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>>37839205
it ain't a manifesto anon. I think its a fascinating exploration of just what would happen if mgs entered a world that just wasn't ready for them yet. it's brutal and awful and it gripped me the whole way through.
>>37839206
heh. I wouldn't call it that. There are some genuinely upbeat and optimistic parts sprinkled into it that prevent it from becoming an edgefest. But it is still miserable, and you don't need to read it if you don't feel like watching a bunch of bastards be bastards to each other for 80% of the story.
I think it stayed with me because it made me appreciate what I had, as faggy as that sounds. There's a point in the story where the mc, and the mgs he's been fighting just kinda sit back and recognize that they're all awful, but because they've been awful for so long and because their circumstances are so awful, they can't really be anything else. reading vengeance helped me I think appreciate and realize that as much of a fuckup as I am, and as messy as my life is, I can get second chances and live well. that realization made me feel free and optimistic in a profound way. But it's also a story i can't reread. it's just too raw. it did it's magic and i guess now i can just let it die and move on.
Blog over i guess. Have a comfy cat.