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That was Hexbear's mythic era before our exodus

Yes

My mistake

I get how you can make it but "not playing the game" isn't something that you or I may do.

I agree. I don't think any of us have an honest choice in the matter because there's a large level of coercion behind social expectations. I should have used a different word than "choose," but I actually think your insight makes my reading stronger.

Even if he did "choose" not to play, the movie doesn't present a positive outcome for doing this.

Also, I love Tolkien, but his writing is full of analogies lol.

Hot. Every time. Regardless of context.

Sounds like cold brew, which makes the coffee a lot stronger

Choose me, chungus

No, She's gonna choose me!

It's a critique of masculinity, and it uses the knightly code as a way to explore the way that men enforce that code.

Gawain enters the fight against the green knight in order to build his name and get out from under the shadow of his father. Logically, he should strike the green knight non-fatally so that will be returned to him, but he knows that if he does that, the other knights will call him a coward. So he is pressured into entering this arrangement that he knows will kill him.

He's then led around by a few female characters as represented by his mother's green belt. He could accept the help of the women which will ensure he lives, but this would feminize him-- implying he cannot fulfill the role of his father.

The ending is critical because it calls into question what exactly honor is in this context. Yeah, he chooses not to live a life without "honor," but he is not rewarded for it. He gets beheaded anyway because he was damned the moment he wanted to play the game.

In this case, I find it very important that the king outright told Gawain that it was all a game. He was pressured into playing it and following the rules. The movie is telling us that strict adherence to masculinity and patriarchy is self destructive.

Keep resisting them and let them fight for your attention

I dunno, it sucks and I probably couldn't do it (and I hate being reminded the principled thing to do is to say something, to combat liberalism), but I hope one day you can find it in yourself to 'respectfully' tell people when they dont know what they're fucking talking about.

I actually do correct misconceptions when I hear them, and I rarely try to keep the peace these days.

Problem is, sometimes I don't realize things actually bother me until later, and if I bring it up after the moment has passed, then I just feel petty.

Oh well, I'll have more ammo for next time. Thank you, comrade.

Who knows, once you get the earrings, things might click for them.