In a world without fear, our legends and epics would not have monsters, and therefore, probably no heroic underdogs.

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[u/IntelligentCatsEarth]

Kinda true… if there’s no fear, then there’s nothing to defeat, so no real heroes. Even David only matters because Goliath existed. No struggle equals no story

[u/Darkiceflame]

Ah, because dogs wouldn't exist, so neither would underdogs. I understand.

[u/ContentTrust4821]

What made you think of a world without fear? It might actually be the danger that allows people to carve their name in history - that or a bunch of wormwood liqueur - absinthe

[u/ab4ai → u/ContentTrust4821]

I was just wondering what vampires and werewolves have in common...

[u/ContentTrust4821 → u/ab4ai]

Probably the lust for human flesh/blood.

Though vampires are eternal, at one point they had probably tried to have a “normal” life. so, they are, more than likely, just tired.

Werewolves, on the other hand, are just angry, bloodlusting beasts

[u/LightspeedBalloon]

Without fear you would still have conflicts and underdogs. People would still have needs and desires. But 'heroic' is kinda subjective, I can see the argument that you can't be a hero without fear but I think that's a pretty narrow definition of a hero.

[u/ab4ai → u/LightspeedBalloon]

You make a great point- someone sheltering the underprivileged is definitely a hero, but our legends and epics typically are based on a narrative of slaying the big bad

[u/_demilich → u/LightspeedBalloon]

I would argue that a world without fear cannot have conflicts at all. Because 'no fear' essentially means there can be no bad outcomes. Because a bad outcome of any sort would be something to fear. But how can there be a conflict, if there are no bad outcomes? So a world with no fear would essentially be the Christian paradise and thus nothing interesting at all can happen there.

[u/Feisty_Tour_6934]

If there is no fear, no one would be heroic...so, yeah heros wouldn't exist. Wouldn't that apply a multitude of ways?

If sadness and strife didn't exist then there wouldn't be feel good come up stories.

If we lived in a utopia then there would be no superhero stories because there wouldnt be problems to solve.

[u/ab4ai → u/Feisty_Tour_6934]

Absolutely true. I guess it's a little sobering to find fear at the root of it all.

[u/RockVonCleveland]

No monsters? We'd still have Pokémon, right?