Hello Attack on Titan interweaves a lesbian crush into the story I thought you'd all appreciate that
Just don't go reading it unless you're prepared for what is basically a zombie story
@vahnj I've not been very comfortable with Attack on Titan ever since I heard some rather... bad (like, neo-nazi level bad) things about its creator and what he intended with the story. Would kind of like some confirmation as to whether that's true or not but I don't have the spoons to try to find any :/
SnK creator's politics
@Felthry I just read about it and it's really bizarre if what people have dug up is fully true (there seems to be a bit of speculation involved since it's unclear whether or not the original tweets involving the creator are actually him or not, though circumstantially it seems like it is)
It's just weird because it seems like SnK rejects the ideals that this evidence points at him having???? it's weird, people are calling it similar to Orson Scott Card's homophobia
SnK creator's politics
@vahnj @Felthry If you look at SnK it.. Verymuch has the military-state poised as heroic and just, those who avoid military service as fundamentally cowards, and civilians are at-best helpless sheep to be herded & protected by the military, and at-worst catastrophically Getting In the Way while being Greedy and Wasteful.
Idk if later chapters reverse/subvert this? But it's how the series starts & continues for a fair way. (I have not seen past that point if so, unfortunately)
SnK creator's politics
@GlitchyDragon @Felthry it does actually
SnK creator's politics
@GlitchyDragon @Felthry there is a lot of stuff that it sets up just so it will take a huge fall
it's an exploration of what it means to be free, what it means to be proud to belong, and what it means to be a part of an oppressed class
it explores what your true responsibility in the world is- and how sometimes multiple people can be right about a situation and still be unnecessarily evil thinking they're doing a good thing
i really enjoy it a lot
SnK creator's politics
@vahnj @Felthry this kinda reminds me of Confessions of a Mask;- The author is a staunch Japanese Imperialist with a longing for a percieved golden age, who nontheless struggles against the social shackles inherent in such an era & its politics that have continued into the present day.
It is as a result a very.. Profoundly conflicted book.
I do not have the experience of SnK to say how far that parallel goes. (also I just realised I'm using GD's account, erp - NY)
SnK creator's politics
@Felthry @vahnj The fact that the nostalgia for Japan's Imperial past is fundamentally intertwined with its healing from American colonialism (and later, WW2) cannot be understated, either.
It does not excuse, but it informs; drawing direct "It's just.." 1:1 comparisons to European/American political movements is a folly.
SnK creator's politics
@vahnj @Felthry I am very glad to hear this.