STORY ADDICT
One of my more expensive habits is the collecting of anime (Japanese animation) trading cards. I find the artwork fascinating and exciting. So much so, that I have started collecting cards of anime and console games where I have no idea what the story is.
I look at the character cards, study their expressions. Is this the hero? The Villian? Both? Is she the lover? Is he? I don't know, but I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
Scene cards show multiple relationships. #31 shows these two fighting each other, but #37 shows them fighting back-to-back. Is he betraying her? Is she setting him up for a fall? I don't know, but I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
These visual fragments float around my mind, struggling to form a pattern of meaning, and know I cannot come close to the truth. But I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
I look at the character cards, study their expressions. Is this the hero? The Villian? Both? Is she the lover? Is he? I don't know, but I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
Scene cards show multiple relationships. #31 shows these two fighting each other, but #37 shows them fighting back-to-back. Is he betraying her? Is she setting him up for a fall? I don't know, but I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
These visual fragments float around my mind, struggling to form a pattern of meaning, and know I cannot come close to the truth. But I try to puzzle it out, because I am a story addict.
posted by Kestrel | 7:29 PM
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