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>>10006942
im not a depraved libertarian

>>10006942
Economics is boring I rather read sci fi

>>10006942
I'm afraid of black literature

Neither. Next question please.

>>10006881
Why must everything be either/or with you?

Go read a book.

He was a better writer than he was philosopher

The fourth Dune is the only Dune worth reading, good luck with the first three

the first Dune is the only Dune worth reading, enjoy yourself friend

there is no Dune worth reading, feed it to the flames

/biz/ bitch

>>10006850
How much do you think Homer coughed up to get this promo for his god-awful book?

>>10007109
$6.50. Man i would totally shill some scifag's book for an egg mcmuffin, takes like 2 minutes

Shakespeare was Catholic, dumbass.

>>10006809
Shakespeare is a joke, dumbass.

>>10006809
It had more to do with these authors deviating from what used to be the norm. When atheism got more prominent, you had a lot of religious writers (of whatever affiliation).

>>10006732
that's fuckin cool.

>>10006735
IKR

what a retarded thread

>>10006724
Maybe they think he's too scary and say that to discourage reading of him.

>>10006724
>PoS thesis is meaning is use

TIL

>>10006724
Post your commentary then if you're so fucking

>>>/v/

2/2

I feel like that's a fair analysis, but I can't help but think there might be another meaning, (or at least an extra layer of meaning) behind them sitting together. They almost appear to be meditating. Not meditating in the spiritual sense, but both deep in thought, eyes cast to the ground.

It almost seems like a message to the player that we aren't all heroes in the story of our lives. Both Mido and King Zora actually act as hindrances to the Hero of Time in their lives. Mido stops Link at many turns, and feels justified in doing so. He constantly blocks Link's path and has a bit of a hero complex; bitter at Link for getting chosen by the Deku Tree instead of him.


As for the King, it doesn't seem to be bitterness, but some other character flaw that makes him serve as such a hindrance to Link. Again, the game uses comedy to point this out: We all remember the scene in which King Zora takes a near eternity to scoot inch-by-inch out of the way of the gate leading to Jabu-Jabu. The joke is that King Zora is a sort of failed leader. No King should be so fat and lazy. But it seems that his bigger sin is ignorance. For a King, he's pretty oblivious about the goings-on that are right under his nose. It takes so much to even get him to move, much less find his missing daughter at all. And it's not like it was that hard to figure out what happened to her anyway, I mean, there's a giant hungry cannibalistic fish behind you who your daughter feeds everyday.

The point is, both the King and Mido perhaps saw themselves as very important figures in their stories, perhaps even thinking of themselves as heroes. In the end, however, they look back and saw that they weren't the heroes of the story, but instead hindrances to the true hero. We all do this ourselves at some point. We all want to project ourselves into Link's place. But there seems to be something that's being said by this scene of them together that signifies this: You probably aren't the hero in the story. You may just have to serve as the gatekeeper who needs to accept his place and let the true hero continue on his path. You may be instrumental in that quest, and if you don't act correctly, you actually cause damage to the people around you. Maybe you're incarnate as the hero of time in another life, but you're probably just a side character who needs to fulfill his less-than-glorious duty. Both of them seem to have some sort of lesson of humility that they need to learn in their interaction with Link.

Am I looking too deep into this?

>>10006699
I'm posting here because not only does /v/ not like to discuss games in this manner, but /lit/ could maybe make an exception because this game is such an iconic and meaningful piece of work for so many people that have played it. The game's story, (majora's mask too) has a very allegorical or metaphorical feel to it. It's a clockwork of character relationships and symbolism. I think it's pretty naive to say that the writers didn't have solid historical, mythological, and literary knowledge to draw from. The video game industry, especially nintendo, was composed of a different kind of person back then. Much more classically educated, much more respect for literary tradition and values. I feel like you'd have to be pretty dense to say that the game is just a game and wasn't trying to signify anything at all. You fucking battle your shadow-self in the same temple that literally reflects the last temple you fought as a child before growing up. The first three temples in the game are literally echoed in the game's second half, and the water temple is the gateway to breaking that echo and moving onto something new. It's no coincidence that the next temple is the shadow temple. The game is filled with things like this that are honestly more than just throwaway allusions to old literary themes. It's obvious that the writers had a better understanding of myth than that, as they handle all the archetypes so gracefully. I think people overlook the zelda games simply because Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask were the only games that really tried to say something about the human experience and weren't just fanservice or shallow, hackneyed reinterpretations of things that had already been done in the earlier games. You can't analyze Skyward Sword or Twilight Princess with the same fine-toothed comb that you can with these games. There is so much unnecessary garbage in those games and the stories are feeble to say the least. I think OOT was just a simple enough canvas for them to paint on that it didn't get cluttered with unnecessary detail. It made for a rather eloquent yet, dare I say, deep game that is ultimately more than it appears on the surface.

fuck me trips and quads, I need an answer from God....

I think its cause you dont wanna

You don't like books and do like facebook. I suggest you go back there.

DR KillYourself, or How I learnt to stop making pointless threads and read the sticky.

Harry Potter

Not my diary desu

Not yours either senpai

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Why are people obsessed with that minority of writers that commit suicide?
The vast majority grow old, and it's probably a bigger percentage that get killed by accidents.

>>10006557
Artists are big feeling sorts. Some have bipolar problems.

>>10006608
>minority of writers
Sure...

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Writers_who_committed_suicide&pageuntil=Middleton%2C+Richard%0ARichard+Barham+Middleton#mw-pages

>>10006608
Because we want to read from the point of view from someone who offed themselves. Don't pretend that isn't interesting

The Judge and His Hangman

>>10006551
The Third Policeman

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

>>10006509
Ben has the most punchable face ever.

Damn, Ben looks like THAT?

>"The United States is afraid of me...I have seen its true face. These States are extended gutters and the gutters are full of superstition and when the drains finally scab over, all the believers will drown. The accumulated bunkum of all their faith and morals will foam up about their waists and all the Christians with their pastors will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No."

>inb4 (((them)))

>>10006472
Pain into production? Escape?

Joy and oblivion?

This is going to be a poetry book isn't it....?

>sleeping last night
>dreaming
>dream i talked to nick land online
>he was streaming games on twitch and had hot thai bitches in the room
>for some reason he talked directly to me in the chat
>lots of people in there
>get nervous
>asks me what i do
>tell him im studying philosophy
>he calls me a eunuch
>tells me to drop out and write real philosophy as a bum like him
>try to explain to him i dont have sufficient street cred
>hes groping the women
>laughs at me
>channel starts spamming nick land emoticons
>i'm banned
>think about what he said
>decide to drop out, decide im not doing anything and im just being eaten by the machine and ive known it all along, and at least outside of the academic circlejerk i could take one step as a free man which is better than a thousand miles as a serf
>take a shower for some reason
>thinking about how free i am, this is the first day of the rest of my life, i cant believe it
>wake up for real
>tfw too much of a pussy to follow dreamland's advice
>tfw i have to register for classes today

Looks comfy desu

>>10006594

It's also 500 dollars

I don't have more money than sense, so no.