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>gf thinks post-modernism means futuristic
>calls Harry Potter post-modern

>> No.4421014

Break up with her -- she is clearly an idiot.

>> No.4421017

>not correcting her

>> No.4421020

>>4421017
But in order to do that I would have to know what post-modernism is.

>> No.4421041

Harry Potter is post-modern because what defines "Harry Potter" is an uneasy synthesis (or rather are uneasy syntheses) of his depiction in the books as well as that which is given in the films, in other media, even - especially - in the lives of the actors who portray its characters in supposedly "derivative" media.
post-modernism is not futuristic but acknowledges the limitations of futurism, usually

>> No.4421045

>>4421020
>Implying it's possible to know what post-modernism is without defining it ostensively.

It's a very convenient umbrella term. Also, if she thinks it's futuristic, what kind of logic made her think Harry Potter, of all things, would fall under it? Was she trampled by a horse?

>> No.4421051

>>4421045
Because they do things in Harry Potter you can't do in modern day.

>> No.4421057

>>4421020

A MANIFESTATION OF "POSTMODERNISM" WOULD BE SOMEONE REPLYING, ASKING YOU HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT "POSTMODERNIST" IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH "FUTURISTIC" IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT "POSTMODERNISM" IS, AND TELLING YOU THAT THEREFORE "POSTMODERNISM" IS SIMULTANEOUSLY SYNONYMOUS, AND ANTONYMOUS WITH "FUTURISM".

>> No.4421062

>implying HP wasn't written after the destruction of Pruitt-Igoe

>> No.4421063

>>4421057
This.

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4421073

kind of unrelated but Little Busters is a pretty post-modern visual novel

>> No.4421092

>>4421073

Yeah, it was like, I'm not just fucking little girls, I'm ironically fucking little girls, it's a pastiche of pedophilia, very pomo

>> No.4421096

>>4421092
You obviously haven't played it first of all there's no sex in the gameexcept in the lewd version that isn't translated yet

>> No.4421120

>>4421073
almost every VN is postmodern because their narrative structure is determined by the act of reading itself (or the conditions of that reading), unless it only has one narrative path [I haven't played many VNs]

the existence of multiple versions of the same game is kind of "pomo" but the existence of unofficial translations would be more significant

>> No.4421127

>>4421096
>first of all there's no sex in the gameexcept in the lewd version that isn't translated yet
>no sex in the game
>no sex

Doesn't that defeat the whole point of suffering through the simplistic plot and boring dialogue?

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>>4421120
I don't want to spoil anything in case anyone here plans on reading it but I'll just say Little Busters has a very unique narrative structure.

>> No.4421143

>Harry Potter
>futuristic

>> No.4421152

>>4421137
>Little Busters has a very unique narrative structure.

That's definitely what I look for in my child grooming and molestation simulators.

>> No.4421157

modern

>> No.4421159

>>4421127
LB is more about friendship than it is about romance, and the plot is hardly simplistic

It's pretty much Baudrillard: The Game

>>4421152
It's not either of those.

>> No.4421173

>>4421152
>That's definitely what I look for in my child grooming and molestation simulators.
You implying there's something wrong with either of those things?

>> No.4421194

>>4421173

I never said that.

But the fact that you immediately got defensive about it says that maybe you think there's something wrong with it, deep down.

>> No.4421209

>>4421194
implying the man who invented the repression theories you're relying on did not manipulate and abuse his own patients
what are you trying to hide?

>> No.4421224

>>4421194
>defensive
I was just passively asking a question. No need to project.

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>>4421062
haha :D

>> No.4421509

>>4421485
I felt that the word 'destruction' wasn't quite right, but it was only 15 minutes after posting that I realized: 'demolition', that's the fucking word.