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homophyte · 1 year ago

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i am definitely not the kind of person who can break down a story into its technical beats the whole method of doing this makes no sense to me but it is very interesting to read other ppls breakdowns thereof and i think they are critical to analysis. like the shit i like doing, digging into themes and especially characters relationships to them asking the broader questions of what real world thing is this reflecting or commenting on how successfully does it do so absolutely needs that as a basis imo. it is somewhat useless to say 'this is thematically justified' without first asking 'is this narratively justified'

#myposts #ironically this is one of the thinhgs i like about limiting myself to themes #if something doesnt work in the narrative it is easy to dismiss it as a misstep a mistake a botched execution #you can sidestep that and ask an entirely different 'why' this is there #narrative function aside what does it accomplish what meanings does it create or effect #eg going through that blog which was doing that exact thing for DR they aptly point out #that some of the motives are well weird they lead to weird killings that dont meaningfully justify deaths which easily could have been #justified in other situations--which is true #but. what they also do. is prove junkos familiarity with the cast and emphasize their weakness so to speak #before dr3 existed it was SDR2s job to justify its own twist of the cast being the remnants right it has to 'make sense'#so they have to be the kind of people who could do that even independently of junko #junkos whole thing is shes a catalyst not a cause she is opportunistic and accelerative #a lot of this heavy lifting is done by 1 the FTEs and 2 the killers ending confessions. and ill be honest mikan is pulling a lot of weight #what takes hajime so much time to learn about the various tragedies and misfortunes of the cast the things that make them #vulnerable to doing something rash--the very things junko would have preyed upon--are accomplished extremely quickly with the motives #which is to say theyre largely targeted. not all but most #mikans a nurse. a nurse with power issues directly related to her nursing. she was always going to snap with an illness motive #the funhouse and its starvation arent a motive theyre a time limit. the motive is the final dead room and its weapon #which is a puzzle followed by a luck based suicide game the reward for completion of the highest difficultly being the information #nagito has been itching for the whole game. youre joking if you think that wasnt specifically designed for him #why do you think shes so comfortable letting him take over chapter 5 going motiveless? the idea was always to make specific people snap #fucking nobodys obligated to give a shit about twilight syndrome! less than half the cast are even involved and most are bystanders!#it means nothing to them....except to the people it means everything to and junko already knows that #its proof that theyre remnants both proof she knows them and knows where to pinch and proof theyre the kind of people who could be them #if sdr2 is making a point about vulnerability about systems that create it and its inherent unsustainability...there it is right #theres the point. theres junko applying pressure exactly where its needed to problems that existed well beyond her scope #its THOSE problems which come into focus. its hajime pressured by eugenic systems that deem him worthless to unperson himself #its chapter 6 being structured around izuru kamukura. do you understand me

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