Envylope
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Well-written Tragedy is good. Well-written Isekai is good.
In a well-constructed story, everything has a purpose. In a good isekai, the characters have a reason to exist. Each of them are battling with something in their lives, and they have goals. They try to make something of themselves, or they have a reason for acting as a foil against the protagonist. You don't include characters to fit a trope. The characters exist in spite of whatever trope they fill.
Tragedy is the exact same. Everything needs a purpose. People need reasons that they die. The dark themes that get explored shouldn't exist just because you wanted a dark story.
This is Tragedy slop. I see too often that people delude themselves into thinking their story is somehow more intelligent than isekai slop. "Look at me! My main character is not overpowered, and people have the threat of death looming around the corner!"
Good for you. Killing off characters is not that deep. You shouldn't be thinking of unique ways that you can kill them off, you should be thinking of how their death helps your narrative. There is no emotional impact in people dying needlessly.
When you think about it, it's even easier to make Tragedy slop. The person making it deludes his/her self into thinking that they're a superior author. All they are doing is making a story that takes no skill at all. "Look at me, I can have some vague sad undertones and start killing people. Wow, even the MC has a chance of dying!"
In a well-constructed story, everything has a purpose. In a good isekai, the characters have a reason to exist. Each of them are battling with something in their lives, and they have goals. They try to make something of themselves, or they have a reason for acting as a foil against the protagonist. You don't include characters to fit a trope. The characters exist in spite of whatever trope they fill.
Tragedy is the exact same. Everything needs a purpose. People need reasons that they die. The dark themes that get explored shouldn't exist just because you wanted a dark story.
This is Tragedy slop. I see too often that people delude themselves into thinking their story is somehow more intelligent than isekai slop. "Look at me! My main character is not overpowered, and people have the threat of death looming around the corner!"
Good for you. Killing off characters is not that deep. You shouldn't be thinking of unique ways that you can kill them off, you should be thinking of how their death helps your narrative. There is no emotional impact in people dying needlessly.
When you think about it, it's even easier to make Tragedy slop. The person making it deludes his/her self into thinking that they're a superior author. All they are doing is making a story that takes no skill at all. "Look at me, I can have some vague sad undertones and start killing people. Wow, even the MC has a chance of dying!"
