[ SECRET POST #5257 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5257 ⌋

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[The Green Knight (2021)]


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10. [WARNING for discussion of child abuse]



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[fscom]

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

[I read this book when I was in my early teens. As an adult, I could not remember anything about it except a general idea that I had absolutely hated the book. I decided on a whim to re-read it recently (at 33.) After I finished it, I remembered that I hadn't hated the book at all. Rather, it had so profoundly upset me that I mentally shoved it away from me as far as I could. I had the same emotional experience reading it at 33 that I had at 14 or so, except that I was mature enough not to knee-jerk "hate" it. I can't even really explain why it upsets me so much. I know there must be an actual reason, I just can't articulate it to myself exactly.]

[(Anonymous)]

I think I get this (or something close) and I’m not sure I can articulate it exactly either. I loved it while reading it but there’s also a melancholy and uncertainty throughout - and some parts made me want to cry more as a relief valve than out of pure sentimentality or pure sadness, if that makes sense. Some parts also touched on fears I had/have as well, but in a relatively restrained way.

It was tough trying to explain this to a couple friends who found it just plain boring, though.

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't finding it boring a way of not acknowledging the melancholy for them?

Pretty sure that the first time I read it as a teen or young adult I must've said that it was too hyped up, not worth the hype, has its flaws, shines sometimes etc. But thinking back now I hated it on a more personal level for reasons that are the exact same as the OP's probably. It's a bit... Hopeless maybe. At least it's the feeling I had - a dull worldview. I haven't gone back to it and I don't intend to. Maybe this shows that I should.

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt - hm… for one person, we were reading it for a French class and it may have been more of a function of the class/translation aspect of it.

The other that I remember was a surprise, since to me it was similar to other media in sentiment or tone that affected him deeply. But he had a “oh, right, that book existed” sort of response when I brought it up once.

Actually, it’s interesting that you found it hopeless. I don’t remember that feeling, but thinking about it understand why someone might. And that’s something I’ve seen the latter person above bounce off hard when he’s felt that way about something.

Also I didn’t read at a time or place when it was in fashion (I honestly only knew the title from reruns of a 1970s anime tv show verrrry loosely based on it!), so maybe hype level is a factor.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, people have different reasons to feel the way they do about books or whatever. Maybe they found it at a difficult time or shared it with someone that isn't around anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

SA / AYRT - I read this after 3 years of losing family members so it hit a nail.

[epicurean]

Yeah, I read it in my mid twenties and, by the end of the book, I was holding back the tears. I got attached to the little prince and his relationship with the fox and the aviator was very touching. I could feel the sadness and hopelesness of watching someone dear leave. I still hold the book dear to my heart even if I don't want to read it again because I will get emotional.

I think the commnents above really hit the nail on the head, tho. Melancholic is a good way to describe the book.

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, I first read this book when I was about six and I remember crying, even though back then I didn't know why myself. Of course, I later understood when I reread it as an adult, but I think there's a visceral feeling of loss permeating the whole story that really reaches out to your heart, even if you understand it or not. I wouldn't call the atmosphere full of hopelessness, maybe a little from the one left behind, but the words of the Prince towards the end are soothing. It's about loving, learning everything is unique and love, not possession or quantity, making it doubly so, and accepting loss. I do start tearing up as soon as I reach the fox though, every time.

[(Anonymous)]

If you want to shake the melancholy, watch the live action movie from the 70s. You will be too busy boggling to call any melons.

[(Anonymous)]

It's about love and profound loss and grief so yeah. I haven't touched it since, either, OP.