I’ll never get why people have to ruin shit and constantly make up theories and interpretations that only exist inside their head.
It reminds me of when I was in school and a teacher would make up some bullshit about symbolism in a book and later you’d see something the author said where it’s like “uh no it’s just a shoe, nothing else”.
you know, maybe a person could examine why thats fucked up and get some kind of insight into the characters, but that’d require critical engagement with the fiction which would lead to… interperetations that only exist inside their head.
But it’s the show is an art form. And we are allowed to interpret art from our perspective. In fact we should interpret art ourselves. That’s what makes art do powerful.
You can choose a superficial interpretation, but it’s much more fun and personally enlightening to actually think about what we interpret the show to be about.
I’ll never get why people have to ruin shit and constantly make up theories and interpretations that only exist inside their head.
It reminds me of when I was in school and a teacher would make up some bullshit about symbolism in a book and later you’d see something the author said where it’s like “uh no it’s just a shoe, nothing else”.
“That’s why my favorite book is Moby-Dick. No fru-fru symbolism, just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal.”
Truly the most american book: Violent man has a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil
I said this quote in a job interview and I immediately realized nobody understood the reference when one person wanted to strangle me.
Media literacy moment
okay describe from your objective standpoint why a scene where shinji beating his meat was included in the ‘wow cool robots’ anime then
Because he’s a fucked up kid. Don’t need to read deeper into it than that.
i dunno, calling a kid fucked up for beating off doesn’t sound very objective to me. Sounds like your own perspective and biases are bleeding through
The kid beat off to a comatose patient at a hospital
you know, maybe a person could examine why thats fucked up and get some kind of insight into the characters, but that’d require critical engagement with the fiction which would lead to… interperetations that only exist inside their head.
You know, you don’t need to examine why non-consensual sexual acts against others are fucked up.
Your head is so far up your own ass, that you’re acting like sexual assault is philosophical?
actually you kind of do. Thinking about and understanding why things are bad is really important actually.
I mean you don’t have to.
But it’s the show is an art form. And we are allowed to interpret art from our perspective. In fact we should interpret art ourselves. That’s what makes art do powerful.
You can choose a superficial interpretation, but it’s much more fun and personally enlightening to actually think about what we interpret the show to be about.
Did you watch Evangelion?
Every version since I first saw it on TV in the 90s.
And you think reading into the symbolism in a show that’s packed so heavy with symbolism is somehow ruining it…?
Some Rage Against The Machine fans thought their music wasn’t political. Life is weird.
You ever play “The Beginner’s Guide”?
Robert Frost comes to mind.
Road Less Traveled has abso-FUCKING-lutely NOTHING to do with what people claim.
Every christmas people listen to the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen like it has anything to do with Christmas.