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thepandalion · 3 days ago

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just had a random video essay about whether retcons by the author should be allowed in my recommended stuff on youtube. anyways there's like maybe 3 comments on the video and they're all in consensus that the story belongs to the author and that it's as simple as that

meanwhile, me, currently a literature major, can very easily point to roland barthes "death of the author", which I did read in full last year and actually highly enjoyed (I actually really enjoyed all the barthes stuff we read, even though I hated the course I read them all through because it had a test at the end that effectively required you to memorize a good 30 essays or so, the shortest of which being 5 pages long, and the longest being an upwards of 70, but my gripes with the history of literature and culture in the 20th century are a story for another post, maybe)

anyways this is a post about how if anyone ever tells you something is clear cut and there's no room for argument, and they're not joking (I have, previously, made jokes about "no no everything is clearly black and white", and sometimes they fell flat, but that then turned into really interesting discussions so I guess it's worth it), they absolutely do not know enough about that subject to comment on it

#the only things that are black and white in this world are backgammon pieces and old movies #once again in death of the author comes to haunt me at inopportune moments #didn't finish watching the video bc they Did start talking about who Technically Legally owns the IP #and right after a line that could've very easily segued into discussion abt barthes #and the video had maybe 12 whole minutes to it and I knew that if they didn't mention barthes by that point they wouldnt have at all #and also I didnt actually care bc I thought it was about the consequences of retcon on the fandom not whether retcon should be allowed #which. who gives a shit if its allowed. art is art you do you authority is bullshit but we follow our favorite authors anyways #because its easier to follow and its nice to have that reprieve and also because we live in an age where contesting authors is allowed #like. fanfic. but also like going to a meet w the author and going “I didnt like that plz talk abt why u did that”#discussion makes art better. making more art makes art better #talking about what should and shouldnt be allowed in art is panopticon type bs and we should stop policing ppl #anyways thanks for coming to my. blog. talk. Ill be here.. forever. hopefully #accidentally delving into theoretical political philosophies at the end there but ig the post always was abt that too huh

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