>>6176909>>6176912I have a theory all fictional storytelling is actually rooted in some unspoken and suppressed trauma, if you examine throughout history many of the famous author biographies, eg Charles Dickens just endlessly retells the story of his absent imprisoned father / debtor prison escapades (this motif recurs in variations across every Dickens novel) if you read Jane Eyre / Bronte sisters the childhood religious boarding school section just recounts a litany of malnutrition cold and abuse, meanwhile Dostoyevsky endured an actual mock execution lol and imprisonment in a Siberian penal colony etc lol basically all fictional ordeals are rooted in some unspoken real-life torment that cannot be directly narrated and retold because of societal shame and is thereby refracted/distorted transposed augmented and embellished into some fantastical fictional or imaginary retelling, perhaps even unknowingly and unconsciously to release the emotion in a psychologically camouflaged manner, so that the author can experience consolation or the attainment of some cathartic psychological equilibrium in their inner sense of wellbeing. This is the MORAL PURPOSE
