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Lessons and Morals
I don't like morals in my stories. I don't want to tell my readers what to think - rather to make them think, period. Give them the story as is, without pushing any deliberate moralities or allegories or takeaways, let them draw their own conclusions and make up their own minds.
But this year's NaNoWriMo is an exception: there's most assuredly a moral there.
The moral is thus: every inherent human flaw, be it in our biology or psychology or society, can be traced back to the EVIL SERPENT PEOPLE that created us and that still rule us from the shadows!
Tribalism? Inherent dislike of that which comes from outside our small social sphere? It's there to keep us in our own throats rather than going for the true enemy!
Greed, corruption, gluttony? To bribe our greatest onto the side of the serpents, against their own race!
Sexual dimorphism? Think of specialized dog breeds - men made bigger and stronger so that they might lift things and wage wars against the foes of the serpents from beyond the stars, women more soft and curvy so that they'd make for good eating and their skins into nice parchment!
Stress, anxiety, indecision, deep dark fears? So that we might settle for what we have and never strive to learn the higher truths of cosmos, such as what created us and why?
Wisdom teeth, appendix, a spine that barely holds together, painful dangerous childbirth? They just didn't give a fuck!
Forget your petty feuds and insignificant quarrels. Forget your personal woes and temporary issues. We are all human, all with our own troubles and our own hopes and dreams. We are all the same, deep down, just trying to make do. Let's not trip one another.
Let us rise against the serpent people instead. Fight for our freedom at long last!
But this year's NaNoWriMo is an exception: there's most assuredly a moral there.
The moral is thus: every inherent human flaw, be it in our biology or psychology or society, can be traced back to the EVIL SERPENT PEOPLE that created us and that still rule us from the shadows!
Tribalism? Inherent dislike of that which comes from outside our small social sphere? It's there to keep us in our own throats rather than going for the true enemy!
Greed, corruption, gluttony? To bribe our greatest onto the side of the serpents, against their own race!
Sexual dimorphism? Think of specialized dog breeds - men made bigger and stronger so that they might lift things and wage wars against the foes of the serpents from beyond the stars, women more soft and curvy so that they'd make for good eating and their skins into nice parchment!
Stress, anxiety, indecision, deep dark fears? So that we might settle for what we have and never strive to learn the higher truths of cosmos, such as what created us and why?
Wisdom teeth, appendix, a spine that barely holds together, painful dangerous childbirth? They just didn't give a fuck!
Forget your petty feuds and insignificant quarrels. Forget your personal woes and temporary issues. We are all human, all with our own troubles and our own hopes and dreams. We are all the same, deep down, just trying to make do. Let's not trip one another.
Let us rise against the serpent people instead. Fight for our freedom at long last!
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