Was there a time where you took something too far in your story?

[DasIstWunderblyat]

Thank you! I am glad I didn't went with that too. I realize that will add nothing but shock value (to audience)

[Darth_Biomech]

It might be in the future. Currently, there's a scene planned where one of the characters voices his opinion on the consequences of WWII, and despite that no, he doesn't try to say that nazis were good and instead talks about how they were a significant factor that shaped the modern world and morality, with each passing day I feel less and less sure that I shouldn't cut that scene out for my safety's sake.
Not only because the thought that thinking that nazis resulted in anything but evil is morally wrong seems to be resurfacing in modern times and can hurt the image of my comic or get me canceled, my own country has laws that can put me in jail if somebody'll think I'm not against nazis.

[abigaillmartin]

Wow! That’s uhhhh an interesting choice. Maybe instead of focusing on the Nazis, there are others who influenced our modern world as well so people wouldn’t frame you as a sympathizer, in which I 100% believe you’re not. Maybe have your character explain that many people on both sides of WW2 were involved with shaping the modern world. Maybe find people who shaped modern India or Britain, how the war affected Japan after the war. How it shaped America and the future Soviet Union. You can talk about how Germany was shaped as well because of course it changed but make sure to see how the war shaped modern Europe and the world as a whole. Perhaps instead of focusing on an (obviously) terrible, have your character make a generalization so it’s not as controversial.

I’m planning for the far future to write a story set in WW2 but that is going to be a long ways away. It will be about a French girl from an antisemitic family and she befriends a Jewish girl at school. They are captured by Nazis and rescued by British soldier and a ex nazi. It is going to be based on a school project I wrote way back in 7th grade. I have no plans to work on it anytime soon though.

[Darth_Biomech]

Maybe have your character explain that many people on both sides of WW2 were involved with shaping the modern world.

Well, the problem is that in the context of that discussion (which is "humans did awful stuff, just look at WII!") the point is that specifically nazis helped shape better humanity as a whole, by providing an excellent and stark example of how racism and imperialism are bad and maybe we shouldn't do that, so I can't provide another example cuz then the entire discussion becomes meaningless and it is better to just cut it. But it is also an important discussion for character development, by providing thinking fodder for another character (that who goes "but look at WWII!") to turn him around from misanthropy.

[abigaillmartin]

Ohhhhh! I see it now! Then if you are trying to prove that point then that’s a perfect example! my bad

[Crusoe]

Mine is not too bad, but it's something I realised while editing an earlier chapter. So, near the beginning, one of his crush' friends calls Simon a homophobic slur, which is a source of conflict between Simon and his crush. However, one of Simon's actual friends does the same thing a couple of chapters later, which Simon was mad at, but more easily forgave. Had to tweak that a bit to make their confrontation after more nuanced.

[abigaillmartin]

Yeah sometimes dialogue and action can go too far. I know I had to edit my dialogue on occasions because it was way too harsh for the tone and/or it didn’t make sense. In my original thumbnail sketches I actually had a lot of language in my dialogue. I don’t swear in real life so I have a no language policy I follow put on by myself but it does make me feel better about my dialogue and that I have a filter. My stuff is usually family friendly but a little bit adult too. It’s a good balance of that. My stuff isn’t dumbed down nor it’s too mature for anyone to handle it’s a fine mush.

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