#the car allegory/theory beloved

[suns-blood]

(Me whenever a new song releases) ok but how does this connect to the Car Allegory

[berrymeter]

okay i hadn’t heard of the secret route but i watched a playthrough and wow scarring! just slowly and deliberately traumatizing noelle my favorite character and breaking the key plot elements of the game. and i never would have noticed because it requires such specific parameters! wild and horrible. and yeah the two knights chess allegory makes a+ sense! although it’s probably not a matter of good knight bad knight since player character AS EVIDENCED BY SECRET ROUTE can also suck and be bad.. i wonder what other knight’s motivations are and how they interact with pacifist and genocide routes. would that be them slashing the tires in the end then? i mean so much goes over my head because i barely remember chapter 1 and i care more about susie and noelle talking about their feelings than any plot related foreshadowing. and there’s a million easter eggs everywhere that i’ll never know i didn’t find. just how toby intended.

oh honestly i liked chapter 1’s soundtrack better it felt more memorable! but chapter 2’s was fuller i think. the car parts are just how traffic is in my city so 😌 and spamton in my route was just a creepy little computer man so imagine me seeing ppl talk abt his tortured backstory and motivations. like Please I Do Not Care LMAO as queen would say. i’d rather fucking rouxls kaard be the next sexyman at least he’s an idiot and has better legs!! -tt

RIGHT it's so specific!! it was found via datamining which makes sense bc how the fuck else would you find this snfkjsdhfj. literallyyy terrible -_-

and berdly dying... although i have a theory he might be stuck between existence & nonexistence (or like a coma) in a fucked up way bc the enemies were *frozen* and didn't necessarily die like what if they were unthawed? (i know it's thawed. but unthawed is dear to me) but also the fountain being sealed implies the characters that were frozen there stopped existing as characters since this specific dark world would've disappeared the way lancer's did. i'm also pretty sure in this world monsters still fade into dust upon dying bc when you go to the cemetery and talk to the priest he tells you they buried a hammer in his father's grave which implies they don't have anything else to bury? but anyway i don't like this :)

AND YEAH i was wondering what the implications were then if you do Abuse Simulator route. i don't think we know enough atm to really say though :( pains me bc iiii hate having questions left unanswered sndkjfdgh and it prob will take at least two years before we get the next chapters. ough. i wish i were u ansdkjfhd i'm just dying to know these things ahhh... although i also just want casual little happiness for my besties i don't play toby fox games solely for the Normal bits HJKSDHFK

NO YEAH THE TRAFFIC PARTS ARE... me when i have an appointment and not a single fucking car will let me pass <3 i hate it here ppl in the countryside were nicer. also that's fair ahdsjkdfh chapter 1 didn't really mark me though, i have a lot more tracks from chapter 2 on my playlist :pensive: (too lazy to add the actual emoji i'm on computer LMAO)

i actually kinda like spamton! the fact that his secret boss theme directly takes leitmotifs from power of neo & dummy! feels Important somehow. he also has mettaton neo's body at that point which hmmm but also WHERE IS THE METTS OF TONS GIVE HIM BACK TONBY. as for his backstory & stuff it's... idk it makes me really sad nskdjfndsh those games evoke a lot of compassion in me bc i'm a fool (i don't even hate the king of spades!! hello!!!) so here we are. i don't want rouxls to be the next sexyman though. he IS a silly guy but i don't want people to turn him into a character people don't want to see online like a lot of people feel about sans :( he's my funnyguy...

spamton being a sexyman fits bc sexyman isn't a qualification you want your favourite character to have UNLESS you're into sexymen DHQSJKFHSKJ i think he fits the bill perfectly. he also has a fucked up speech pattern that's honestly fun to me and the "now's your chance to be a big shot" will Not exit my brain which...? typical of a sexyman methinks. rouxls can just be a beloved idiot. also on the better legs i HOPE u mean spamton's normal not-mettaton legs Or Else..... /j

[electricblankets]

Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express

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Murder on the Orient Express

1934

Agatha Christie

Abstract:

Aristocrats use their wealth and power to break the law and kill a man who used his wealth and power to break the law and kill a girl. 

Synopsis:

A murder happens on the Orient Express and is quickly solved due to a highly skilled detective who happened to be there and other strokes of bad luck for the criminals. The train is stopped by a blizzard and the passenger who is a reputable detective takes on the case at the request of the train director and assisted by a doctor. He uncovers the elaborate plot on the train car filled with conspirators of the Armstrong household. They all took turns in stabbing the victim to death in solidarity of vengeance for the alleged murder of their beloved family’s daughter. Caught between the lawful process and emotional appeal, the train director chooses to affirm the detective’s credible yet false theory that protects the bereaved family from any law enforcement outside the train.

Symbolism: Divine justice 

There are three ways the murderer’s put themselves in the right: by having wealth, using charm, and campaigning their position. 

Class segregation. The criminals are in the opulent first class coach with fine dining. This special treatment partitioned their kind of law, much like the cars that made up the train. The outside was locked off and irrelevant like the doors closed shut to the other passenger cars. It implies that their sense of justice is better than the public’s and their conviction can be the only option; 

Barbarism behind beauty. The civilized formalities and social etiquette swoon the investigators. During the investigation, Poirot values scientific evidence as a detective but eventually dismisses reason for sympathy and intuition. Even though they all participated in stabbing someone to death, he took their side. His sentiment dismissed pertinent questions that were left unanswered. He relied only on the family’s word, the suspicious alias, and the man’s unlikeable appearance. 

Appeal to the masses. The wealthy Armstrong household formed a unified front to uphold their baseless accusations. If the story wasn’t international news then there would be no use. They become petulant and emotional when their lies are uncovered during the investigation. Ratchett had to be Cassetto, and Cassetto had to be the dreadful kidnapper. 

Allegory: the state and the people

The people. Ghandi was famous for saying, ”An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." The Armstrong household circumvented due process for a vendetta—lex talionis  They retaliate to his ransom notes by sending him threatening letters to grip him with fear in kind before drugging and stabbing him to death. Despite their immense wealth and means to perform a proper investigation to find solid evidence linking Ratchett to the kidnapping and murder. The household behaved as mobs do for lynching and witch hunts. They choose to bypass any of the lawful procedures for the sake of their unbridled revenge.

The state. The Poirot, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine valued evidence and procedure as they represented the law. However, the consensus is that Ratchett seems to be Cassetto and Cassetto slipped past the law. They knew that court and lawmakers are corruptible and fallible. Poirot is persuaded by the family and deems it best that one man rightly dies to make this family feel better for their international newsworthy loss. Also if it was their correct target, then the killer couldn’t do any further harm. Poirot M. Bouc. and Dr. Constantine appeared in the right to protect the family,.

The verdict required a decision based on limited evidence and the consensus was based on intuition over reason. Reason and intuition conflict as justice does with clemency. If the court is corrupted or powerless to bring justice, the victims will pursue in their own way. There is strength in unity. If the Armstrong household is caught or proven to be mistaken about Ratchett’s identity after they get off the train, then they can much more easily bear the blame and responsibility together.