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Hopepunk
“Depending on who you ask, hopepunk is as much a mood and a spirit as a definable literary movement, a narrative message of ‘keep fighting, no matter what.’ If that seems too broad—after all, aren’t all fictional characters fighting for something?—then consider the concept of hope itself, with all the implications of love, kindness, and faith in humanity it encompasses.” — Aja Romano, “In the era of Trump and apocalyptic change, Hopepunk is weaponizing optimism” (https://www.vox.com/2018/12/27/181375...)
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One general signature of hopepunk is that its stories counter tales of emotional darkness or rottenness, not just grimdark with its characteristically violent, amoral, and often dystopian/apocalyptic trappings, but also stories whose settings may be less recognizably grimdark but whose plots and character choices either advance zero-sum narratives where achievement requires causing someone else's fall, or portraits of human nature in which, in the end, people will always be selfish, backstab, le
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― Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
― Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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...it was always better to believe in hope and try than give up and not try at all.
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― Caput Mundi: The Head of the World (Enarii)
― Caput Mundi: The Head of the World (Enarii)
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