twstre

Hey, @unicorn5662!! 
          
          First things first, I wanted to thank you for reading my story "Myths of choice"!! And I love when people ask me questions or simply comment how they felt while reading it. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for that too. I genuinely love that you're thinking so deeply about the story!
          
          Second, I’m so sorry for not answering earlier, I’m mid-finals and I barely have time to actually write. 
          
          Finally, I planned on answering a few of your questions in a specific chapter, but I guess I do owe you some clarifications nevertheless. I will try not to give any spoilers! <3
          
          This story’s central argument is this: fate is a cycle made of memory, and so oblivion is the only way out. Not because forgetting lets you escape, but because it makes your choices meaningful. Without forgetting, everyone just repeats who they've always been.
          
          In greek tragedies, everyone understands at some level that their fate is unavoidable, and that they have choices. 
          
          What is truly tragic about it is that they won’t choose otherwise. They don’t know how to escape fate, because that’s who they are. All the characters are victims of their own beliefs and emotions. They make mistakes and believe in wrong things because they are fated to be who they are. They are trapped in a loop of their own making. 
          
          Think of the past life as a sequence of actions and beliefs that ultimately dictate their own fate. 
          
          So, up until the moment Laetitia is able to choose differently, everyone has acted exactly as they did in the past. All of it is the same tragedy, playing out the only way it could.
          
          Hope this is explanation enough <333 
          
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unicorn5662

@twstre Hi, thanks so much for taking the time to respond, really appreciate it. I love to interact with writers to better understand their thought process for the story, that's what is so special about such interactive platforms.
            
            What you have described is what we call the Karmic cycle of life and death. I know westerners use Karma in a very reductive sense, more in the paradigm of Abrahamic faiths, but that's not entirely accurate. However, in Indian philosophy, there is a way out by liberating oneself from earthly attachments and conditioning - more like a spiritual oblivion if you will. And it's interesting that you have chosen the literal oblivion to make a similar point.
            
            I'm really looking forward to reading more from you. All the best
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