Conflicts (2) In or Out
This is another thing that's got me thinking when thinking of plot...and real life.
So when things are actually crumbling down what a difference it makes to be in or to be out?
And if the character actually could choose, which side would she choose?
Being in is addictive and contagious. Kills creative thinking because the "in" instinctively, naturally, looks for sel f-preservation, organization or status preservation. Characters in the in fight blindly to keep things as they are, or even when they try to enact changes it i susually too late and too little, and the conservative, self-preserving forces inside any structure hinder even the best intentioned efforts and the results are even worse.
Being out might mean the character absolutely turns her back on what's going on, starts preparing for the aftermath, operates on a completely different reality, away form the worries of maintaining the crumbling pieces in their places, disregarding the conflict and keeping away from it.
Or else the character is in the outside but actually helping kick the structure down, in which case she may be also blinded by not truly understanding what's going on in, nor being able to stand in their shoes as they try to maintain their way of living. A classic clash of povs. The out then is proactive engaged in tearing apart something, destroying something so something else can be created.
Or else, on the outside, trying to salvage something from the wreckage and making things worse because the inside are actually mostly concerned with trying to save themselves or the structure, so not ready to salvage anything else, so the ones in the outside make things worse while trying to help, because they don't understand what's actually going on in the inside...
Or else, the character may be kind of an outsider, once in now out, or once out now in, or partly in both worlds and also seeing the povs of all factions, and being forced to choose sides, or strategy, maybe even trying to preserve somehting on both sides, or mabe choosing the wrong option and paying in the end for it, or simply learning from the results...
Or, just by chance or lack o other solution, someone on the in actually has a slim chance to try and shake things up from the inside to try and gain some time to keep the structure going on...
Anyway, given the same conflict, the result would always be a completely different story depending on the side the character chose, wouldn't it?
So when things are actually crumbling down what a difference it makes to be in or to be out?
And if the character actually could choose, which side would she choose?
Being in is addictive and contagious. Kills creative thinking because the "in" instinctively, naturally, looks for sel f-preservation, organization or status preservation. Characters in the in fight blindly to keep things as they are, or even when they try to enact changes it i susually too late and too little, and the conservative, self-preserving forces inside any structure hinder even the best intentioned efforts and the results are even worse.
Being out might mean the character absolutely turns her back on what's going on, starts preparing for the aftermath, operates on a completely different reality, away form the worries of maintaining the crumbling pieces in their places, disregarding the conflict and keeping away from it.
Or else the character is in the outside but actually helping kick the structure down, in which case she may be also blinded by not truly understanding what's going on in, nor being able to stand in their shoes as they try to maintain their way of living. A classic clash of povs. The out then is proactive engaged in tearing apart something, destroying something so something else can be created.
Or else, on the outside, trying to salvage something from the wreckage and making things worse because the inside are actually mostly concerned with trying to save themselves or the structure, so not ready to salvage anything else, so the ones in the outside make things worse while trying to help, because they don't understand what's actually going on in the inside...
Or else, the character may be kind of an outsider, once in now out, or once out now in, or partly in both worlds and also seeing the povs of all factions, and being forced to choose sides, or strategy, maybe even trying to preserve somehting on both sides, or mabe choosing the wrong option and paying in the end for it, or simply learning from the results...
Or, just by chance or lack o other solution, someone on the in actually has a slim chance to try and shake things up from the inside to try and gain some time to keep the structure going on...
Anyway, given the same conflict, the result would always be a completely different story depending on the side the character chose, wouldn't it?