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Sep. 5th, 2010 08:43 pmTexhnolyze:
Thanatos, or Peace in Death
I've just rewatched Texhnolyze. I enjoyed it the first time, but this time it walloped me. At some point, something clicked, and it struck me that Texhnolyze is a happy story, yes, a happy apocalyptic, dystopian, end-of-the-world story. This is not immediately evident because our expectations are so geared toward valuing survival/success/progress that we automatically read the reverse as "bad." Texhnolyze, however, finds fulfillment in the death drive. Like The Left Hand of Darkness (but more so), it emphasizes positive value in the "yin," if you will: in darkness, passivity, surrender, end.
( Spoilers Follow )
Thanatos, or Peace in Death
I've just rewatched Texhnolyze. I enjoyed it the first time, but this time it walloped me. At some point, something clicked, and it struck me that Texhnolyze is a happy story, yes, a happy apocalyptic, dystopian, end-of-the-world story. This is not immediately evident because our expectations are so geared toward valuing survival/success/progress that we automatically read the reverse as "bad." Texhnolyze, however, finds fulfillment in the death drive. Like The Left Hand of Darkness (but more so), it emphasizes positive value in the "yin," if you will: in darkness, passivity, surrender, end.
( Spoilers Follow )
