I write books, though to little success, and was recently inspired by Dune to start working on some kind of highly complex political intrigue high fantasy. As I got to thinking, I realized that much of what I'd come up with was essentially a thinly veiled allegory for the state of global affairs right now lol. I thought it might be fun to ask around and see if any of y'all have ever rolled similar ideas around in your head and what these ideas consisted of.
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I started writing a story like this a couple of years ago. It took place in the future, when the mRNA vaccine caused children conceived in 2021 to start turning into giant bugs (it tied back to the Brood X cicadas in the Washington DC area). It was meant to be all about how the media controls the public’s view and reaction to these insect people (thinly veiled commentary on contempt for the unvaccinated). I never got past the first chapter, though.