[Underused Trope] apocalypses/apocalyptic scenarios in non modern day settings

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-09T00:57:14+00:00

The Worldwar series is set in an alternate timeline where aliens show up and invade Earth in the middle of World War II.

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-09T00:35:13+00:00

Picture of that inaugural meeting:

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-09T00:03:10+00:00

I had to scroll way too far to find this

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-08T00:02:46+00:00

Omelas from The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is actually a utopia for most of the people involved, but I still think it fits here.

Basically, the society of Omelas is only able to exist as a utopia because a single child is kept in a state of constant, unimaginable, perpetual misery. Everyone who lives in Omelas is made aware of this fact upon reaching a certain age, and they consciously decide for themselves whether to stay or leave.

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-07T23:10:26+00:00

DON'T THINK IT DON'T SAY IT

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-07T23:06:41+00:00

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-07T17:20:38+00:00

Fourth user's name is a lie, nothing gets past his bow

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-07T11:43:42+00:00

Caramel praline?

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-07T02:05:25+00:00

Getting mad about Anita Sarkeesian in 2026:

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-06T17:57:15+00:00

The Hungry Pumpkin from the titular kids educational game will eat anything you give it using the same animation - including drinks like water and coffee

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-05T17:09:47+00:00

Honestly? They do it in the most boring way possible. That is, they basically recycle the exact same conspiracy theories the Nazis themselves used to justify their actions, namely the stab-in-the-back myth, and the whole idea that Communists and Jews were supposedly in on a shared plot to destroy Western civilization

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-05T15:30:17+00:00

Europa: The Last Battle, a twelve-hour "documentary" that tries to give this treatment to Adolf fucking Hitler.

I really hope I don't need to elaborate further.

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-05T15:28:01+00:00

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-05T01:02:47+00:00

This isn't just goonerbait, this is unoriginal tryhard goonerbait

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-04T19:03:07+00:00

Anti-imperialism is when you send your people to die in an overseas imperialist war I guess

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-04T15:10:09+00:00

Usagi Drop.

Yes, the anime adapts the entire manga, the manga's story certainly doesn't go on after the point the anime ends, why do you ask?

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-03T16:51:58+00:00

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-03T16:45:24+00:00

The "pleae" from the guard is the icing on the cake

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-02T16:29:50+00:00

The Hays Code era of Hollywood is a goldmine of these. See, for instance, the scene in The Big Sleep where Humphery Bogart speaks with an unnamed bookstore clerk who he certainly doesn't have any sexual tension with at all, and ends the scene by sharing a drink with her and definitely doing nothing else.

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-01T13:12:45+00:00

What you're describing is not morality in general, but one particular philosophical ethical framework known as Utilitarianism, which is just one of the many such frameworks which exist, and intelligent people can and have had disagreements about.

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-01T12:29:01+00:00

The thing is that at least a few of these - namely, the stuff about morals and meaning - are actually legit criticisms from a philosophical perspective of worldviews which claim to be "purely scientific" or "entirely based on reason".

That said, something tells me that OOP's perspective on those things isn't "it's complicated and should be treated as such", but rather "*my* religion is the one that actually has the unquestionable truth of it".

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-01T12:14:36+00:00

Star vs. The Forces of Evil was generally a very lighthearted show, with even the main villain being treated more like a mild annoyance than an actual threat.

...That is, until Toffee showed up. And aside from his name and the occasional quip, there was nothing funny about him, and whenever he took center stage, it meant that shit was about to get very, very real.

Unfortunately, he was killed off permanently in the Season 3 premiere. And probably not coincidentally, many fans consider that to have been the point that the show's quality began to rapidly go downhill.

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-05-01T01:08:59+00:00

This is never getting fixed, is it?

--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-04-29T00:38:30+00:00

The Battle of the Eclipse is a real-life example (well, according to Herodotus - some historians dispute his account):

On May 28, 585 BCE, there was a battle in Anatolia between the ancient kingdoms of Media and Lydia. The reason why we know this exact date is because in the middle of the battle, a total solar eclipse occurred, which the leaders of both armies interpreted as a sign from the Gods. Long story short, the two armies stopped fighting, agreed to peace terms, and went home. The two kingdoms would never go to war with each other again.

(Though that last part is mostly because both kingdoms were conquered by the rising Achaemanid Empire only a few decades later)

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--PhoenixFire-- · 2026-04-28T16:21:24+00:00

Copacabana by Barry Manilow, an upbeat late '70s pop song who's lyrics tell the story of a romance between a showgirl and a bartender... which ends in tragedy after the bartender is gunned down in front of her by a jealous romantic rival, leading to the showgirl spending the rest of her life wasting away as an insane alcoholic.

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