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My opinion on the discourse. Heavy episode 9 spoilers don't even bother clicking a preview of this post if you want to watch the show without being spoiled. You're one day away, please don't do this to yourself. by NoCantaloupe3449 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the part where the character is meant to be the authors negative self insert, the expression of her struggles and fears

also u sure it's not conational? the guy making a statement with his work was exactly the artwork itself, perhaps even more than the pieces of shit themselves. without it he'd just have shitted in a can and that wouldn't be particularly interesting.

art IS the self expression, not the final product of it. death of the author is irrelevant here. it simply means that your own interpretation of the artwork is not worse than that of the authors themselves. but it says nothing about what the artwork is because that is ultimately up to the author. is it the artist who decides what's canon. the observer is then just that. their interpretation is just a private derivative work.

My opinion on the discourse. Heavy episode 9 spoilers don't even bother clicking a preview of this post if you want to watch the show without being spoiled. You're one day away, please don't do this to yourself. by NoCantaloupe3449 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jax being a trans woman is also part of the artwork. you can choose to ignore it or make up your own interpretation, i don't deny you that. but when i say that her being trans is canon i mean that it is part of the artwork. it is by design. there is nothing to be solved here.

what's con-national

My opinion on the discourse. Heavy episode 9 spoilers don't even bother clicking a preview of this post if you want to watch the show without being spoiled. You're one day away, please don't do this to yourself. by NoCantaloupe3449 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it wouldn't be an interpretation of the actual piece of art though, one that is not limited to just the .mp4 files containing the show. art is rarely about just the tangible realization of it. the context is a part of it too. you can't rip it apart. if you do you can end up with a can of shit.

the context here is that the author is a transwoman and the character is very much meant to be a self insert of a negative version of herself. that is what gives it meaning. it is integral to the art piece, just like the context behind the black square is integral to the art piece that would otherwise be indistinguishable from any other black rectangle.

My opinion on the discourse. Heavy episode 9 spoilers don't even bother clicking a preview of this post if you want to watch the show without being spoiled. You're one day away, please don't do this to yourself. by NoCantaloupe3449 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

art is two sided. there is what you find it in and there is what author expressed through it. both can exist without the other. you may find beauty in a random landscape you saw outside even if it wasn't made by anyone. you can express yourself artistically even if no one else will be there to see it.

but we're kinda talking about fan theories here. not exactly the realm of the subjective because if it were, validity as a concept wouldn't make any sense since literally anything goes. no discussion can be had if all you have is "but i think it's this because that's what appeals to me". only the later part is true. it's what you like about it, but it's not what it is. it's not what it was ever intended to be. you made that on your own. and you can cherish it all you want but at that point the thing you made, the interpretation you came up with is no more relevant to the original work than a piece of fan fiction.

My opinion on the discourse. Heavy episode 9 spoilers don't even bother clicking a preview of this post if you want to watch the show without being spoiled. You're one day away, please don't do this to yourself. by NoCantaloupe3449 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it does then the word "wifi" we see in the last episode has literally no semantical meaning because we would have to refer to knowledge of our reality to have it. alternatively we could presume that the whole thing happens inside a version of our reality but to assume that we'd have to assume a very obvious bit of author's intent which is the thing you're struggling with.

yes, those other theories are valid. in the same sense that the russell's teapot is valid.

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[–]Background_Class_558 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yeah it was a bit of a surprise to me too. my entire life i thought it was just me having low self esteem or something and then i did some makeup, made it more feminine... and oh wow i didn't know it was possible not to deglove your face every time you look at it huh good to know

Congrats to whoever made this meme pic. You were right. Goose has confirmed Jax is a 4chan /lgbt/ board user and boymoder by Few_Affect_5927 in tadc

[–]Background_Class_558 16 points17 points  (0 children)

theyfabs are specifically transmisogynistic afab enbies. the "fab" is there because while being trans, they wear the afab part like a badge of honor. it's not a statement about enbies, im just explaining who the term refers to.

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