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While i like the direction the movie took with destroying debt, et cetera, i see people say it's better than the book because what does destroying one museum do? and i think that ignores the fundamental underpinning of the misanthropic anarchism (is that a tautology? most of the time.) which is more apparent in the book, most likely due to the greater depth one can add. Unfortunately, in simplifying it to simply debt to make it seem more intense and useful, it ignores that the goal is fundamentally ideological.
Tyler, the narrator, wants society to rip itself apart from within. he set himself up as Jesus and now he is staging his time on the cross to cement it. the scene where the narrator beats angelface's face in, it's interspersed with the birth of Project Mayhem, directly in response to the eternal soulcrushing of feeling the burden of history. The actions of the past. A lot of it is actually related to pollution. And, like an anarchist, the narrator wants to burn it all down, the fish he can never have, wipe the slate clean. And so Tyler makes Project Mayhem, and as the narrator waxes about a premature dark age saving the planet, Tyler says "You justify anarchy ... you figure it out."
The thing is, being nonspecific, I'm in the environmental sector. This hatred of humanity, of the burden of the past, it's the story of the little old lady who ate a fly, it's a lot of incredibly common despair and rage that has no true goal beyond removal, ending, destroying. It's even said, in the book, Project Mayhem wants the end of civilization right now. What's the next step for Project Mayhem? Tyler doesn't say. Because fundamentally, the narrator knows it's all just idyllic dreams, the wrist thick kudzu and the clear air β maybe some people believe that would happen if humanity was massively depopulated, but it would not rid the world of the nuclear waste, of the oil wells. Et cetera. It betrays the inherent issue with anarchism, it's why the book is such a good critique of it, it's why it highlights the connection between anarchism and misanthropy. Everyone knows Project Mayhem is a death cult.
And yet, they do wish for better. Even at his most nihilistic, Tyler looks with the goal of setting people free. However, the narrator feels the immense stress of being a cog in an impossible to stop machine. It is so important, to remember the despair and panicked impulse to end it all is a result of the malfunctioning society, not simply some random bad choice. It's the result of an animal in a corner. He has no idea how to imagine a construction beyond it β so he follows the male impulse and wants to kill it.
And unlike the movie, it's more of a virus approach.
I am... ALL the way here for Leo's short little dark turn. HELLO?
[All of 2012 Leo in his "foot clan" outfit. A black eye mask with scrap wear armour pieces on his limbs, extra straps, fish net like gloves and sleeves, black shoulder/knee pads and foot wraps]
[IDs from alt: 1. No visible irises, sword in both hands, ready to fight. Brothers behind him. 2. Action shot, striking a Footbot with his fist. 3. Sitting with his head in his hand, looking troubled. April standing behind him. 4. Crouched on his knees, looking furious, enemies behind him.
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LIKE HE JOINED A GOTH GIRL GANG??
[Features Karai, an armour wearing teen with red eye and lip makeup and short black hair with a bleached uncut. And Shinigami, Shini for short, a teen with a witchy hat and black corset and cape outfit. Long black hair with a widows peak, and bold purple make up]
[IDs from alt: 1. In a room with money and fine art. Leo and Karai stand to either side, Shini kneels and celebrates the riches. 2. Shini sits in foreground, chin in her hands, smiling. Karai in background, legs crossed on a throne. 3. Shini, hat on, holding up a large, handle-less crescent blade, hair over one eye. Red clad ninja on either side of her. 4. Karai standing, wearing her metal half mask. Shini crouched, brim of her hat covers her eyes. Battle ready and surrounded by their ninja mercenaries.
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less aesthetic but for the full picture sake
[IDs from alt: Full body Leo standing from the front, you can see more of the outfit at once. He's got one spikey pauldron, and one with bolts. Shin guards, one clearly from a can, other darker and less distinct. A seat belt acting as a shoulder strap. Plates of metal at his hips, and wraps and chains on the upper thighs. 2. Leo sitting from the back, he has is swords hanging from the hip, and his black mask tails reach down to his belt, worn and blue at the ends.
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^last bits like thematic huh... like the blue isnt all gone but was just kinda hidden from view. also he dip dyed his hair : }
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