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For instance, consider a male character who transcends the platonic concept of existence and yet in the novel or story he resides in, he's still able to speak and cause change in the story. Shouldn't that be contradictory? Because from what I've heard, transcending platonic concepts doesn't make any sense since they're literally perfect ideas or forms for the objects they encompass. Another example is a domain transcending all forms and types of platonic concepts. How does it remain a domain? How can one be in or not in it? If it's like a place, then it instantiates the form of space and so can't be beyond that form. If events can happen there, if people have the power to change it, then it's not beyond time, history, or agency.
I know this is fiction and anything can be possible, but it doesn't just make sense for characters, who transcends all types of platonic concepts, to exist when they should transcend the platonic concept of existence. It breaks the suspension of disbelief if the audience even if the author said so. Thus, how can one make a good story about everything I mentioned? Or am I, perhaps, perceiving platonic concepts the wrong way? I don't know. It's just too confusing for my head to wrap around the idea.
I know this is fiction and anything can be possible, but it doesn't just make sense for characters, who transcends all types of platonic concepts, to exist when they should transcend the platonic concept of existence. It breaks the suspension of disbelief if the audience even if the author said so. Thus, how can one make a good story about everything I mentioned? Or am I, perhaps, perceiving platonic concepts the wrong way? I don't know. It's just too confusing for my head to wrap around the idea.