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transfem-kirito-truther · 6 months ago

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You made me start rewatching SAO, and I think I get it now

SAO is actually so good when you look at it through the specific lens of queer people grappling with their identities in an environment where they are simultaneously given the freedom to do so, perhaps for the first time ever, and also an environment where everyday spent not fighting is a day lost in the real world, so the focus is on getting out as fast as possible. It makes for an incredibly nuanced work that was completely unintended lol

#It’s incredibly fascinating the idea of the person you want to be only existing in a space that’s actively killing you and has to end soon #And also the importance of finding community within a world that’s actively hostile to you #The queer reading adds a layer of depth to the base themes that enrich the whole work #Especially with how it likes to toy and tease with the ideas of particularly sapphic relationships #I know that can be chocked up to fan service #But with the queer reading it becomes so much more #sao #sword art online #analysis #queer analysis #Sometimes I think I’m looking too deep into things #And then I get asks like this that only encourage me to dig deeper lol

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