Bookborn | Are morally gray characters just a trend @Bookborn | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Over the past couple of years I've seen a lot of online discourse about the "rise of morally gray characters" and how "morally gray characters are a new trend". I want to examine if that was actually true; are we seeing more morally gray characters and less pure good vs evil? How long has the trend been going on? And can we expect it to last? Let's chat about it today. As always, leave your thoughts below!

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - The definition of morally gray
02:58 - Morally gray, grimdark, and explicit don't have to go together
06:18 - The rise of grimdark (the true trend)
09:45 - Fantasy trends in general
11:43 - Conclusion

Thanks for the research help:
@LienesLibrary
@readbykyle3082

Some sources
atboundarysedge.com/2022/04/17/grimdark-what-is-it-and-who-does-it-belong-to
knowyourmeme.com/memes/grimdark
bookriot.com/guide-to-grimdark-fantasy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimdark#cite_note-7

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