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1d4chan>Zimriel at 21:46, 15 February 2021

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	'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, Polish immigrant into the British Empire. This book concerns Marlow's journey up a tropical river to find Kurtz, an operative who has vanished. Much of it involves the horror, the horror of the region: which becomes more and more savage the further Marlow ventures. At the end, Kurtz is found to have created his own kingdom; based on brutality, greed, and massacre.		'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, Polish immigrant into the British Empire. This book concerns Marlow's journey up a tropical river to find Kurtz, an operative who has vanished. Much of it involves the horror, the horror of the region: which becomes more and more savage the further Marlow ventures. At the end, Kurtz is found to have created his own kingdom; based on brutality, greed, and massacre.

1d4chan>StringBean at 06:25, 15 February 2021

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	''Apocalypse Now'' is self-consciously a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s. We also got ''Forbidden Planet'', lampshading it all more obvious-like. Or ''Inception''. Or - just head on over to /tv/ already, would you? or to /lit/.		''Apocalypse Now'' is self-consciously a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s. We also got ''Forbidden Planet'', lampshading it all more obvious-like. Or ''Inception''. Or - just head on over to /tv/ already, would you? or to /lit/.

	As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit. Or check out the [[Abyss]].		As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit. Or check out the [[Abyss]]. 40k fans might note that some of the names above [[Konrad Curze\|sound familiar]]...

	Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.		Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.

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1d4chan>Zimriel at 05:02, 15 February 2021

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	Welcome, in short, to the Victorian update of ''The Tempest''. Conrad was musing on imperialism versus savagery. We're left unsure as to which is better than the other. We ''are'' sure that whatever Is To Be Done, it is not what Kurtz is doing. The subtext is Leopold II's adventure in the Kongo. We cannot much snark about this here, the book is a classic and the Belgians should feel bad (and the Brits, not much better).		Welcome, in short, to the Victorian update of ''The Tempest''. Conrad was musing on imperialism versus savagery. We're left unsure as to which is better than the other. We ''are'' sure that whatever Is To Be Done, it is not what Kurtz is doing. The subtext is Leopold II's adventure in the Kongo. We cannot much snark about this here, the book is a classic and the Belgians should feel bad (and the Brits, not much better).

	''Apocalypse Now'' is self-consciously a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s. We also got ''Forbidden Planet'', lampshading it all more obvious-like. Or ''Inception''. Or - just head on over to /tv/ already, would you?		''Apocalypse Now'' is self-consciously a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s. We also got ''Forbidden Planet'', lampshading it all more obvious-like. Or ''Inception''. Or - just head on over to /tv/ already, would you? or to /lit/.

	As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit.		As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit. Or check out the [[Abyss]].

	Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.		Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.

	[[Category: Literature]]		[[Category: Literature]]

1d4chan>Zimriel at 04:51, 15 February 2021

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	'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, Polish immigrant into the British Empire. This book concerns Marlow's journey up a tropical river to find Kurtz, an operative who has vanished. Much of it involves the horror, the horror of the region: which becomes more and more savage the further Marlow ventures. At the end, Kurtz is found to have created his own kingdom; based on brutality, greed, and massacre.		'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, Polish immigrant into the British Empire. This book concerns Marlow's journey up a tropical river to find Kurtz, an operative who has vanished. Much of it involves the horror, the horror of the region: which becomes more and more savage the further Marlow ventures. At the end, Kurtz is found to have created his own kingdom; based on brutality, greed, and massacre.

	The ~~themes are pretty clear:~~ imperialism versus savagery. We're left unsure as to which is better than the other~~, but we~~ ''are'' sure that whatever Is To Be Done, it's not what Kurtz is doing. The subtext is Leopold II's adventure in the Kongo. We cannot much snark about this here, the book is a classic and the Belgians should feel bad (and the Brits, not much better).		Welcome, in short, to the Victorian update of ''The Tempest''. Conrad was musing on imperialism versus savagery. We're left unsure as to which is better than the other. We ''are'' sure that whatever Is To Be Done, it is not what Kurtz is doing. The subtext is Leopold II's adventure in the Kongo. We cannot much snark about this here, the book is a classic and the Belgians should feel bad (and the Brits, not much better).

	''Apocalypse Now'' is ~~basically~~ a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s.		''Apocalypse Now'' is self-consciously a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s. We also got ''Forbidden Planet'', lampshading it all more obvious-like. Or ''Inception''. Or - just head on over to /tv/ already, would you?

	As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit.		As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 10:53, 11 February 2021

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	Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.		Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.

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'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novel by Joseph Conrad, Polish immigrant into the British Empire. This book concerns Marlow's journey up a tropical river to find Kurtz, an operative who has vanished. Much of it involves the horror, the horror of the region: which becomes more and more savage the further Marlow ventures. At the end, Kurtz is found to have created his own kingdom; based on brutality, greed, and massacre.

The themes are pretty clear: imperialism versus savagery. We're left unsure as to which is better than the other, but we ''are'' sure that whatever Is To Be Done, it's not what Kurtz is doing. The subtext is Leopold II's adventure in the Kongo. We cannot much snark about this here, the book is a classic and the Belgians should feel bad (and the Brits, not much better).

''Apocalypse Now'' is basically a map of this to the Vietnam / Cambodia wars in the 1970s.

As to /tg/, there exist several roleplaying adventures which follow this template of a journey into a dark and and evil place being a metaphor for a personal journey into darkness and evil. [[Carl Sargent]]'s ''[[Night Below]]'' is perhaps closest in spirit.

Whether a module like this ''should'' be written is quite another question. It's a parallel to the [[Magical Realm]] phenomenon, inasmuch as such an experience drives your players to question whether they are roleplaying something gone wrong in the designer's own head. We will note that Sargent himself didn't stick around this field long after ''Night Below''.

[[Category: Fiction]]