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maya-kholin · 8 months ago

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thinking about why I love monster hunter and how it's not just that it delivers on the very specific power fantasy of defeating large beasts in cool ways with a bit of metal on a stick, it's that most substantive problems can be solved by defeating a large beast with a bit of metal on a stick

interpersonal conflict is vanishingly rare in monster hunter. everyone's united against a common environmental threat. greed, oppression, the various evils of humanity barely make an appearance. if there's a problem you can probably kill an elder dragon about it.

it's a nice little bit of escapism to go to a place where everyone is just trying to be nice and help you succeed. at bopping the god of monsters in the face with a hammer.

also there are cats everywhere and they are my friends.

#monster hunter #monhun #not that there aren't things to criticize if you go looking for them #like the plot of world is we did a colonialism #and then the plot of iceborne is we did another colonialism #there are indigenous wyverians and lynians in the new world hello???#but the game isn't too worried about its own setting #just have fun happy hunting #relaxing monster slaying simulator

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