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[where-your-eyes-dont-go]

Happy pride

[misscammiedawn]

Thinking about Furudo Erika and the "without love it cannot be seen" quote again.

Many attribute Erika as a criticism on the Sherlock style sociopathic detective and to an extent that's true but she's more important as a symbol of the contract between the author and audience as elaborated in Chapter 7 of Umineko.

The author promises not to trick the audience with bad faith mystery writing and the audience must promise in return to approach the fiction with sincerity and accept the universe that the author writes.

It takes two to create a world. One to create it and one to acknowledge it. Without love it cannot be seen.

Erika is the munchkin rules lawyer at the TTRPG table who wants to "win" what should be a collaborative storytelling experience. She represents disrespecting the fiction and trying to "win" at the mystery by peeling apart the narrative at the seams. Refusing to acknowledge the imagination of the author and forcing them to engage with reality on their terms.

The Great Detective trope is just fine. But they have to be a part of the world they are in and play by its rules and respect both the fiction and the audience. Like Will does.

To engage with the story and have faith in the author is to love and with that you can see the story being told.

I feel this should apply to all storytelling. Approach all fiction with love. Go on a ride with the author and see where they take you. If they respect you, I promise it'll be more fun.

[asthmaticmage]

My Beatrice Fumo does this weird laugh, is this normal!?

[ettgenga]

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[pawzfullofpixel]

Renard sweaterrr :3

[spaceengineerjulia]

Happy Umineko Day!

Don’t forget to leave out a pot of tea and cookies for The Golden Witch Beatrice so she murders you last! 💕

[spike-official]

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[diebootzenkatzen]