Why is "The Void" such an overused enemy force in fantasy, and even some science fiction? It's become a trope at this point that the ultimate evil of any given IP will inevitably be a non-descript The Void.
Not saying this is a bad thing, I just think it's interest that every story seems to lead to this.

>>715840918 (OP)
>Why is "The Void" such an overused enemy force in fantasy
Because it's not overused, according to me.

Source: me

The void is entropy, and entropy is the final boss of real life, thus it's the final boss of our imaginations as well.

>>715840918 (OP)
The concept of "The Void" is even present in most mythologies, not surprising considering that "the void" is what you see whenever you look up at the night sky

>>715840918 (OP)
It's the best way to have an enemy that wants to destroy you & everything else, and all humans know and fear the void

>>715840918 (OP)
The only thing scarier than evil is cold, indifferent nothingness. An all powerful, all consuming force of pure indifference.

>>715840918 (OP)
Void = The Unknown
Fearing the unknown is primal. Its not just a trope,its part of the human condition.

Being returned to nothingness is arguably a human's greatest fear, even over the unknown itself
Even people who commit suicide often wish for some meaning in that action, but if you are turned to nothing and so is everything else, you can't even take solace in that