#also this is about steven universe. s5 rewired my brain

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broke: post-apocalypse where it's right after the end and the world is destroyed and everything sucks

woke: post-apocalypse where it's been centuries after the end and society rebuilt but the characters find ruins of what used to be

bespoke: post-apocalypse centuries in the future where the ruins have remains of real-life modern or futuristic technology while the rest of the setting is far behind, suggesting that what was destroyed was an extremely advanced society, and the characters connect to the human experience of those who came before and strive to avoid their hubris while the antagonists want to bring it back, discovering that both cruelty and kindness are never unique to one time period or people group and the past is only a great teacher if you look at the whole of what it's saying, and furthermore