I once thought of a story line, like, a decade ago about how a tear just opened up in the sky….

I once thought of a story line, like, a decade ago about how a tear just opened up in the sky. Probably aliens. I think I opted for aliens. So, you’d have this big old tear in the sky. Miles long. Everywhere else is blue with fluffy clouds. But right here there’s this ugly gash and it’s so very wrong.

But the thing is, it wouldn’t show up on camera.

So you’d have this population of people, looking up at the sky, going ‘What is happening and why isn’t anyone doing something about it? This is terrifying.’

And the media going.

'What is?’

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The plot wouldn’t resolve with anything being done about the tear in the sky. It would resolve when the people directly affected could prove SOMETHING IS WRONG.

IF they could prove it.

And also something something something about how news media shapes perception. Yeah.

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Shoulda done that story.

Would have felt like a goddamn prophet.