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anger-and-red-flames · 15 days ago

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Me: throw this war criminal fascist character to the gulag where they gotta produce items like school books to improve the material conditions of the people she oppressed

Arcane fans: actually you need to be thrown into the gulag!!!!

Other Arcane fans: I hope a billionaire steals your work to train the dream-crushing-machine!!!!

Me: yeah you surely sound like the kind of person to think there is nothing wrong with arcanes caitvi

#yeah you certainly proved to me that i m wrong about my assumptions about you :)#threatening a fictional character with forced labour is actually very different than doing it with people #just fyi #arcane critical #like can you imagine that i absolutely loved season 1 and season 2 simply... failed to engage with its own themes in a meaningful way #“arcane isnt about revolution” then why create a system so violent and unjust that only a revolution can resolve these issues?#why put french revolution imagery into the show?#why show that any kind of political organising gets violently crushed with even kids ending up in jail?#why show the class conscious in zaun rising?#its like the writers accidentally wrote a setup so well suited for a revolution without realising it #so now every end reaffirming the status quo is deeply unsatisfying #'breaking the cycle of violence' is propaganda of those who are being benefited by the violent system itself #arcane season two is fascinating because of all of these issues #and it shows how the writers wrote themselves into a corner through not understanding the issues they wrote into their own story #if you include severe police brutality but the only way it gets 'solved' is through caitvi #than thats just not using your setup right #anyway

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