Does Tumblr Know About The Animation Union Yaoi Yet

Does tumblr know about the animation union yaoi yet

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I think its fascinating to see the timeloop posts here because of how they're all clearly inspired by Groundhog Day (and SPN, and Russian Doll, etc.) where the loop is a force created by something exterior in the universe and it happens independently of any action taken by the protagonist.

I'm more used to timeloops as they usually exist in anime (Madoka, Steins;Gate, Revue Starlight) where the timeloop must be actively maintained by somebody completing a goal each loop, and then they themselves must reset the loop each time. Which is why they are the only ones to remember it.

And it really makes such a huge difference in how you talk about the tropes! There's no "dying in the time loop" because the protagonist is the only one who can't die. Everyone else is expendable, as long as the protagonist is still alive they can try to save them next time, but it creates this amazing ethical tension of the drive to save others and the requirement for that to be to keep yourself alive at all costs. The actions and lives of others are functionally meaningless unless they help or interfere with the loop.

And it also makes for a story that isn't about being trapped by universal forces, but trapped by their own hubris or obsession. In the anime style loop, they could stop any time, but they can't because they havent gotten it right. Stopping the loop would mean accepting that they failed, that the person they keep trying to save is dead, that they never prevented the horrible outcome they were afraid of.

I think both styles of time loop are really fantastic and lend themselves to very different types of stories so heres my invitation to work in the timeloop-by-choice into your tropes!

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