resolute contrasts optimism and hope

[jesse_the_k]

Optimism says, I'm sure someone else is handling things. Hope knows that this is usually bullshit, and that even if someone is working on a solution, they can always use a little help. Hopepunk knows protagonists do not exist in a vacuum. Hopepunk knows that no-one is really a protagonist. We are all supporting characters in each other's stories.

Context ponders the WisCon 43 panel on Hopepunk: Mapping the Recuperative.