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eerna · 2 years

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To be honest SAO is cool as hell for 12 episodes and I stand by that

You have every right to stand by that. I think most main characters and plotlines set up in that first arc absofuckinlutely slap and the overall story has the potential to be the ultimate tale of the digital generation... except it is so badly written and so badly developed and no one working on it had the slightest idea how video games work or what the social circumstances around them are and had nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation

#eernanon #eernask #i'm ranting abt this in ina's dms right now actually #how fucking good a story that examines what could lead a child into a video game addiction that turns into a virtue could be #the examination of what digital relationships are and how connection to other humans IS what people look for even in stuff that seems #anti-social. how you can't escape your problems by turning to fantasy and wish fulfilment because they will catch upw ith you #(now we're in alfheim arc already)#sao would have been so good if it wasn't a power fantasy aimed at neckbeards written by a man who never played a game in his life #*who acts like he never played a game in his life. he must have played some games to know the general culture around it but obv isn't #into video game theory or all that well versed in how video games work #eernask talk sao

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