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Old 04-16-2012, 12:48 PM   #8
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Default Re: Space Opera vs Hard Sci-Fi, personal vs realistic

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Originally Posted by kdtipa View Post
"There's an evil person trying to gather an army to assault a peaceful town, and you're pretty sure that killing him and his closest underlings will end the threat", won't result in the character driven story.

"There's misguided person who is gathering a force to try to use as a bargaining chip in a political arena... and his followers love him because he's standing up for them", leads to something else.
Or:

"There's an evil person leading an army to wipe out the Rebellion, but he's the hero's father and the hero believes there is still good in him and that he can be be turned against his master."
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