#thematic resolution

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

An analysis of Alhaitham's egoism in relation to Kaveh

(Update: The essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)

Max Stirner's anarchist egoism is speculated to be the basis of Alhaitham's personal egoism, therefore I will be drawing upon Stirner's 'The Unique and Its Property' for this analysis.

Property and power are key principles within this philosophy. The egoist recognises himself as an individual, separate from the general collective of “humanity”, in which concepts such as freedom and property are governed to and over the people, for then the individual is not considered as such, rather they are a part of “humanity”, rather than a whole individual (Stirner, 170). This thinking is demonstrated within Alhaitham’s Story Quest, where he dismantles Siraj’s Hivemind by targeting individuals that compromised the Hive and reminding them of their own beliefs and preferences – the individual in themselves is a whole, and is not a “part” of a system (Stirner, 170).

In this, the egoist governs himself by what he owns and what he wants to own: “ownness is my whole essence and existence, it is myself. I am free from what I am rid of, owner of what I have in my power, what I control. I am at all times and under every circumstance my own”(Stirner, 106). This relates to the concept of freedom, which, for an egoist exists according to having the power to be free of something, for example, being freed of hunger, thirst, or societal expectations (Stirner, 105). This is reflected within Alhaitham’s description: “He lives free – free from the searching eyes of ordinary people,” but also extends to the power to own.

As power is considered something which the egoist owns, property then becomes something which the egoist exerts power over, and in this, can property be made use of by the egoist – all the while, the property remains an independent vessel (Stirner, 162). This is seen within Alhaitham’s view on his vision, in that it is “no more than a useful tool”, as it can be used to serve his own needs, and that since it in his possession, he has obtained it with his own power, it makes no difference to check on it as he continues to retain that power.

In this sense then, Alhaitham has constructed his life around this form of egoism, in that anything he wants, he has, such as his job as the Scribe, his house, the interests he pursues, the people he enjoys. In order to maintain this way of life, he will deal with, or be rid of, anything he deems as "harmful".

With this, the egoist seeks satisfaction in themselves through the satisfaction of another. Ownership, in relation to another person, can become love, which like all things the egoist has power over, is ultimately theirs – as in their love for a person (Stirner, 187), which is given willingly by the egoist, for loving a person is done for the satisfaction that love brings: “But I love them with the awareness of egoism; I love them because love makes me happy, I love because love is natural to me, it pleases me,” (186).

In loving another comes sacrifice, which the egoist can give into without compromising himself, as he himself sets the “purchase price of [his love]” (187) according to the happiness attributed to the loved one, as in return, the egoist shall also receive happiness (186). To enjoy someone, in an egoist fashion, is to be able to sacrifice all possessions and ownerships without foregoing the sense of an individual, of “ownness”, as the egoist would then lose his objectivity:

“I can deny myself countless things to heighten his pleasure, and I can risk for him what would be dearest to me without him, my life, my welfare, my freedom. Indeed, it forms my pleasure and happiness to feast on his pleasure and happiness. But me, myself I do not sacrifice to him, but rather remain an egoist and—enjoy him. If I sacrifice to him everything I would keep without my love for him, that is very easy… But if I sacrifice others to one passion, I still do not…  sacrifice my particular worth, my ownness. Where this nasty incident occurs, love looks no better than any other passion that I blindly obey.” – The Unique and Its Property, 185

It is relevant to note that just as the egoist receives happiness from a loved one’s pleasure, so does an egoist suffer from a loved one’s despair. Just as the egoist would sacrifice something of their own to provide happiness for a loved one in order to exact their own happiness, so too would an egoist sacrifice something, or act, to eradicate the root problem of a loved one’s misery, as this, in turn, would then resolve their own misery:

“If I see the beloved suffering, I suffer with him, and I find no rest until I’ve tried everything to comfort and cheer him…. It doesn’t follow from this that the same thing causes suffering… his tooth gives him pain, but his pain gives me pain. But because I cannot bear the sorrowful crease on the beloved forehead, therefore, then for my sake, I kiss it away. If I didn’t love this person, he could go right on creasing his forehead, that wouldn’t trouble me; I’m only driving away my troubles. – The Unique and Its Property, 186

The phrasing of “driving away… troubles” is particular to note here, due to similar usages of language used within Alhaitham’s Character Stories, in relation to him acting in accordance with his self-governed rules and serving his own self-interest by: “[acting] on his own will and deals with anything that appears harmful in his eyes”.

Kaveh, however, interprets Alhaitham’s egoism as a detached, pragmatic view of humanity, in which the individual isolates themselves not only as a means of prioritisation, but by elevating oneself over others by refusal to intermingle and to cooperate for the benefit of others. Not only is this a harmful opposition to Kaveh’s view of individuals sharing their knowledge and talent in order to pursue a better society, but due to Kaveh’s experience of Alhaitham’s personal egoism, it is harmful to Kaveh personally. Kaveh refuses to prioritise himself over others because he has seen a negative consequence of egoism, in which he has been “cut to the quick” and it has ended one of the few stable relationships in his life.

By Kaveh seeing Alhaitham’s comment about his altruism as malicious, Alhaitham has elevated himself over Kaveh, since Alhaitham does not have the same struggles as him, and has trivialised Kaveh’s trauma. To Kaveh, Alhaitham’s prioritisation of the self actively harms others as it desensitises the self to the emotions of others. Therefore, Kaveh opposes the egoism which Alhaitham advocates for, since he interprets it through his own lived experience. Hence, by Alhaitham asserting egoism over Kaveh as a means of Kaveh prioritising himself, it only reinforces Kaveh to strive to consider the feelings of others, as well as to not prioritise his own way of thinking if it undermines someone else’s.

In actuality, Alhaitham’s frustrations with Kaveh lie in his belief that Kaveh’s talents are incongruous with his values, and that if Kaveh were to prioritise himself, he would save himself suffering and enable himself to discover his “true self”, unrestricted by others placing labels onto him.

This is a personal frustration which Alhaitham would not compromise himself to assert onto a person he was indifferent to, due to his belief of not getting involved with other’s fates. However, he has been observed to ‘subvert’ his own rules to accommodate Kaveh. Through egoism, it can be seen that rather than ‘subverting’ these rules, Alhaitham adheres to them as an egoist, since he sees Kaveh as his mirror, they offer each other a contrasting perspective he believes they need to have a complete, objective vision of the world.

This is necessary for Alhaitham to consider within his own life, and therefore has extended his house to Kaveh, in order to expand his scope of thinking, and to consider perspectives he otherwise would not entertain. Kaveh’s ideals, his beliefs, and his philosophies explicitly interest Alhaitham, in contradiction with Kaveh believing that Alhaitham is disdainful of his perspectives.

In this way, Alhaitham enjoys Kaveh. He willingly pays for some of Kaveh’s tabs; pays for crates of wine for the two of them; and goes out of his way to pursue interactions with Kaveh. Just as Alhaitham is to Kaveh, Kaveh is an old friend, as unchanged in his beliefs as he was in the past and thus is a constant: “the most unshakable part of one's past is a friend that will never change”’.

Alhaitham strives to act in accordance to his own egoism and therefore assesses what “appears harmful” to him, in relation to these rules, so as to be rid of them. This can be extended to Kaveh, as Kaveh falls under what ‘belongs’ to Alhaitham, in the sense that ownership equates to Alhaitham’s enjoyment.

Alhaitham wants to have Kaveh in his life due to the alternate perspective which Kaveh offers him, thus expanding his horizons and granting him knowledge he otherwise would not obtain. As well as this, Kaveh is seen to be considered part of Alhaitham’s way of life that he wants to protect. In line with Stirner’s egoism, it follows that as Alhaitham enjoys Kaveh, as in, ‘owns’ the contentment Kaveh elicits, he therefore is affected by Kaveh’s self-inflicted grievances. Therefore, Alhaitham sees Kaveh’s altruism at the expense of his own wellbeing as something “harmful” to be dealt with, as this not only causes Kaveh inward misery, but also detriments Kaveh finding his “true self” (Alhaitham Character Story 3), which the egoist pursues above all else.

#i realised i hadn't actually discussed their philosophies in a post so here's an snippet from The Essay #kaveh's altruism is brushed over here but i didn't want this post getting too expansive oops #since their differences are the basis of the essay it's hard to filter that down into one post? #basically i'm aware that this reads as incomplete but i promise there is more where this came from!!! #also im reading that line: the two cannot reach a consensus even to this day #and im going insane because isn't that the resolution of their conflict? to find middle ground? #gee i wonder if that line is thematically crucial to their characters #also kaveh reads page 185 of the unique and its property and fights off a blush before denying everything #can they talk. please. im sick of them #the essay is coming along btw!!! thank you for all your thoughts and encouragement!! #haikaveh #alhaitham #kaveh #kavetham #haikaveh meta #genshin meta

[theteaisaddictive]

jane immediately recognising that her confidence in rochester is dead after the whole attic wife thing gets revealed — indeed, all throughout their engagement, noticing little red flags about his behaviour, which she wilfully ignores even as the more sensible part of her knows that she needs some form of financial independence, that rochester treating her the way he treated celine varens isn’t going to bode well for their marriage at all…….

i’m just saying. she’s young, but she’s not stupid. there’s a reason they can’t be together until jane’s inherited her fortune and rochester has been humbled by the loss of his financial status and physical ability — indeed, until rochester wholeheartedly embraces a christianity close to jane’s own, which doesn’t resemble the hypocrisy of brocklehurst or the puritan self-denial of st. john.

#rae (re)reads jane eyre #jane eyre #otp: lightning tree #i understand the pop culture joke of jane finding out he had an attic wife and marrying him anyway #but it irritates me more than a little because She Did Not Do That. she found out about the attic wife and got the fuck out of there. #literally ran away in the middle of the night #also i get why people don’t play up the christian themes as much but they are such a MAJOR part of the book come ON #they have no issue with brocklhurst or st john but as soon as it’s jane or rochester their faith and spiritual journeys are just. #never mentioned. #it’s called thematic resolution guys #you don’t have to agree with the politics of it but it’s integral to the plot of the book

[alphaketoglutaricacid]

when toshiro got on laios ass for being inconsiderate and never thinking about how his actions affect others like he was mean abt it but hes not wrong. Thats a pretty major character flaw and a pattern of behavior for laios — w not choosing jobs that made money for namari who is in a pretty dire financial situation where she cant even get off the island and has to go adventuring in the dungeon to get out of debt, who even explicitly brought this up, eating marcilles familiar immediately even tho she was attached to it, kidnapping shuro into his party and putting him in life threatening situations without like really checking he wanted to be there…?, wanting to see if izutsumi has more than one set of nipples when dehumanization is a HUGE huge issue for her the list goes on and on and on. Like when a friend does this to you its just kinda annoying but when ur the leader u really should be checking if everyones needs r met without them telling u. Like the autism plays a factor for sure, his cultural upbringing plays a factor for sure, but as ppl regardless I think u gotta step up to meet the needs of ppl in the moment or realize u shouldnt be calling the shots. just bc its influenced by factors out of ur control does not make it not a serious character flaw. And its written as such in the story.

#It makes him an interesting character w nuance and i like him for it #its a pretty big flaw dungeon meshi hits over ur head several times #And part of his character arc to grow as a leader who can communicate and take other ppls needs into consideration effectively so he can #be an effective king (an ending im still like kinda confused abt like i get its thematically full circle moment and a love #letter to the genre but like WHAT) #Granted ppl in glass houses shouldnt throw stones since shuros also a poor leader (worse than laios) #to the point that i think its a stretch to say it wasnt maizuru leading that party like “shuros party” i mean he sure was in their proximit #but his opinion does actually matter to laios and gets him to listen so ig it had to be said 😔 #dungeon meshi spoilers #Laios touden #But like it was not the first time this was brought up to him… cmon man #Toshiro is a sheltered rich kid with no conflict resolution skills who at least was kept materially comfortable his entire life #tho on the other fronts… genuinely he wouldve been happier if he wasnt born into that family #and when hes angry his actions become vicious and targeted to a shocking degree #but his assessment of situations tend to be accurate to a degree thats surprising for a person from another culture thats only been there #For 2 yrs #toshiro nakamoto #in da tags i suppose #Shuro

[raayllum]

—How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

#tdpedit #tdp callum #tdp #my edits #graphics #tag ramble #two pillars #brotp: we're in this together #rayllum #personal fave #broyals #the dragon prince #httyd #the royal family of katolis #httyd3 my beloved #ur immaculate resolution to the constant thematic battle between freedom & protection running throughout httyd1 & 2 #culminating in a love that chooses both of them #elevating hicctooth above any romantic love in the series #the escalation of love to 'it matters how well you love someone > how long you're together' #inject it into my bloodstream good god #almost 10 years later and still in my httyd phase and it feels so good

[muninnhuginn]

Okay I need to write some qiao ling meta. Been seeing stuff around and some of it I very much agree with but other parts I see it pretty differently. but responding on the post itself feels like derailing and I need to collect my thoughts together properly so. besides, I recently rewatched doudou arc so I had some thoughts in my head from that anyway

#tldr is basically that focus has been uneven for the main three. this was rectified somewhat in s2 but ql still left way behind overall. #however she does have a really clear through line on the topic of 'speaking up'. resolving that thread won't just push the plot via lg #(and be thematically consistent with the various info-withholding pairs of the series) but will also work towards her personal resolution. #(main pieces in play: doudou arc - ltx 'interview' - ltx's memories)

[lord-squiggletits]

Also I'm just gonna say that even if it were true that Rodimus was a """""true Prime"""" and Optimus wasn't, that isn't as much of an L for Optimus as people seemingly want it to be.

Like so you're telling me Optimus was never a chosen hero and the burden of the Matrix/leadership pained him morally, emotionally, and physically, yet he still survived 4 million years of war?

You're telling me he wasn't God's Designated Special Boy but he still tried his best to live up to that impossible ideal to the point of developing serious depression and suicidal ideation as a result of so much goddamn loneliness and self-doubt?

Optimus wasn't a "true Prime" and yet he still believed in ideals of reconciliation and ending the cycle of violence? He wasn't a true Prime but he still stayed on Cybertron trying to fix a broken, broken society while also trying to stop Earth from being invaded for a second time? He didn't even need to do that he could've just stayed in exile which he was originally supposed to do all along, and which he would've personally preferred?? You're telling me that Optimus wasn't Primus' Specialest Boy And Chosen Leader and yet he stepped into leadership anyways bc he perceived that there was injustice to be fixed??

Wow yeah I guess Optimus is just such an inferior leader, clearly his actual actions/moral character as person don't matter and his "worthiness" should be judged solely on whether the Magic Cybertronian 8 Ball liked him or not.

#squiggposting #idw op love #literally the more you deconstruct it the less sense it makes #ppl want rodimus to be Validated By Canon as being better than optimus soooo badly #i get it you cant like rodimus without shitting on optimus #however when you get canon wrong i can and will roast your theories #if optimus went thru everything he went thru but somehow still isnt worthy of the matrix #then what WOULD make him worthy??? like seriously #fighting to protect organic species from colonization didnt make him worthy? #trying to find diplomatic resolutions to a 4 mil year long blood feud isnt worthy enough? #doing all of this at the cost of great personal suffering to himself doesnt make him worthy?? #being willing to fight and imprison his own autobots for trying to break the peace wasnt enough? #becoming villified by most of earth/cybertron by forcing them to cooperate wasnt enough??? #optimus siding with the ultimate victim of cybertronian oppression and 'defeating him' by acknowledging his pain #isnt enough to make him worthy?? THEN WTF IS ENOUGH TO YOU PPL #nothing bc 'worthy of the matrix' is just code for 'validation of my fave' #and most of the ppl in this fandom dont even know OP did all of those things anywYs #also like MOST PEOPLE arent wielders of the matrix are they unworthy too??? #WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORTHINESS?? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ALLEGED WORTHINESS #ON THE MORAL AND THEMATIC FABRIC OF THIS STORY???? #literally idw optimus embodies the same values that rodimus does #it's all about love and forgiveness and building a better future and choosing kindness over violence #And if you dont get that optimus represents those just as much as rodimus did well #you prolly didnt read very closely lol

[bigboobshaunt]

Watched all of Pokémon Concierge today and it's insanely cute. I guess it was the length they wanted it to be and that's fine, but I'd easily eat through a 20 episode season of it.

#pokémon concierge #Pokémon #Haru nooo don't look for thematic resolution on your first week on the job #anyways sorry to everyone in my life but I could use being whisked away to work at the Pokémon Resort #it would be good for my health

[the-sky-is-my-home]

thinking about 1059, specifically the new pacifistas

like there is something deeply insidious to developing weapons of mass destruction and then giving them the bodies of children

how did they make these? were the kids, even if they’re lab-grown clones of the warlords with some of king’s dna mixed in, ever alive? did they have a consciousness? can it be returned? will they ever grow up?

and their name - seraphim - is so fitting. it literally means burning, which you know, being somehow lunarian, they do be burning all the time, but they’re also burning down any place they’re ordered to. seraphim are angels, surrounding the throne of god and declaring its holiness, and here they’re weapons, employed to protect the ‘gods’ that are reigning right now, made with the dna of an almost extinct race that was once revered as gods but was dethroned and killed by the new gods.

like here those children are, looking perfect and holy, and yet so very obviously showing there is nothing holy left in this world - there’s no sanctity of childhood, no merciful god, no taboo humanity can’t break with technology

I know it’s been said before but oda is a damn genius

#one piece 1059 #one piece spoilers #one piece #I know we're not getting any explanations anytime soon on them #much less any resolution #but man I want it #I want it so bad you have no idea #these little kid pacifistas are such a great thematic inclusion #I'm frothing at the mouth oda give me MORE

[frumfrumfroo]

Can't believe I never noticed before that most of the dialogue in TFA is... kinda bad? As bad as anything in TROS. The prequels dialogue is bad, but you can tell it's *attempting* poetry. A lot of the dialogue in TFA and TROS is just stating the obvious or trite quips.

It's not a great movie.

#they had one brilliant transcendent thing which could have carried this whole trilogy and made it seem like real art #could have put it up there as actually worth remembering #made it a legitimate part of the story #but no #no #and I've said this before but if they wanted to make forgettable cash in garbage they should have just done that #and done it in a crowd pleasing way which didn't destroy the narrative #they should have had the OT trio together they should have had unchallenging fanservice #because how fucking dare they tear down the happy ending of RotJ with no intention of building to a fuller and larger resolution #how dare they have Han Luke and Leia all die for nothing as failures #never having been reunited #for no reason #they all had mostly miserable lives and no one ever fixed anything or grew up- the entire saga was pointless and futile #and these people claim to be fans #they couldn't have shit on the OT harder if they'd tried #but yeah legit reylo was so compelling and Ben was so perfectly sw it could have papered over the (huge) flaws that TFA built into the ST #IX didn't even have to be great #if it had had the appropriate narrative resolution it would be beloved anyway #RotJ is the weakest film in the OT but it is deathless because of the powerful thematic statement and resounding conclusion it provides #bc it retroactively makes ESB even better and makes ANH much deeper #deep storytelling from the dawn of time speaking profound hope will overcome all superficial issues #it's so satisfying that we don't care about clunkiness in other areas #but guess it's more important to make the deadline for the quarter than to create something that will still be generating money 60 years on #instead of being swept into the slop bucket of franchise offal and buried in a steel drum on Mars to prevent contamination

[lemongogo]

#HELPP ok i have thoughts.my thinking cap back on #LOVEE the ending as far as the actual direction goes yk.like people seeing (literally) the pain&plight of plants #and vowing to protect and look after them w utmost care #loved that knives technically survived the fall and the aftermath esp in recruiting someone to care for vash #BUTTT i dont know how i feel ab his death ;___; the symbolism w the apple tree and him using the last of his energy is sweet #and i dont think i would dislike it necessarily if we just had more time #to marinate in his story.i think... the ending does not give u a lot of time to reach the full conclusion #i think that theres a whole side to his story i WISHH nightow explored and i wish we had seen knives turmoil and vashs acceptance of his #experiences more than the select few scenes we got beforehand. its soo rushed T_T DONT GET ME WRONG im still more or less satisfied that #we didnt get an ending like.. oh everyones dead and miserable and vash killed knives and ppl never learn to coexist right #like it could actually be so thematically worse BUTT im just like. THATS ITTT??? THATS ALL..sitting here twiddling my thumbs #waiting for a complete resolution thatll never come to be.and it sucks bc i wish i could look towards stampede to get that neat wrap up #but stampede completely altered knives' story and fell into the nasty horrid pittrap of aligning him with reprehensible values #so no conclusion of theres will ever touch on max!knives' conclusion and i think that is the thing im looking 4 the most #no conclusion of theirs* sry LAWL #also read some posts (by trigum LUVV ur analyses btw i need to rb some now that i finished) that the max ending #doesnt give vash an ACTUAL ending. we reach the climax in his confrontation with legato and then his commitment to save knives #but anything beyond that just doesnt exist. MY GODD imagining a reality where we got like 5 more chapters at LEAST to #give it a hearty ending #anyways. the reporter bit is so cute im bummed they went straight to that in stamp :sob: best like... cute ending fr #trigun spoilers #trigun maximum #trigun #vash

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

"Don't you ever wonder what waits beyond the stars,"

"Where the sun we know is only a cinder in the sky?"

#GW2 #Guilds Wars 2 #sylvari #my posts #Dreamer Seren #i've had Seren for a really long time #but only JUST FINALLY went back and gave her a design #she was just in the Herald of Aurene outfit for ages HDFHFDH #tho i still need to get the stellar? astral? whichever is ascended #so she can finish up her gold and purple magic look (and then i can do an even fancier photoshoot with her using them) #i ALSO broke down and finally nabbed mistlock since it was on sale and i had enough gems saved up from gold conversion #anyway. i still need to decide her backstory... i have a lot of thoughts but i'm not settled yet #i think SotO is actually gonna be what nails her down since she definitely has magical multiverse ties... #my current thought is that she can connect to the Dreams of /multiple Tyrias/ which gives her a very strange sort of future sight #where she can see high probability futures and determine the most likely outcome based on the overlap... #she operates almost the way an Avatar of the tree does where she sees All of it and not just the part that's meant for her #also she's a chronomancer! it fits very well thematically i think :3c #(i'm working on setting her up to be a solid support chrono but i'll wait on runes until relics release so i don't waste gold lol) #sidenote i wish the butterfly texture on the carapace leggings was higher resolution it looks so pixelated for no reason GFHFHF

[robbyykeene]

your blog always reminds ne of how good cobra kai used to be... still haven't watched season 5 but it's nice to know what's going on through you and the other ck blogs i still follow. keep up the good work! as a question: what is your biggest hope and biggest fear for next season?

Ahhh ty!! I really miss when ck was still good. I rewatched it a few months ago expecting to not find s1 as good anymore….but it literally was that good! And that’s the most disappointing part of it all. As far as hopes and fears for s6, i feel like im so beyond caring about anything that is actually happening in this show anymore that i don’t have any hopes or fears lmao. I guess my only wish is that the og cobras come back, but realistically i know that if they do itll just be like. a quick pan over them smiling at the back of johnny and carmens wedding meanwhile daniel is standing up front as best man which. Okay lol

#my REAL hope is they pull a riverdale and have everyone end up in a ginormous polycule (age segregated of course) #but ck is not HALF the show riverdale is unfortunately #im way beyond having any like. investment at all in what happens in the plot. theres going to be no good thematic resolution to anything #i guess i also hope they dont pull a kreesedemption #thanks for sending this!! honestly i envy you for not having seen s5 lmfao it’s probably the worst seaskn of television ive ever experienced #and that is Saying Something #anonynous #asks #i also just. miss this fandom in the earlier days when everyone was genuinely so full of excitement and love for this show. #i feel like now basically everyone just. kinda hates it lol.

[blueskittlesart]

Personally, I’ve always felt that Zelda sending Link back to be a child again in OoT…was actually a terrible idea. I understand that she wanted to give him back the childhood that he didn’t really have, but think about it. He’s nine freaking years old (mentally), and endured so. much. I mean. he can never look at the world the same again. Now he has to go back and act as if nothing happened? Wouldn’t that cause some sort of unhealthy mental state? Maybe I’m wrong or looking into it too much??

hmm. i disagree, but not necessarly entirely? you're right that there's no way to remove the trauma that link went through, but i dont think that was necessarily the point of sending him back. Oot is fundamentally about coming-of-age, and link's trauma is as a result of having to grow up too fast due to a war he was forced to be apart of. in the timeline where he is 16, where he's won, there are people who share his experiences, yes, but he is a war HERO. he will never be allowed to be a child because he will always be the person who killed ganon in hyrule's eyes. If he stays 16, he will be a child in an adult body forever and he will never be able to truly grow up or heal.

if he goes, though, he has a chance to grow up for real. You insinuate that when he goes back he doesn't ever tell anyone about what he's been through which i disagree with, partially because he explicitly goes back and STOPS GANON before things can go to shit, which i think would require at the very least telling zelda what he's seen, if not some of the adults in the castle. if anything, he now has MORE of a support system than before, because people here will see him as the KID that he is and at least attempt to help him accordingly, whereas if he stayed in the other timeline he would have been treated as an adult when he wasn't one, really, and likely been offered even less support. i don't think EITHER timeline is the perfect solution to link's trauma or will magically fix his mental state but i also don't really think that was the point of sending him back, it was a resolution. a chance to take back a little bit of the childhood that had been literally stolen from him.

#asks #zelda analysis #i think part of this is also looking at characters as individuals vs the overarching narrative. the going-back was a thematic resolution #to the narrative about lost childhoods and coming-of-age during war. it's a physical reclamation of the childhood link and zelda didnt get #does it necessarily FIX everything? no. but it resolves the story and follows through on its messages #anyway

[agnesandhilda]

I wonder how many of my real-life experiences would be called too on the nose if they were put into a book

#bolo speaks #like that post about the sunflower on the table and how op's mother slowly killed it but putting it where she thought looked best #that kind of thing. #real life doesn't get the neat resolution of a story but by god have I experienced some things with the thematic subtlety of a baseball bat

[moondoposting]

whatever happens in theoretical season 2, it needs to end with the three of them opening the midnight mission and steven immediately buying the gaudiest fucking life sized khonshu statue to put up as decoration

#also they should sleep in a sarcophagus #punishment from jake #me: hee hee imagine if they did thing from comic book #also me: the potential this has for thematic resolution between this characters is unparalleled and i will never stop thinking about it #moon knight

[dbssh]

"but nothing was resolved" ok did you miss the twenty minute segments capping off the beginning and ending of the movie that was in itself a complete, resolved storyline or are you just mad that cliffhangers are a narrative device employed in trilogy.

#LIKE DID U THINK GWENS STUFF WAS JUST THERE TO FLUFF UP THE RUNTIME... ITS THE FRAMING NARRATIVE OF THE FILM ITS RESOLUTION IS THERE #SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE THE FILM NARRATIVE STRUCTURE ON ITS OWN BEYOND ITS PLACE IN THE LARGER TRILOGY #miles story was left on a cliff because miles is the bones of the trilogy miles is the protagonist gwen was the structure for *this movie* #her narrative was the spine of this movie its resolution WAS the resolution for this film #her conflict with her father and its resolution was the thematic thesis statement of the film raaaaaagh