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Imagine the amount of work necessary to redraw this so that Hulk is powered by happiness instead of anger. Imagine *all* that erasing. Then see how it's *impossible* to change history. Making Hulk powered by happiness requires drawing out the process of change.

Not every frame consists of the Self however. There are some scenes in the flipbook that show the environment or other characters. These can be a refreshing break from the monotonous recreation of self. These are akin to flow states. The self disappears.

When you're drawing the destruction that Hulk creates the destruction and the landscape are shown more than Hulk.

However, because the story is oriented around the protagonist the protagonist always has to show up intermittently. This can be a source of anxiety for the author i.e. "Shit, do I draw blood? Dirt? Ripped pants?"

This is true even in a story of self-annihilation. The self pseudo-exists in every frame and can come out unscathed at the end. The length of the journey doesn't matter at all to self-annihilation though it *is* correlated since there's more stuff to trip and "die" on.

Source: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html …

The "danger" of the journey correlates with chance of death yet knowledge and preparation reduces this danger. Someone who is well prepared for skydiving or "mental" skydiving gains proficiency and ability to act in dangerous situations (which is a useful skill) but never "dies".