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[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this the first time we the readers are encountering Fred? I am intrigued.

Anyways, I love a good delirium-induced lore drop! There's something about this format that just works for me when it comes to conveying a sense of what's preoccupying a character - especially in a non-text medium. I guess it's the "perfect" excuse to more or less abandon linearity and continuity to heighten the focus on association and juxtaposition of ideas.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have seen a prototypical Fred as Puffy's friend and an expert on web browsers:

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/6042119

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes! Thanks for reminding me.