Easy stuff. There's all the classics. Humanity vs the elements, humanity vs themselves, humanity vs society.
A good story to tell would be, say, an Anarchist society brushing up against a 'raider' society. They want your stuff, and they're willing to kill you for it. How do you deal with that? Is killing them back the right thing to do? Or should you try to rehabilitate individual members?
There's so much you can dig into, it's great. Of course you could say that Solarpunk is 'utopian' only, but that's like saying that Capitalist stories can only be 'utopian'. Even ones with rosey views of Capitalism have worries and threats to deal with.
Don't let yourself be hung up on how everything has to be perfect. Have good people striving to come together to have a good society against an unforgiving cosmos.
And remember to shove in as much praxis as possible!
Easy stuff. There's all the classics. Humanity vs the elements, humanity vs themselves, humanity vs society.
A good story to tell would be, say, an Anarchist society brushing up against a 'raider' society. They want your stuff, and they're willing to kill you for it. How do you deal with that? Is killing them back the right thing to do? Or should you try to rehabilitate individual members?
There's so much you can dig into, it's great. Of course you could say that Solarpunk is 'utopian' only, but that's like saying that Capitalist stories can only be 'utopian'. Even ones with rosey views of Capitalism have worries and threats to deal with.
Don't let yourself be hung up on how everything has to be perfect. Have good people striving to come together to have a good society against an unforgiving cosmos.
And remember to shove in as much praxis as possible!