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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Captain Invictus posted:

so Attack on Titan is approaching its finale, with probably a volume or less to go before the ending. It's one of my favorite series of all time, and with the release of the season 4(final) trailer WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT WATCH UNLESS AT MINIMUM CAUGHT UP TO THE ANIME IF NOT MANGA, I feel now more than ever is the best time to get in if you've not seen it yet.

some have made claims AoT is pro-fascist propaganda, but it's anything but. Like, the entire subplot of the finale arc is about children raised under a genocidal fascist regime being thrown into a war, learning that it's nothing like what they were taught and breaking free of their indoctrination as expendable soldiers for their authoritarian state

Anime is another one of those fanbases where any portrayal of authoritarian repression as a Bad Thing is still lionized and adored by a certain subset of fans. The problem with any critical representation or satire of a bad thing is people will love and admire the bad thing. Chappelle's Show is a notorious example of this

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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Jackard posted:

ah so this old thing



Basically the tired old line of how cool and stylish the fascists look.

Note that the ur-example of German military fashion were all hilariously impractical and expensive uniforms that were designed to look that way because the Nazi's expected the war to be quick battles then head off to parade marches so the hoi polloi could fawn over them. Worked out pretty well in the long run since people still believe they were some glorious achievement but everything about German uniforms, tank design, engineering etc. from the 30s and 40s was basically a state sponsored cosplay event for pretty pretty dress up style total war.

pentyne fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jun 6, 2020

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