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Rumoromancer

Truth and Falseness is what you make it…

first of all: this is not finished.

its a draft i made to see what you guys think.
suggestions and criticism welcome:
You have been doing it all your life, spreading the word, nurturing the story and making it real.
It is your life: making people believe, until it becomes the truth. Medias are powerful, but without listeners their nothing. You listen, but you don’t believe unless you want too. Besides, if you don’t like the news, you can always change them.

Paradox: all tough you know it, you can never tell anyone that your fairy tales of the modern age are exactly that. You’re a pathological liar although you know what the truth is. Hence, if one of your stories becomes so widely accepted that they become true, you might be winding up telling lies about them also. Hence, if you know the truth, and asked about it, you’re bound to lie about it.

Charges:

Minor:
Telling a story that’s of your devising and letting them believe it.
It has to be unrealistic though, making your arguments necessary.
This has to be something that would normally invite criticism, but not entirely unbelievable.
Example: did you know that the government implants small listening devices in all phones sold to convicted criminals to keep track of them?

Significant:
Creating a popular rumour/urban legend: this one can easily be outrageous! You know the type.
At least 10 other people must believe enough in this rumour to spread it.

Major:
New truth: your story becomes so widely known that an unrealistic amount of people actually believe it’s the truth.

what do you think? does it have potential?

One thought on “Rumoromancer

  1. Toshi says:

    I think it has potential. Actually, this reminds me of something I saw on 60 minutes. This reporter, Mr. Glass, wrote articles for popular political magazines and fabricated his stories to the point where they were either outright lies or only partial lies. He even fabricated the web sites, made false notes, and tape recordings to validate his lies. He was caught, but all through the interview of this guy, I kept thinking, “He is such a Rumorormancer . . .”

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