Negotiating With Evil Overlords is Always a Winning Strategy

One of the things I like most about the sci-fi/fantasy genre is how it is easily relatable to what’s happening in our everyday lives. Authors, writers, directors often consciously or sub-consciously place our everyday issues into their books, movies, and TV shows. I’ve been astounded at how much of our current political cycle reminds me of what has happened in our favorite, or more popular works. Let’s take Star Wars for instance. Who could forget when Luke tried to convince the Rebellion to sit down at the table and hash things out with Vader, or when Jyn Erso, from Rogue 1, had a long speech where she told the Rebel Alliance that they were just resisting wayyyyyyy too hard, and what really needed to happen was a sit down with a few High Moffs to figure out the best way forward. Or does everyone remember that time when General Organa met with Supreme Commander Snoke to try and figure out a way to make the Empire Great Again, so she ordered everyone to lay down their arms and instead of fighting, just politely ask for an economic plan that would be focused on the Alliance? Hermione Wins Award for her Humanitarianism You don’t remember those scenes? Well, what about that time Hermione Granger decided to meet up with the Death Eaters and appeal to their greater sense of good. Because the real problem was that the Auror’s were engaging in violence against “Dark” Wizards and what we really needed to do was get both sides talking. Besides which I’m sure there were good peop…