a billion people and redeemed himself by doing "one" act of selfless sacrifice is pardoned for his actions and those who oppose him is portrayed as the Bad Guy (say, the police, council, or whoever is in charge of the law)
On the flip side, a side character who has been the hero's best bud since FOREVER and has saved the word like fifty times, is portrayed much worse for, say, wooing the Hero's love interest.
This is fine, and most experienced writer will probably notice this happening.
The problem is, what if the Writer's itself is the one doing it? I mean, for a weird example (yes weird, because the alternative has something to do with politics and I am not stepping a foot inside that matter.)
Say, the writer thinks that pineapple is the greatest food of all and he makes the main antagonist look bad by making him like apple instead. The MC, of course, loves banana and the Main Evil Overlord rules over the Apple emperor. (You can change the word banana with politic view#1 and the word apple with political view #2 if you don't get it)
Suddenly, it feels like the world's morality thing, is dictated by both the author and the protagonist. Right or wrong, they're all according to both the author and protagonist.
Then, what? Is this a bad thing? Should we avoid things like this and stay safe and neutral?
I'm getting off topic...
If I continue, I will probably just start spouting nonsense so... Yeah, what do you all think? What makes something called the 'Protagonist Centered Morality'? What makes it different from just writing from the Protagonist's Sympathetic Point of View?
And as Always, Thanks for Reading!!
PS: Sympathetic POV is just how the writer portrays the world through the Main Character's own thoughts and opinions.
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