i noticed people on both sides desperately beg folks to shut their eyes off and pretend like intentional narrations or motifs or subtexts from the author doesn't exist.
you either can't criticize because "it's rude" or "it's just fiction LOL STOP TAKING IT SERIOUSLY!!" (they say as they take it seriously)
they only want media and art to be self-indulgent wish-fulfillment fantasy and that is harrowing. we are in a dark age of art.



















