You say this as if it's not a perfectly acceptable outcome.
If the ending is an insult to the rest of the series, then I feel - as do, clearly, the creators and the majority of the people who actually bothered to watch the show - that the ending itself makes it obvious. 'This was bullshit. You're stupid for having liked it. These characters aren't going through anything, they're puppets dancing on the ends of our strings for your entertainment.'
If you honestly find the psychological and emotional torture of little girls to be anything other than utterly revolting, then to quote a childhood hero of mine, "you are a sad and strange little man and you have my pity."
mondu_the_fat wrote:You do know that its a story, right? Right?
Or are you telling me that every story that doesn't have a perfect ending to suffering characters is just revolting?
mondu_the_fat wrote:You do know that its a story, right? Right? If you can't differentiate reality from a story, you might want to see a professional about that.
I read the manga, so you can stop insinuating that I don't know what I'm talking about any time now.
Also you're talking about a series whose whole entertainment value is derived from "Let's torture these characters and watch them squirm", so you'll have to excuse me for not thinking it was ever entertaining to begin with. If you honestly find the psychological and emotional torture of little girls to be anything other than utterly revolting, then to quote a childhood hero of mine, "you are a sad and strange little man and you have my pity."
Comartemis wrote:Maybe you should make a greater distinction between fantasy and reality then.
Ellen Kuhfeld wrote:I have never watched Silence of the Lambs, nor will I; nor shall I have anything to do with Evangelion. If the characters don't make me feel they're real, the story isn't worth it. If they do make me feel they're real, seeing innocents trampled and tortured bothers me a LOT. (I still think "The Killing Joke" is the most foul and obscene thing DC comics has ever done.)
If the writer can't make the story seem real, s/he's not much of a writer, If they can make it seem real, when reality is optional (as in fiction) I'll have nothing to do with a reality that bores or disgusts me. I take my fiction seriously.
Pale Wolf wrote:It ain't about them being tormented.
It's about bad things happening and them being able to pull through it.
Without the events that you hate so much, there'd be none of the characters that you purport to love. Like it or not, those events are what defined them.
And I dunno, but it seems like your viewpoint is even more negative. The way Madoka's run is 'shit happens, but things can get better, there is hope... it ain't gonna turn out perfect, but there is a result we can live with'. While your viewpoint seems to be 'if shit happens and it doesn't turn out perfect, there's no possible hope for even living with the result'.
Side note: The conversation above looks a little familiar. Let me just see...
Huh. Seems a little reversed from where it was last time.
Of course, you've always taken the stance that anyone disagreeing with you is either morally corrupt or stupid, so this response is fairly typical of you.
Comartemis wrote:No, actually Madoka's way is "it only turns out even remotely alright if you have a cosmic cheat code".
Comartemis wrote:You've obviously only ever been paying attention when the subject was Spok's political views, but I try not to bother him too much about those because I have the same views regarding George Bush Jr. Nice ninja edit, by the way.
Given that I have no idea what you or spoks views are on politics as I almost never go into the miscellaneous subforums other than the "pictures" thread, you're assuming that's basing my opinion of you on that.
Suuuure.
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