Untimely Reflections #23: John Hunt - Horror & Realism
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Power of Truth in Storytelling
Nietzsche has that thing where it's like, you know, the strengths of a character person's character could be measured how much truth can endure. I kind of, I feel like sometimes that's applicable to self-awareness, right? Like looking at yourself while seeing and absolutely seeing all the negatives that you have but not shying away from them or rationalizing them away. So, like, I look at it from my characters, like, obviously some won't do that. They'll rationalize all their bad behavior. And other people will try to make some resolutions within the people that they care about. That kind of helps thinking about what the whole truth thing with Nietzsche really helps
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