RevolucianaApr 24, 2023

I want someone to produce SciFi/Fantasy films that have zero conflict. Just hours of gorgeous communist utopias with innovative settings, gorgeous landscapes, and beautiful concepts. Oh, and of course, characters queer AF.

Just people vibing, loving, caring, happy to exist and take pleasure in living in a purple star bubble spacecraft or cooperatively alongside cute creatures in a seafoam forest.

I am a writer and I know how storytelling works, but...

sometimes I want my escapism real chill.

Show threadRevolucianaApr 24, 2023

The more I think about this, the more I believe it is praxis. We are so frequently presented with visions of the future through SciFi, but often in the form of a warning to inform the present.

However, one of the things we often complain about is the inability of others to visualize a functioning perspective of the future.

What if, instead of designing dysfunctional futures, we occasionally splurged into utopian brilliance and wish fulfillment? Without the projection of our current problems?

Show threadDampscribbler
@revoluciana Interpersonal conflict is worth having in stories. Not every story needs to be or should be about a hero saving the universe. Even in an idealized world, people are going to misunderstand each other sometimes. Honestly we could use more of these stories right now to remind us to put in some effort to get along with one another.
Jun 22, 2023 at 2:31pmWeb
Show threadRevolucianaJun 22, 2023
@dampscribbler literally every story has conflict-- it doesn't need defended as there is plenty to go around. This was an old post about imagining a fun mental getaway from conflict, of which the world is drowning in.
Show threadDampscribblerJun 22, 2023
@revoluciana Sorry I misread that.