choosing "no" at the end of Q84's story, when asked if you want to continue.
rather touching, isn't it?
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Hello Charlotte and Literature (1/?)
Hello Charlotte Episode 3 / Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five (page 23) / Hello Charlotte Episode 1 / Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five (book cover)
In Slaughterhouse 5, the protagonist understands that there is no such thing as free will. Everything that has happened and will ever happen is currently in existence. After being kidnapped by aliens, he has been unstuck in time and continues to experience countless stages of his life without regard to time.
First openly referenced in episode 1, Vonnegut’s classic sci-fi novel appears as the namesake of the slaughterhouse in which Charlotte meets and fuses with the Oracle.
The book’s iconic tagline, “So it goes,” is also used to refer to the first chapter of Episode 3, which follows Charles through his life and death. In the book, the phrase is meant to be used in reference to death. Everything that has died is still alive at some place and time, so there is no point in grieving them, right?
We see this paralleled with the constant Charlottes. By creating an infinite number of stories within the house, no matter what happens to Charlotte, she is always still alive somewhere. This also applies to Charles, and his Vincent vessels.
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Collected Reading List for Hello Charlotte
I have collected every book either directly referenced (character names or bookshelves) or thematically relevant (that I can find. I am sure there are more.) in hc! Books marked with an * are the most relevant to the game/my personal recommendations. Notes under the cut.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey
The Kingdom of God Is Within You - Leo Tolstoy
Golden Apples of the Sun - Ray Bradbury
Physics of the Impossible - Michio Kaku
Physics of the Future - Michio Kaku
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
Flatland - Edwin Abbott
On Aggression - Konrad Lorenz
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
*Childhood’s End - Arthur Clarke
The Castle - Franz Kafka
Simulacra and Simulation - Jean Baudrillard
*1984 - George Orwell
Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins - Konrad Lorenz
*Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
*Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Time Machine - H.G. Wells
On the Freedom of the Will - Arthur Schopenhauer
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks
The Joyful Wisdom - Frederich Nietzsche
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from Hello Charlotte: Delirium
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from Hello Charlotte: EP 3 by etherane
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Charlotte reuniting with Felix, before and after switching the channel.
Weirdly enough, he’s a lot more surprised to see her the second time. I wonder what was different in his channel.
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