#if this makes no sense i’ll try to clarify later. shadowkeep just has me thinking about how storytelling in destiny has changed | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

planet4546b · 9 months

Text

the thing is that i don’t think the antidote to the puzzle box story is giving clear answers to everything in a given narrative, because the puzzle box relies on the expectation that answers will be given eventually to provide continued engagement. i think the antidote to the puzzle box is a non literal mode of engagement with media writ large and stories that do not expect a literal mode of engagement

#pers #if this makes no sense i’ll try to clarify later. shadowkeep just has me thinking about how storytelling in destiny has changed #which leads to this. i’ve been thinking about it a lot lately because of the way that signoise works #where there is no one true answer to things there is no one conclusion or way to reach closure #and samiras own belief that there is is what’s ruining her life #and i was like well am i puzzle boxing?? and i think (i hope)#the answer is no because i’m not like building webs of interesting things that i want people to pull apart and put back together #to investigate what the one true thing is. there’s no hint that there will be an answer eventually #it’s just not how things work in that narrative. idk. i think about it a lot and likely will continue to

3 notes · View notes