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beardedhandstoadshark · 11 months ago

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What is your thoughts on "the protagonist is actually insane/in a coma" fan theory?

Omg lowkey rant in the tags incoming, but outing myself here I used to be really into them back when they were popular. You name it, I‘ve probably heard of it and been genuinely into them, too.

But as fun as they are for babies first edgy fan theory, once the novelty wore off, they just suck out any fun and nuance of things for clickbait and edge. How dare a story be fantastical, surely the writers secretly conspired these minute details to overshadow the dark and sad reality lying underneath! And not just that they. Wanted to write something cool and fun.

Plus for me the fun thing about theories is that chance that it could be true, or the way things can build in fun way from there - the what if? But with these, it’s kinda…missing? "Ash is in a coma and pokemon are fake��. "The very happy girl in a happy kids show is addicted to antidepressants“. Ok. What now? There’s nothing to pull from here, no where to go, no lines to draw. It’s empty.

The one exception I‘ve got is when there’s some genuinely weird things going on with the worldbuilding and plot that it actually fits in as a proper theory. Then it’s cool! But in that case the " - is in a coma“ part is also just happenstance lol.

#another anon ask #like. on one hand there’s Fînal fantaśy 8 #granted I haven’t played it and #it’s 100% also total crap but it has the HEART #clear points with consistentlay appearing weird things starting from a precise plot point that’s left uncharacteristically open #and would shed light onto a major scene at the end that comes out of nowhere and has no explanation #while throwing in some fun things about time loops #it’s got the energy - that Ok. But what IF? And it strings other stuff together too #on the other hand there’s the Lïnk is Dead theory #because the places represent the 5 stages of grief and that somehow makes LÏNK the one being dead #and not. The world that literally has a moon falling on it and EVERYONE ELSE being the ones to die #and the whole point of the game is stopping death.#It’s the world that’s dying MatPat #why are you using Lïnks very adult ghost as proof he died as a kid MatPat #why is an entire region symbolic of Anger because a single ape was pissed #why is the creepy statue proof for the kid being dead when his is the only one that doesn’t have blank eyes like the dead folks‘ statues #game theory (derogatory)#im not ashamed to say I used to be a really big fan of it but #The science…of! was the only good part fr #I‘m very glad the guy behind it finally broke off after all these years

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