Themes for Crooked Wings
TODO:
-add/remove/edit elements on the document
-WEIGH elements on the document
-how can the protagonists and other characters push these elements?
-how can events and choices push these elements?
| STATEMENT | IMPORTANCE | FREQUENCY | DIRECTNESS |
| "free" unregulated markets allow actors with power to limit freedoms of others | 40 | Subtle | |
| your worth transcends a paycheck | 20 | A Little Subtle | |
| socioeconomic class is not divinely (or morally) fated | 30 | Direct | |
| passing down wealth without property taxes (??) | 10 | A Little Direct |
| QUESTION | IMPORTANCE | FREQUENCY | DIRECTNESS |
| 'usury' might be a useful financial technology, but... | 3 | ||
| WHAT'S WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY, ANYWAY?! property as refuge property as 'I can kick you out' property as 'I get access to the resources here' |
15 | ||
| what is the difference between luxuries and goods? | 9 | ||
| the real enemy isn't some individual person as much as it is INSTITUTIONAL ROT? | 42 | ||
| IN A CAPITALIST ENVIRONMENT: is the literal possession of money/capital INHERENTLY not-good? [does the money corrupt them?] | 5 | ||
| Is property theft? | 1 | ||
| What is 'disability'? | |||
| How does one want their society to react to 'disabled' people? | |||
| when can an individual throw up their hands and say 'this is not my problem'? | 25 |
| THEME | IMPORTANCE | FREQUENCY | DIRECTNESS |
| ABSURD/SLAPSTICK HUMOR | Very high | Direct | |
| Satirical humor | High | Direct | |
| exploring how institutions influence and coerce individuals | High | Moderate? | |
| you just know that some things are right (slavery was bad) [HEROISM] | Medium | Subtle? | |
| moral complexity! | High | A Little Subtle? |
...do 'themes' need to be ranked ordinally with each other?
Unsorted notes:
-people second-guess themselves about their difficulties?
Link to general theme page