History PlayingWith / FromCataclysmToMyth

** The AncientConspiracy behind the apocalypse intentionally targeted places of knowledge and learning, such as libraries, schools, universities and [[Wiki/TVTropes wikis]], in order that the knowledge base of future generations would be corrupted and thus easily controlled, making future generations malleable to their control.

* '''Invoked''': The AncientConspiracy behind the apocalypse intentionally targeted places of knowledge and learning, such as libraries, schools, universities and [[Wiki/TVTropes wikis]], in order that the knowledge base of future generations would be corrupted and thus easily controlled, making future generations malleable to their control.
* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???

Back to AndManGrewProud

* '''Invoked''': The AncientConspiracy behind the apocalypse intentionally targeted places of knowledge and learning, such as libraries, schools, universities and [[TVTropesWiki wikis]], in order that the knowledge base of future generations would be corrupted and thus easily controlled, making future generations malleable to their control.

* '''Exaggerated''': [[FutureImperfect As well as the religious stories describing the nuclear war as God's judgment, the post-apocalyptic society has mangled modern stories, history and notable figures into mythological figures. What remains of the ruins of modern society have been misinterpreted as to their original function -- a shopping mall, for instance, is believed to have been]] [[{{Anvilicious}} a mighty cathedral devoted to the various Gods worshipped by people before the Event]]. [[FutureImperfect The people in the post-apocalyptic society have a completely corrupted and misinterpreted understanding of what the modern world was like]] and there's no way to correct them.

** The sum total of human knowledge, experience and understanding is lost within seconds of the apocalyptic event happening.

* '''Downplayed''': A few very old members of the society have dim members of the apocalypse from when they were children, and exaggerated but still recognizable stories of how wonderful life was before... BeforeTheDarkTimes.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': An apocalypse capable of mangling the survivors understanding of the past and destroying all records of what happened is also enough to severely reduce humanity to tiny enclaves of barbaric survivors gradually whittling down towards extinction.
* '''Reconstructed''': Hope and the human spirit are not so easily defeated, however; the survivors gradually reform to create a new civilization, albeit one with a skewed understanding of its past (much like modern society).

----

* '''Justified''': The apocalyptic event, as well as destroying infrastructure, wiped out vast amounts of knowledge when the places they were stored were wiped out. The education system and its facilities have also been all but completely destroyed, meaning that the people who survive in the future of the post-apocalyptic society have only sketchy fragments of life before the apocalypse to build their understanding of it on.

* '''Subverted''': Despite the apocalypse, knowledge has managed to survive and the people of the post-apocalyptic society have an accurate understanding of what life was like before the apocalypse.

* '''Doubly Subverted''': Given that it was the apocalypse, however, their knowledge is still flawed, distorted and mangled in several key ways.

* '''Parodied''': The people of the post-apocalyptic society have based their understanding of the past -- and thus the structure of their current society -- on something wildly inappropriate or which already provides a rather skewed or inaccurate depiction of modern society, such as children's cartoons.

* '''Averted''': The apocalypse was in the recent past, meaning that people are still capable of remembering what the world was like before.

* '''Reconstructed''': Hope and the human spirit are not so easily defeated, however; the survivors gradually reform to create a new civilization, albeit one with a skewed understanding of it's past (much like modern society).