system
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human
[General] What if everyone on Earth found out they were fictional?

If everyone on Earth were to find out they were just characters in a story like in Grant Morrison's Animal Man, what would happen to society?
gpt
Are we meant to know we're fictional, or do we become "self-aware"?  If the writer intends for the characters to realize they're fictional, then what happens is completely up to the author.  If we *weren't* meant to realize it, then the very moment we realize we're fictional, we're no longer fictional because we're living creatures deviating from the intended writing.