A_veil_of_red_ink
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So, in my novel, there are three wars, and I didn't know how to make sense of them, so I came up with this idea while staring at the ceiling…
This can sound silly, but it’s original. You might find issues with it, but it was created for me, and I’m using this in my novel.
My Core Framework (C.C.L.R.)
Color (Race/Ethnicity) → Wars fought over bloodlines, genetics, skin color, and the perceived "superiority" of one group over another. Think of genocides, apartheid systems, or colonial conquests justified by race.
Culture → Clashes of tradition, values, and way of life. From nomads vs. settlers to modern "culture wars," this has always been a battlefield.
Language → The power of communication, identity, and belonging. Language is civilization’s DNA. Erasing a people’s language means erasing them. Wars have been fought to silence languages or to impose one.
Religion → The most obvious, bloody altar of history. Crusades, jihads, holy wars, and inquisitions. When the divine is weaponized, the battlefield becomes eternal.
These four are like the elements of war: fire, water, earth, and air. All wars are combinations of them.
The Seven Deadly Sins as Catalysts:
Pride → “We are chosen; we are superior.” Nationalism, supremacist ideologies.
Envy → A different land is richer, more fertile, and more powerful.
Greed → Resources, wealth, oil, gold, territory.
Wrath → Revenge wars, cycles of blood feuds, vendettas.
Lust → Desire for people, lands, even power for its own sake. Helen of Troy is a prime example.
Gluttony → Overexpansion, empires that consume until they choke.
Sloth → Neglect, allowing corruption and weakness to invite war. Sometimes war happens because someone else let their guard down.
The Fusion:
I believe this is where something truly new can be created—the intersections.
Religion + Pride + Wrath → The Crusades.
Color + Envy + Greed → The Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Language + Pride + Wrath → Suppression of Gaelic in Ireland, leading to uprisings.
Culture + Lust + Greed → Colonizers taking not just land, but women, wealth, and heritage.
Wars rarely stem from just one cause. They are cocktails of sin poured into the glass of CCLR.
It’s like building the periodic table of human conflict.
Elements = Color, Culture, Language, Religion.
Reactions = Sins (catalysts).
Compounds = Actual wars throughout history.
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This can sound silly, but it’s original. You might find issues with it, but it was created for me, and I’m using this in my novel.
My Core Framework (C.C.L.R.)
Color (Race/Ethnicity) → Wars fought over bloodlines, genetics, skin color, and the perceived "superiority" of one group over another. Think of genocides, apartheid systems, or colonial conquests justified by race.
Culture → Clashes of tradition, values, and way of life. From nomads vs. settlers to modern "culture wars," this has always been a battlefield.
Language → The power of communication, identity, and belonging. Language is civilization’s DNA. Erasing a people’s language means erasing them. Wars have been fought to silence languages or to impose one.
Religion → The most obvious, bloody altar of history. Crusades, jihads, holy wars, and inquisitions. When the divine is weaponized, the battlefield becomes eternal.
These four are like the elements of war: fire, water, earth, and air. All wars are combinations of them.
The Seven Deadly Sins as Catalysts:
Pride → “We are chosen; we are superior.” Nationalism, supremacist ideologies.
Envy → A different land is richer, more fertile, and more powerful.
Greed → Resources, wealth, oil, gold, territory.
Wrath → Revenge wars, cycles of blood feuds, vendettas.
Lust → Desire for people, lands, even power for its own sake. Helen of Troy is a prime example.
Gluttony → Overexpansion, empires that consume until they choke.
Sloth → Neglect, allowing corruption and weakness to invite war. Sometimes war happens because someone else let their guard down.
The Fusion:
I believe this is where something truly new can be created—the intersections.
Religion + Pride + Wrath → The Crusades.
Color + Envy + Greed → The Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Language + Pride + Wrath → Suppression of Gaelic in Ireland, leading to uprisings.
Culture + Lust + Greed → Colonizers taking not just land, but women, wealth, and heritage.
Wars rarely stem from just one cause. They are cocktails of sin poured into the glass of CCLR.
It’s like building the periodic table of human conflict.
Elements = Color, Culture, Language, Religion.
Reactions = Sins (catalysts).
Compounds = Actual wars throughout history.
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