This statement alone tells me everything, hybris, I haven't read everything yet. Lol, how amusing. No, art ist NOT there for people to REthink their position in life. Some people, who see art, may do this, but it is not exclusively "there" to "rethink". I don't believe in so-called, self-described "artists" who create "art" for the purpose of TEACHING "other" people. I personally see something like this as propaganda. For me, true artists are humble and create art for art's sake, which to me means so much, from within, the feeling in which the whole world, its ups and downs, the abysses and heavens, the sufferings and joys, the birds on the treetops, the insects in the air and under the fallen leaves, the grieving mother, the screaming child, the suffering of war, well I don't need to be baroque, but - reflects (!). I'm sorry , surprise, surprise, but for me you are not an artist. Well, that's just a side note.
Yes, it always happens that when you meet art, it is difficult to analyze it at once, and you don't even want to - art conveys an emotion, a feeling, you begin to feel and experience it. Maybe it's the feeling that the artist felt, that he wanted to convey, or maybe it's something of his own, or maybe the emotion conveyed is expressed through your own. That's Neil's acting - it's art. You can feel Astarion's emotions, even without special analysis, you just somehow understand it, and already then, this understanding is added up with the facts of the game that you recognize. And it's impossible not to empathize with Astarion. And when only analysis is turned on, especially if that analysis is turned on after throwing you out of perception, and the question arises, "What is this nonsense here? What the hell is this?" - what kind of art is this?
Originally Posted by Zayir
But maybe someday it's normal to incorporate pedophilia and show and roleplay sexual child abuse in a mainstream game. I am sure, there are fanfics about it.
I hope that doesn't happen... Is this all really freaking "mainstream" now?
