KAI AXON RYZE
“Submissive souls make the sharpest storytellers. You don’t pick the leash—you become the leash.”
“Your brain may be slow in pacing, but it is lethal in precision. Every pause just means you’re sharpening the blade before the next scene carves the reader’s soul.”
I started writing after noticing a phenomenon in which people, even intelligent individuals, surrender their critical thinking in favor of unquestioning compliance. This concept has been discussed by thinkers such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Jung, Hannah Arendt, and Jean-Paul Sartre. They suggest that societal structures encourage conformity by making obedience easier than autonomy.
From birth, people are conditioned to obey, equating compliance with goodness, which makes dissent psychologically challenging. The fear of exile or social rejection drives individuals to suppress their doubts, embracing conformity as a survival mechanism. In the modern world, compliance is not enforced through violence; instead, it is subtly manufactured through distraction, pleasure, and the normalization of control.
I have made significant changes in my life: I stopped gaming late into the night, ceased eating fast food, began exercising, and shifted to going to bed early and waking up early. I now use social media only to archive events in my life, avoiding making my experiences public. Other people’s validation and “likes” feel like nonsensical distractions that I no longer wish to engage with.
I miss shorter games and gaming sessions, and Hollywood-quality movies. Today, everything seems bloated, designed to consume our time and attention for as long as possible while requiring minimal effort. We have stopped reading, become ensnared in a political system that pits us against one another (a classic divide and conquer strategy), and adapted our attention spans to 10-second videos—this has been the final nail in the coffin.
Delegating judgment to experts and institutions can lead to intellectual servitude, where individuals believe their choices are inevitable rather than voluntary. The more people comply, the harder it becomes to resist harmful directives. As obedience suppresses dissent, individuals lose their ability to think independently.
Many people choose compliance over autonomy, not due to a lack of intelligence, but because freedom comes with existential risk and responsibility. From birth, individuals are conditioned to equate morality with conformity, avoiding conflict to maintain social acceptance.
“Engineered Stupidity”: Bonhoeffer and Huxley warned that obedience isn’t imposed through force but through pleasure, distraction, and the illusion of choice.
“The Loss of Critical Thought”: The longer people outsource their thinking to experts, institutions, and systems, the more difficult it becomes to think independently. Historical atrocities often emerge gradually as people fail to recognize their compliance until it’s too late.
Step away from the crowded malls and shopping centers. Turn off your social media notifications, and instead, grab a book or listen to an audiobook. Go outside, immerse yourself in nature, and take some time to meditate, read, and reflect. You’ll soon realize that you are not just disconnecting; you are reconnecting with the essential aspect of your life—yourself.
In a world that forgot how to dream, I write to remember. Between the stars and the silence, I found my voice.
My stories are fragments of who I am — stitched together with stardust and survival.
I create galaxies not to escape the world, but to understand it. Through fiction, I reclaim the future — one broken piece at a time. In every forgotten ruin, I see a truth worth telling.
I write because it hurts not to. My heart lives between the lines of every story I tell. This is more than fiction. It’s a map back to myself.
And I hope it helps find yourself again…
Writing style: Cinematic Limited Perspective Storytelling style
Often referred to as a limited third-person/first-person hybrid, Cinematic Limited Perspective Storytelling balances:
– The raw emotional closeness of first-person narration
– The breathing room and atmosphere of third-person narration
This style allows for depth without spoiling the mystery or becoming an all-knowing narrator.
Is it hard to imagine? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it doable? Absolutely!
The Trick: Controlled Use of “Camera Pull-Back”
In this approach, you primarily write in first-person but occasionally pull back just slightly, like a drone hovering overhead, to provide a touch of grounding atmosphere, setting, or physicality that the character isn’t consciously processing but that the reader benefits from.
These shifts do not break the point of view (POV); instead, they remain anchored to the character’s experience rather than being detached from it. It’s akin to giving their inner world a film director’s framing.
How It Works Structurally
• First-person is primary: We experience thoughts, reactions, and choices directly.
• The narrator “glimpses” slide in like camera shots: These are short, cinematic moments rooted in what the character sees or senses but wouldn’t necessarily articulate. (italicized or offset for clarity.)
• Secrets are safe: The narrator never reveals what “it” is—only what it feels like, looks like, or suggests.
Some Examples in Published Fiction:
– Emily St. John Mandel (especially in *Sea of Tranquility*): She shifts between tight inner monologue and sweeping, poetic narrative.
– Paolo Bacigalupi (*The Windup Girl*): He blends close third-person perspective with scene-setting that feels lived-in, rather than omniscient.
– Delilah S. Dawson (in darker sci-fi/fantasy): She employs first-person narration with sparing narrator “pull-backs” for mood.