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    1. Vapor Weyve‏ @Nymphomachy 8 Aug 2020

      Like, the whole sequence of events which led to Cameron putting his penis in a pig is tied to boarding school culture. If LORD OF THE FLIES were to renew its cultural relevance on that basis, though, the context it's presented in would have to change significantly

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    2. Vapor Weyve‏ @Nymphomachy 8 Aug 2020

      Vapor Weyve Retweeted Baal Ska Tov

      For all that Rowling claims to have been inspired by Roald Dahl, Dahl is nothing if not extremely open about the fact that boarding school made his childhood a traumatic living hell and Rowling pretty much describes it as Disneyland but for eight yearshttps://twitter.com/mssilverstein/status/1292309423982084098 …

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      Baal Ska Tov @mssilverstein
      Replying to @Nymphomachy
      English boarding schools being basically rape factories is something that I am continuously shocked to learn, even as I already have learned it repeatedly. It explains so much.
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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @Nymphomachy

      Look even if you hate LotF itself you have to give it credit for this The thing that LotF is making fun of was an *entire popular genre* for many years, the utopian Robinsinade LotF completely killed it in one swoop

      2 replies 4 retweets 26 likes
    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      I mean, time and growing cynicism would've likely killed it anyway, but LotF was the death blow In hindsight it's a huge embarrassment this genre existed - schoolchildren get stranded in the wilderness and use what they learned in school to recreate civilization from scratch

      1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      Often bringing enlightenment, technological advances and Christianity to an actual human tribe of "savages" who were already living in this "wilderness" Awful, unforgivable stuff

      1 reply 2 retweets 22 likes
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      Like even if you were just as racist as the author it's the sheer self-confidence in display in these stories - "There's nothing a British schoolboy can't figure out!" - that makes you want to beat up the whole genre and give it a swirlie

      1 reply 3 retweets 16 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      And LotF was SO MUCH MORE POPULAR than the stuff it was mocking (most specifically The Coral Island) and SO MUCH BETTER WRITTEN and in particularly the kids obviously SO MUCH MORE REALISTIC than in any of those other stories the genre just died

      2 replies 2 retweets 17 likes
    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      No one ever seriously tries to write a story like that anymore The closest we've got is Disney grandfathering in their remakes of Swiss Family Robinson because their movie version was a "classic"

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      The resurrection of these "wilderness survival" genre tropes in a different form became the "post-apocalyptic survival" story, and in those stories the dystopian mode is the norm, LotF's shadow always hangs over them

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      (The Martian was an example of a "throwback" SF story that drew on robinsonade tropes, the dude is constantly like "You can't stop me, I'm an American with a big brain and a positive attitude!" That's why it's fans loved it and I was annoyed by it)

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

      (But there was a layer of irony over it in that story I think, like he doesn't really triumph via his own knowledge and skills, at multiple points he's just fucked and needs a deus ex machina of some kid to save him The Chinese save everyone at the end)

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        1. Laurent Weppe  🔻‏ @Laurent_Weppe 9 Aug 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy

          Plus his goal is never to recreate civilization: it's to survive long enough inside an infrastructure that ALREADY EXISTS to be rescued and come back home. It's much easier to suspend your disbelief in this movie.

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