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alistairlowes · 2 years

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"Where Ari is angst and self-doubt, Dante [...] is all sweetness and light — a veritable manic pixie dream boy, down to his cutesy habit of going barefoot whenever possible."

did they just fucking call him a manic pixie dream boy i'm hollering........

#aaddtsotu #aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe #there is a lot of words...to describe dante... those ain't right tho #so any time we gonna have a bit of a naive character that wants to look at the good in the world they are what...unrealistic?#also hate that phrase because having a 'manic pixie' character means his whole purpose is to serve mc's development #and like they don't have any personality beside the one that's being projected into them #which is just not true for dante #like idk i didn't see the movie but so far it seems close to the book and if that's what you're going for #then wrong #the whole point is that dante is contrast to ari #and ari is constantly comapring himself to him #and wishes he was like him #also i don't trust a single review that puts on aitch how these characters are written when she is a scripwriter and director #'I can only assume they’re relics from the source material that got hacked to bits in translation'#no you just didn't read the book then you'd know they are suppose to be like that my god shuut up

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