Dear Reader who I shall never know, in your eyes, I know this game was ultimately a fiction. However, I hope you’ll follow us in our analysis and recounting of this fantastical adventure. I hope I …
Dear Reader who I shall never know, in your eyes, I know this game was ultimately a fiction. However, I hope you’ll follow us in our analysis and recounting of this fantastical adventure. I hope I will be able to reminisce and review what we saw together. Even if your journey is over, I hope you’ll still want to tag along. And, most importantly, with all my heart, I hope that fantasy will keep giving you strength.
Being a fiction shouldn’t degrade an argument IMO. There are so many ways people can write a story, many of which are nonsensical and has no message and that is their point. But they picked this one. Heck, humans have continued to tell stories, sometimes for entertainment, but sometimes they want to say something, and humans are conditioned to remember interesting things better. Regardless of whether there was a message, and whether the message was intentional, people can still create their own takeaways. What’s important is that last point: that people see something that they can take away, whether it’s an actual message, or maybe the journey itself is what they takeaway as their message.
We are creatures of stories. Stories have changed and will continue to change human history. We see this before our eyes all the time. There are stories meant for good, and there are those meant for bad. And it is why humans learned the concept of “buying” a story. And the “value” of a story is in the eyes of the beholder, influenced by all their past experiences and biases. But I shall digress there.
Unfortunately, that’s what many people think… They let go of imagination and fantasy just because they grow older, or because everyone tells them it’s the right thing to do. Luckily, not everyone does that, especially because, as you said, there are many stories that help us, teach us something, or are simply enjoyable, and we should not ignore them just because they aren’t objectively real; they can still be real in our hearts, and that will never change.
Personally, this story reminded me of my childhood struggles and my hopes for a better future; I shall not say more because of spoilers, but fiction can be powerful indeed, and can truly give you strength!
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Being a fiction shouldn’t degrade an argument IMO. There are so many ways people can write a story, many of which are nonsensical and has no message and that is their point. But they picked this one. Heck, humans have continued to tell stories, sometimes for entertainment, but sometimes they want to say something, and humans are conditioned to remember interesting things better. Regardless of whether there was a message, and whether the message was intentional, people can still create their own takeaways. What’s important is that last point: that people see something that they can take away, whether it’s an actual message, or maybe the journey itself is what they takeaway as their message.
We are creatures of stories. Stories have changed and will continue to change human history. We see this before our eyes all the time. There are stories meant for good, and there are those meant for bad. And it is why humans learned the concept of “buying” a story. And the “value” of a story is in the eyes of the beholder, influenced by all their past experiences and biases. But I shall digress there.
Unfortunately, that’s what many people think… They let go of imagination and fantasy just because they grow older, or because everyone tells them it’s the right thing to do. Luckily, not everyone does that, especially because, as you said, there are many stories that help us, teach us something, or are simply enjoyable, and we should not ignore them just because they aren’t objectively real; they can still be real in our hearts, and that will never change.
Personally, this story reminded me of my childhood struggles and my hopes for a better future; I shall not say more because of spoilers, but fiction can be powerful indeed, and can truly give you strength!