How do I break out of those weird tropes but still write something with gnomes and shit? What does it look like when wizards control the means of production?
How do I break out of those weird tropes but still write something with gnomes and shit? What does it look like when wizards control the means of production?
I once read a couple of strung together short stories on an old RPG board. Within them there was a cruel man who was feared and hated (rightfully in most PoV's). There however was also his PoV (which was only made clear later, how of course he is troubled but "economic anxiety" and it was also shown how others could NOT do as he did, thus it was made clear from all sides that he isn't a hero of his own story, but sucked (even though systemic pressures). Found that pretty well done. Also the scene where people would just watch him drown was kinda neat in terms of revenge (and a person who wanted to save him being put a hand of their shoulder by one of the tortured victims, to stop and not fetch him out).