Alex On The Island

extremely specific hcs pt 4: favorite shows

alex: madoka magica, neon genesis evangelion, serial experiments lain, devilman crybaby

ren: sailor moon, brand new animal, also madoka magica

jonas: doesn't really watch tv

nona: friends [i'm sorry again]

clarissa: the walking dead [she makes fun of it all the time though]

gay people going to brunch

THE CAVE.

olly olly

when you high and the world feels3D

Me: *sees triangles*

Also me: *immediately makes oxenfree reference*

reginald oxenfree

weirdly specific oxenalignments to slap you in the face with

I’ve made posts like this before but I think time loop stories are some of the most concentrated essences of the nature of a story having a narrative function. A time loop story takes the fact that any story can be reread, rewatched, relistened to forever without ever changing the end, and makes that a literal function of the story, the infinite repeatability becoming the driving factor. And then the story says “but what if the infinite repeating cycles did change? What if it was possible to get it right, to break the loop, to free yourself from the narrative? What if the universe (the reader, the author) wants you to get it right, no matter the cost?”