the story of one

If something horrible happens to someone horrible, well that makes sense. The crowds start cheering, it's retribution. It's poetic justice.

So the story - it should be about a wonderful person, a beautiful spirit, an innocent, getting the short end of the stick. that's the story that everyone wants to relate to... that's how the victimhood mentality is perpetuated. I don't deserve this - this pain, this torture, this being cut off in traffic. I don't deserve this. And you side with the protaganist because that somehow makes sense.

But I want my story to hit the deeper truth - all are innocent and all is undeserved. How am I going to do that? This guy is a start - tough. I like the heroes that you don't want to like. There are none with no redeeming qualities - but we turn away so easily and don't want to see what we don't want to see. I want to feel compassion for the broken man on his knees who was merciless and cruel to all those who loved him. And I like the ones whose redemptive traits will arise when you least expect it. And I want to show it all. One for each possibility? Or each possibility in one? That's the question that we'll find the answer.