“ In writing, a door can represent many different things. A door can be the Unknown, physical obscuring whatever’s behind it, Infinite possibilities because anything could be on the other side. The Past, somewhere a character has already passed through, possibly closed and locked to be forgotten. The Future, the next step in a character’s journey. A door can represent Ignorance, limiting a character’s world view to the contents to the room that it’s attached too. But it could also be Opportunity, after all we’ve all heard the saying ‘I can open the door for you, but You have to pass through’. And a door can represent Choice, because ultimately it is up to that character whether or not they choose to go through. In chainsaw man, the door represents All of these things. ”
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“ Denji sits in a grave yard awaiting makima and her people. He addressed makima and asks her a simple question. In the perfect world that she’s trying to create, will bad movies still exist. She responded that the world would be better without them. And he decides that if that’s the case, he has to kill her.
This simple question is a masterclass in subtle writing. On the surface it’s just a question about movies, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a clashing of their fundamental ideals as well as a sign of major character development.
If we asked denji in the dumpster this same question, I’m sure he would agree with makima. Dumpster denji was blinded by grief and unable to see past that pain. He lost sight of anything beyond what he already experienced and decided the pain he felt did not outweigh the positives he gained, the food he ate, the video games he played, the Family he found, none of it was worth the pain of losing them. He believed he would have been happier if he never knew any of that, and continued living in poverty, Ignorant of Anything Better. Denji lost the will to go on. He’s so broken up about losing power and aki, that he feels like it’s just his time to die. He got what he wanted out of life and he doesn’t need anything more.
By becoming chainsaw man, denji opened a door that led into this life. Denji had a choice way back then, to continue being chainsaw man or to be killed by makima. By choosing to join public safety, denji stepped through that door, and opened himself up to all of the pain associated with those experiences.
Dumpster denji would have rather left that door closed. But denji has had time to process everything that’s happened. He’s had time to process about what he’s gained, what he stands to loose, and what he still has to experience.
Life itself is a series of doors and denji stands before one now. That door represents the Unknown hidden behind it, the infinite possibilities available after opening it, the Past he has to confront, the Future still ahead of him, the Ignorance he stands to loose, the Opportunity he stands to gain, and the Choice he has to make. Denji knows that if he goes through that door, he risks being hurt worse than he is now, but there’s also a chance that he’ll come out on the other side happier than he ever knew was possible.
Makima wants to knock that door off its hinges. She wants to remove the possibility of pain, by getting rid of anything bad in the world. But Denji knows better. Experiencing pain and happiness go hand in hand. You can’t understand the good without experiencing the bad. You have to watch 9 bad movies before you can truly appreciate 1 good movie. That’s why denji has to defeat makima and walk through that door. ”
Link down below! The video is amazing! I recommend watching it as a chainsaw man fan!
https://youtu.be/5bifn15-BnI
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Apollo Parx makes his entry with "Get Ready" [Video]
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Apollo Parx makes his entry with "Get Ready" [Video]
California-born artist Apollo ParX is a multi-faceted artist who is also a songwriter/fashion model and singer. His debut song was released in 2017 but he started recording music at age 5. His latest release is the visual for his song "Get Ready", a hard-hitting track that showcases his stylish
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“universes will collapse if you stop canon events” is a statistical error. Miguel o’Hara, who broke 50 canon events, is an outlier and should not have been counted
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I’d been in a terrible mood for days for no good reason so I decided to go see a movie and Polite Society was the comedy playing near me and holy shit, that movie was incredible
I recommend it to everyone but for fans of Devdas (2002) there is a scene that made me literally scream
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They are divided into girls and boys with an invisible line down the middle of the room and people only cross that line when teachers make them. Girls are divided into real girls (Theresa Mullett) and imitations (Estelle Green). And me. Boys are divided into real boys (Simon Silverson), brutes (Daniel Smith), and unreal boys (Nirupam Singh). And Charles Morgan. And Brian Wentworth. What makes you a real girl or boy is that no one laughs at you. If you are imitation or unreal, the rules give you a right to exist provided you do what the real ones or brutes say. What makes you into me or Charles Morgan is that the rules allow all the girls to be better than me and all the boys better than Charles Morgan. They are allowed to cross the invisible line to prove this. Everyone is allowed to cross the invisible line to be nasty to Brian Wentworth.
(an excerpt from Nan Pilgrim's journal)
Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones
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