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I wish I knew more people who are as deeply obsessed with picking apart the symbolism in bojack horseman as I am

#SAME #BEING HYPERFIXATED IN BOJACK HORSEMAN'S SYMBOLISM IS BOTH A CURSE AND A PLEASURE

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this analysis is actually really good. i was thinking about this as i finished my second rewatch, but i was more in the "bojack should have died" side until i read this.

i can say, as someone with multiple suicide attempts, i have always wondered "what would have happened if i actually made it? how would have people really reacted?" and my suicidal ideation has been a constant for me for more than five years (until recently, when i got the help i needed and accepted it). so, when bojack, a character i was once so afraid of becoming, went swimming and got on the phone with Bojack's subconscious Diane, i couldn't shake the feeling that sometimes life is a bitch, and then you die.

and i have had to deal with the "sometimes life is a bitch, and the you keep living", so i am curious to see the other side. it would have been cool to watch an episode where Bojack actually died (i'm not going to use the term "succeeded", because suicide is not about accomplishment and doesn't come from a place of healthy pride or calm) and how it would have affected all the people in his life who really knew him. not hollywoo, not the show business. the ones who got hurt by him, who hurt him, who loved him and were loved by him. maybe not as a canon thing that fits in the story, but just like an acknowledgement that Bojack's death could have happened and all of the consequences that came with it.

Hard take but I think it’s better that Bojack did NOT die in The View from Halfway Down.

Him dying would go against the whole theme of having to live with your mistakes. Also it would’ve just been too depressing, especially for people who relate to Bojack’s struggles. What would him dying accomplish? What message would that send across? “Sad horse guy tries and fails to become a better person and to get better while struggling with mental illness, trauma, and addictions, then he finally starts making real progress and just dies.” That’s just depressing. And I know the show Bojack Horseman is kinda depressing, but there’s always an undercurrent of hope. Bojack dying would destroy that hope. Because yeah, Bojack did a lot of terrible things, but he always has the potential and the desire to get better. And maybe you hate him, that’s totally fair. Maybe you think he crossed the point of no return long ago. But the show says no, he actually can get better despite all the terrible things he’s done. And no, it doesn’t undo any of the terrible things he’s done or the pain he’s caused, but it does means he can at least stop hurting people so much, and maybe even help some people. And we do see him helping people and being a lot nicer in season 6, even though he still has a lot of flaws and ends up backsliding. He always has the potential to get better again, unless he dies.

What do you want Bojack to die for? His mistakes? The people he’s hurt? Because him dying wouldn’t undo any of the terrible things he’s done, and I don’t really think it would the people he’s hurt much peace either. In fact, considering a lot of the people he’s hurt have complicated feelings about him, I think him dying would actually give them less peace. Especially if they knew he died by suicide. Because while he’s alive they can cut him out of their lives, maybe tell themselves they hate him and that he’s a terrible person, and just be done with it. But if he dies, then there’s always these kind of thoughts like “is it still okay for me to still hate him? I may have hated him but I never wanted this. Was I too hard on him? Was there something I could’ve done better? Was I in the wrong for cutting him out? …why did it all have to go wrong?”

And yeah, it is possible that some people would get peace from his death. But probably not most of them. Especially not Hollyhock, who already knew about all the mental health struggles he had dealt with and already had a penchant for blaming herself.

And what of the people still actively in his life at that point? Todd, Princess Carolyn, Mr. Peanutbutter, and Diane. His death would’ve done nothing but hurt them, especially Diane. She was affected badly enough when she thought he might be dead but it turned out he actually wasn’t, imagine how badly she would’ve been affected if he’d stayed dead. I can’t think of any way his death wouldn’t helped anything or anyone.

In conclusion, Bojack staying alive in TVFHD was for the best, and his dying would’ve been bad for both the characters and the overall narrative of the show.

#your first meta was really cool op :D #it really changed my perspective and i thank you for that #bojack #bojack horseman #bojack horseman analysis #the view from halfway down #tvfhd #diane nguyen #mr. peanutbutter #todd chavez #princess carolyn #hollyhock

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I'm always taken aback when someone asks me if I have a boyfriend because I've convinced myself so much that people perceive me as a sexless entity roaming the mortal world in search of something incomprehensible that I'm surprised the people around me see me as like.... a cishet

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#palestine #israeli apartheid #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #israel #jerusalem #gaza strip #yemen #genocide #social justice

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instead of watching and supporting eurovision tonight, please instead boost this post & donate if you can. keep your eyes on rafah.

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#eurovision #fuck eurovision #Palestine #free palestine

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Do not support the Tumblr brand.

Tumblr has shown itself to be pro-Israel and has been spreading pro-Israel propaganda.

Some have been leaving this site altogether in light of this news, others have been minimizing their posting to only be about Palestine (and not only due to the global strike), etc.

Regardless of what you do or don't do on this site, one thing should be absolutely clear:

Do not support the Tumblr brand in any way, shape, or form.

Do not give them your money, do not give them positive reviews, do not speak positively of the staff, none of that.

Continue spreading support for Palestine. Continue uplifting Palestinian voices. Shout out Palestinian creators.

Do not stop talking about Palestine.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX ~ Menu Backgrounds

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These three tweets showed up like this on my timeline (blurring mine):

I keep on hoping that people will see enough death and suffering that it'll make them want to stop this. That they'll see the shared humanity and imagine if it were them or their family or friend and think, this is unbearable.

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"cant boycott McDonald's because it's my comfort food"

"cant boycott Starbucks because it's convenient for me to eat breakfast there and I need my little treats uwu"

"cant boycott Eurovision because I like the music"

damn. cant do shit. almost like it means nothing to u

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Graduating students call out Northeastern University during their graduation ceremony for their complicity in the genocide.

Video: @hfp.neu

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"They've got to be stopped"

There’s one thing Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on: repressing students opposing Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza

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I Am Not Your Asian American Doll: a comic for AAPI Heritage Month 2023

I usually spend a lot of time editing and fine-tuning my comics so that they come across as polite and inoffensive. But honestly, I’m really tired of the way Asian cultures and countries are treated / talked about while Asian people themselves are excluded, and thought it was about time I really let my rage out lol.

id in alt