May 17, 2019
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#you know that point nebulously end of act iii to middle of act iv#where everyone is like#’oh no my original plan was never a very good plan’#’and is now in shambles anyway’#and every single person on the stage is independently deciding the only way forward#is to sacrifice themselves for some deeply unclear combination of private and civic passions?#yeah... yeah that’s... where we are...#pick a level of the narrative... pick a point of view#that’s just. where we are.#(also everyone running around like)#(‘beware [formal command/informal command] my/the inquisition!’)#(meanwhile the inquisitor sighs: ‘i /know/. i’ve /always/ known’)#[nothing like seeing your mistakes played out on a stage to... keep making them with a little more tragic self-awareness]#adaptation inception#exhausted and punching above my weightclass#the gang goes to the opera