- Apr 29, 2020
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Not everything needs or warrants some kind of philosophical breakdown. A piece of media can just be a piece of media thats meant to be consumed and discarded. Someone could write a the thousand page dissertation about how the game is all an allegory by the author to express his deep seeded peanut butter sexual fetish but that doesnt mean that the argument actually means anything says anything constructive or even actually exists in the content. There is just no reason that every single piece of media to ever exist has to say something meaningful or be deconstructed so far to find meaning.I'm so close to agreeing with you here, if the same couldn't be said for reality. Reality is an incoherent mess full of curios that often lead nowhere. There's no story, no end goal, and no inherent reason to continue interacting with it besides our instincts stopping us from self destructing. People are inclined to make sense of it anyway, whether through spirituality, studying the mechanics of the world, or just making shit up. Reality only maters because we're a part of it.
The argument (far as I was concerned) was that hallucinations undermine what little sense can be found, fiction or not. Once you're aware of it, it's a constant reminder that nothing can be trusted. At that point, why bother with anything? You aren't part of it anyway. You have no control. Just go gentle into that good night.
If someone paints a picture of a dildo is it some kind of statement about the state of humanity and the evils it perpetrates to seek pleasure? Is it an expression of the artists view on society? A heartfelt love story toward the gay community? A scathing rebuttal of the sins of homosexuality? Is it just a picture of a dildo that people are getting pretentious about?
Sure someone can argue that anything made in a society is influenced by society and philosophical discussions about the nature of man springs up from every piece of media created but that doesnt really mean that any of those topics are actually brought up and tackled by the material in question. There is no great discussion about humanity in this game. Stuff happens not because of reality or peoples perception of it. Stuff happens because degenerates want to see someone fuck dogs so they put it ingame. What happens in reality or what is realistic or discussions around it in the real world were not are not and should not be taken into account. Its fantasy. Having a well defined bold line to differentiate between the two is absolutely vital because to be quite honest bringing up real life situations and discussions in a game with themes like this one is a very slippery slope. Trying to justify the game and ground it in reality just makes it less fantasy at best and leads to people blurring the lines between it and reality at worst.