#closeread it word by word

[catspouse]

why is there tumblr drama about that play i want to have sex with

#antigone #literally i study this play #like as apart of my degree i have written 2 papers on it #and have read parts of it in greek #so its fucking wack to see like #random 15-20somethings commenting on my blorbo play #like imagine you're a fucking physicist and all of the tumblrinas start going to war over the fucking theory of relativity #and its super weird to hear from people who havent like #closeread it word by word #like u dont understand the sadness dripping from this play???? the absolute woe of it all???? #like of course you dont #this is my job not yours #but still fucking whack as fuck #as it generally is to see quote Normal People talk about classics #because it is a very intense field #and we look at everything with such care and defail #like i have several poems memorized and such #and have read papers discussing two words exactly of catullus #and normal people arent like that #dont analyze media like that #because it's ridiculous if you're not trying to deconstruct everything #so its fucking wild #anyway #antigone sweep #her uncle is so fucking hot #her uncle is also her granduncle #poor girl #her screams should never die

[pochapal]

I may of asked this already but a blog search was unhelpful so whatever:

What do you know about the rest of the When They Cry series? Like Higurashi & Ciconia, and any Umineko spoilers I suppose.

On a note, you reblogged smth mentioning Higurashi in 2014 apparently. It doesn’t spoil it at all, besides maybe some vibes with the other shows listed.

i've mentioned this once or twice but not in the main liveblog tag so i can see how it fell through the cracks, but my advance when they cry knowledge is as follows:

i know higurashi exists. until i started umineko i got i confused in my mind with we know the devil/heaven will be mine. i have learnt over the course of this liveblog that higurashi is a horror story and shares a lot of dna with umineko. kind of like a problem sleuth/homestuck relationship. i couldn't tell you a thing that happens in higurashi and i couldn't identify a higurashi character if you put them right in front of me.

i am hearing about ciconia for the first time live right here right now. someone might have brought up the word to me like once before but if they did i don't remember it. my knowledge about ciconia extends to the word "ciconia" and literally nothing else.

as for umineko spoilers, the only real big thing i have is that i know that it's kind of like the homestuck epilogues in. some way. this is why i am approaching the story with the specific analytical framework that i am. i get the sense that knowing umineko has something metafictional going on might constitute as a spoiler but i don't have any kind of framework or context to understand why that might be the case. i guess the only thing it's done is make me closeread from minute one and not buy into the idea that this is a straightforward mystery, so i guess there might be an eventual rugpull that won't hit as hard as a result. only other thing i've been quote unquote "spoiled" on are the like three no context beatrice sprite images i've been exposed to.

i just blog search higurashi to find the post you're on about and i'm gonna be honest i completely do not remember this post at all on account of it being almost a decade ago. also it seems to be in the context of a "here's a bunch of anime that Will Fuck You Up" post that doesn't really tell me anything i don't already know lol.

#coolstuffiseverywhere #hope this is a clearer more definitive post on what i do and don't know!

[hungergameslessons]

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