Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoI wish I was a media industry failson so I, too, could get to adapt something I fundamentally don't understand | More Avatar live action stuffhexbear.netimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1imageI wish I was a media industry failson so I, too, could get to adapt something I fundamentally don't understand | More Avatar live action stuffhexbear.netEgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
https://nordic.ign.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-live-action/78311/news/the-big-netflix-avatar-the-last-airbender-producer-interview-this-is-a-remix-not-a-cover
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·10 months agoHe also stops the narrative dead in its tracks to go into an essay about the symbolic power of the color white, in case you, the reader, didn’t get it.
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-210 months agoIt’s nice to have a story that isn’t full of all the symbolism or metaphors. Just a guy trying to catch a whale
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoI mean I guess it doesn’t count as subtext if the author is going to the trouble to spell out what he means
He also stops the narrative dead in its tracks to go into an essay about the symbolic power of the color white, in case you, the reader, didn’t get it.
It’s nice to have a story that isn’t full of all the symbolism or metaphors. Just a guy trying to catch a whale
I mean I guess it doesn’t count as subtext if the author is going to the trouble to spell out what he means
Only cowards use subtext!