#'how much do historical fiction authors owe their readers the truth?' i dont CARE. i really dont care at all

[silverislander]

the prof is giving us Another mile long discussion post that i cannot cover the nuance of and that i know will provoke argument

#this shouldnt be a fucking discussion post. this should either be an irl conversation or an essay #bc if you ask an extremely controversial question... and mandate at least 2 replies from everyone... youre gonna get dogpiled #like. jesus fucking christ #also i just do not give a single shit abt this topic #'how much do historical fiction authors owe their readers the truth?' i dont CARE. i really dont care at all #its FICTION. i think theres very little you arent allowed to do. art is subjective and extremely open to new takes and concepts #and once we begin questioning what art has value i get real fucking worried #now there are definitely things I PERSONALLY think would be a dick move to do and things that would be morally objectionable! #there are things you could do in historical fiction that everyone SHOULD agree are morally objectionable! #theres also a point at which youre just writing pure fiction too bc its so far off from historical events #but there is NO GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION #i cant even define a mandatory level of research or a minimum truth value™ bc history is already fucking biased #how would you even measure that! #this isnt a good discussion bc theres no real answer to come to #and im not saying all these posts need to have a Right Answer but dude. youve gotta realize this format SUCKS for this #bc it rewards disagreement instead of conversation #levi.txt #also if youre reading historical FICTION and getting pissed off that it isnt a perfect 1:1 real life depiction thats on you #if you read a book and think its all true without doing more work to prove that you deserve to fall for whatever its selling #you are not immune to propaganda etc etc