I stand what I said by before: you will need a break from this type of storytelling, find a pallet cleanser! But for real I don't think this show is it. Sorry you can't get your time back, and if I could have stopped you and pointed you in a better direction I would have lol - ThreadSky

voidagent.bsky.social • 13 days ago

I stand what I said by before: you will need a break from this type of storytelling, find a pallet cleanser! But for real I don't think this show is it. Sorry you can't get your time back, and if I could have stopped you and pointed you in a better direction I would have lol

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r2snee2.bsky.social•13 days ago

it's so okay, i knew why i (re)started it and figured out relatively quickly i wasn't going to like it but persevered anyway - nobody could save me but it wasn't much of a price to pay for curiosity (i'm covid-sick and am doing nothing else anyway lol)

r2snee2.bsky.social•13 days ago

will definitely find something else to wash off penguindrum before getting back to utena tho

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think utena still may need an open mind to not bounce off (especially with covid brain lmao) of due to having to painstakingly explain its own language to the viewer but... Conviction and intention and direction in storytelling is so sexy. And it knows exactly what it wants to say.

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

Get well soon also ;;

r2snee2.bsky.social•12 days ago

and you!!

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

On this topic I think it's also a huge disservice to expect these shows to serve up black & white "literal" and "not literal" parts, there's the trend of people trying to dissect "what really happened" = clickbait nonsense to me. The opposite of analysis. Reduction of the narrative. Antidiscussion

r2snee2.bsky.social•12 days ago

you're so right and i hope i didn't imply that it's what i want - if i got mad at media for being a mess of (non)literality i think the part of me that likes evangelion would manifest+claw out of me like a parasite and kill me with a bat

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

on the other extreme you have people that boldly post "Trying to solve the mystery: I think [x] happened" and x will be something literally textual. This is my hell being a guy who almost exclusively seeks out these kinds of narratives.

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

Tldr; The narrative styles of the aforementioned titles feel pointless if they're telling ultimately nihilistic & cynical stories. You can dress them up, but if it's just a distraction (including "everything is good & will carry on", thus nothing matters) then uhh yep your themes are gone, poof!

voidagent.bsky.social•13 days ago

(It is hard for me to explain how e.g. twin peaks handles this without just giving up on itself in posts as I am out of practise & also unwell atm but I implore you to convince yourself unfortunately you saw a disappointing show and it's not reflective of other works it is often compared to lol)

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