Inversion Story
From Rest of What I Know
An Inversion Story is a story that takes a thing that has a certain outcome normally, and presents it in a context where it does the opposite of that.
- I Am Legend: Cancer cure mutates into a virus that wipes out most of humanity and turns survivors into hostile mutants.
- Black Mirror S4 E2 "Arkangel": Parental surveillance technology designed to protect a child ends up damaging the parent–child relationship and causing harm.
- Gattaca: Genetic engineering meant to eliminate disease and ensure healthy births entrenches genetic discrimination and social inequality.
- Brave New World: Advanced biotechnology and conditioning doesn't make society universally better since all individuality is wiped out and people self-pacify habitually with drugs
- The Monkey’s Paw: A wish-granter ruins lives instead of improving them
