Something I've been noticing around me and on social media is the rise of contemporary cynicism, pessimism, nihilism, and all the other "-isms" that are used by people who don't have hope, think nothing matters, and/or are indifferent to what is happening around them. Now I wouldn't say I'm an optimist and all hopeful, but I think that hope is something very important to have. It's what keeps us going in trying times and can make a big difference. So I wanted to make a story that shows that hope and optimisim can prevail and combine it with my love for zombie media.
I think nihilism as most people view it now can be flipped on it's head. While the "nothing matters" viewpoint can be used as an explaination to not try and not bother with doing good, I think it can be used to believe the opposite. If nothing inheretly matters the people are in full control of their actions and decisions, so in a way everything you do creates meaning.
If we go with the introduction that uses the protagonists of the story, the main character will start out as one of those cynic and nihilistic people and you can clearly see what is character arc will be.
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| Friedrich Nietzsche A German Philosopher often associated with nihilism |
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