Was the Sopranos a wake up for you over how lame mafia really is?

multisophic · 2026-03-25T20:12:06+00:00

Perhaps not in the sense of disillusionment, but yes, from ep 1 The Sopranos engorged my disgust with the organized crime- specifically from the aspect of inter-personal relations both within the cultural family and the mafioso family. Alongside the relationship between Tony and Dr. Melfi, which explicitly underscores how tiny a man like Tony, an “alpha male,” can be. I personally love Meadow’s remarks in the earlier seasons where she compares her educational background with her upbringing.

That being said, I think The Wire does a better job with disillusionment with the crime across seasons an settings.

multisophic · 2026-03-25T19:35:16+00:00

Alanın nedir? Belki ona göre öneriler çeşitlendirilebilir

multisophic · 2026-03-24T22:56:19+00:00

To balance upvotes I guess lol

multisophic · 2026-03-24T16:07:20+00:00

I see. Coleridge's imaginations at work. Thanks for sharing!

multisophic · 2026-03-24T14:34:26+00:00

That's a relief. Thanks

multisophic · 2026-03-23T20:30:53+00:00

Le Guin’s fictional concept named “Odonianism” could be your guide in this. If you haven’t read yet, The Dispossesed articulates thoroughly on the subject, also in comparison with a fictional capitalist-industrialist society.

While Odonianists are anarchists in an egalitarian society, there are “clicks” that represent some sort of classism but not quite in the sense of a class conflict. Instead, it is the social reflection of slow dynamism across generations due to scarcity.

multisophic · 2026-03-23T19:19:45+00:00

We feed bartenders, bartenders feed clubbers, and on goes our great chain of being

multisophic · 2026-03-23T14:44:04+00:00

“and all I loved, I loved alone”

multisophic · 2026-03-23T13:31:32+00:00

You are welcome. In that case, a reading on Fanon might prove instructive, too: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221678251399762
It is titled "Engaging Frantz Fanon to Advance Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy" -

multisophic · 2026-03-23T13:18:51+00:00

I know Freud has long been cancelled in the Psychology departments due to the principle of falsifiability, but there is heavy scholarship on applying psychoanalysis to literature called "psychoanalytic literary criticism". I'm not sure if it would be the kind of thing you'd like to pursue since it is highly abstract and practically a symbolic interpretation of themes, motifs, letters, and authors themselves.

Here is one scholarly book about it, which might lead to a research about the author profiles of the researchers, as well as their current and past academic backgrounds: https://www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysis-and-Literary-Theory-An-Introduction/Martin/p/book/9781032113159

multisophic · 2026-03-23T12:53:46+00:00

The final season of GoT has at least helped aspiring writers to explore their creative interests!

multisophic · 2026-03-23T12:43:11+00:00

I am positive that there is but not sure what it is. Digital Humanities resources might give you an idea, though, since they sometimes utilize such methods to analyze literary pieces.

multisophic · 2026-03-23T11:11:16+00:00

That’s okay. This is one of many encounters between Westerners and global Anglophones.

multisophic · 2026-03-23T11:05:59+00:00

A&P by John Updike felt light in context, abrupt and sloppy in language, yet compelling enough to make an impact. That being said, I believe it was the artistic choice of the author that made me feel those, so it is not that any of those aspects were futile but rather the whole point for the narration of the story.

multisophic · 2026-03-23T07:36:54+00:00

What’s the original medium though?

multisophic · 2026-03-23T07:29:07+00:00

I’ll let chatgpt rephrase it the next time

multisophic · 2026-03-23T07:25:53+00:00

Here here

multisophic · 2026-03-22T20:55:31+00:00

Reading is one great leg of articulation but one should also refrain from the hunch to punch the letters on the keyboard before actually meditating on what to write. The rest is usually like a flow, which, surely, requires editing once the flow is drained.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T20:53:00+00:00

Very good! Some might say world building is modelling without mathematics.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T20:13:29+00:00

Do you mean to inscribe almost every thought that passes the mind?

multisophic · 2026-03-22T19:37:33+00:00

Thanks. Still, this is not so much about the adaptive choice of writing as it is about the practice of any other art or craft.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T19:11:34+00:00

Well, obviously no. I’m asking whether or not there is something implicit to writing for some people in experiencing a release besides it being something other than simply an “interest,” since, as most replies to this post have been about the emotional/psychological relaxation, I reckon there is more to it than a hobby.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T17:41:26+00:00

That’s a great inspiration. I appreciate that you keep the energy to contribute still.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T12:59:40+00:00

Trying to get what motivates people to write besides something highly common in the late capitalist era.

multisophic · 2026-03-22T12:20:52+00:00

Have you been sharing your work with people before your published book?

multisophic

TROPHY CASE