Because if she's not real,then the story is "sometimes people with mental illnesses draw people into believing their hallucinations."
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
And that's what it's about either way. Either Marla's the person drawn in or the Space Monkeys are but she's part of the delusion
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It doesn't make more sense if she's not real though - there's never a point where someone interacts with Marla.
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are you saying you're interpreting the Space Monkeys as completely not real?
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Im saying we don't know what's real. Nothing is definitely real.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
well sure. The Space Monkeys do beat her up and take her to the vantage point though
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Yeah for sure They also do that to the narrator. And if she's not real they're pretending she is for his benefit
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Which leads us to the same ultimate conclusion where people are indulging the fantasy of a person with a hallucination
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yeah a big logistical question is how aware they are of Tyler's split personality
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whether the whole "You said you'd say that" thing is them being comically obedient or they actually get what's going on
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keeping in mind in "the real world" Fight Club started bc ppl were fascinated by watching "Tyler" punch himself in the face
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I realized how to articulate this at the point where my students were like "isn't it about mental illness not gender?"
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
And I was like "sort of but then you'd have to ask yourself why this person made up a story about an imaginary MRA"
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