ESTRELLA'S PROFILE

This is one of the most awesome things I've seen in awhile. Bravo!

You know, reading this lead me to think about the fall of an ancient civilizations in stories and how they almost always happen as some sort of negative consequence for something. Always some sort of ancient evil, or war, human greed, a god.. which in of themself, are are fine. Plague is interesting though because I'm not sure I've seen that in a story, but maybe it's been done?

But what got me thinking is why do these things always have to have happened as some form of negative consequence? I haven't played your demo so I'm not going to pretend to be really familiar with what might be there in the story already (waiting for the final version), so I'm not suggesting you do what I'm about to mention. It's just something that crossed my mind.

But why can't the fall of the ancient civilization be a desired outcome that those who bear responsibility for thought would be best for the world? There have been sorts of movements in this even in Western society, such as romanticism which arose in turn, against ideas from the enlightenment and the effects modernization had on the values from the old society. Obviously, before the advanced stage, the fallen civilization at one point had to be.. for lack of better words not so civilized, and perhaps there were some in opposition to the changes this brought to society, intentionally to restore previous values or something? But of course, over time people forget and this leads to technology resurfacing eventually and...

Anyways, yeah. Just more of a question really. Is it impossible to try to portray the fall of an ancient civilization in a positive, desired fashion? Must it always be negative as though it was a mistake?