the idea that anything is even being "deconstructed" is largely based on the misconception that those genres were previously simplistic or lacked self-examination, when in reality virtually all of them have examples of works that had already explored darker, more complex themes long before these works commonly touted as deconstructions were even made. Sure, you can say that's not explcitly hating the genre, but it is making a lot of extremely retarded assumptions about the genre.Gundam, VOTOMs, and even Raideen had already challenged the supposed "idealism of the mecha genre" before Evangelion did for example, just as shit like Miracleman, or The Dark Knight Returns, and various underground comics had questioned superhero morality before Watchmen.That's the core issue with deconstruction as a term: it's just an empty signifier applied retroactively to works that are just a little more cynical, introspective, or unconventional than supposed mainstream examples of their genre. If these alleged deconstructions are just a darker or more self-aware take, then what exactly is even being deconstructed? Nothing is what. Maybe something is being subverted at least.Genres evolve over time, and many works naturally push back against conventions without needing to be labeled as some grand analytical dismantling of their genre. The term is largely redundant, but insecure faggots (most people who watch anime) need to add an artificial sense of intellectual superiority to works that are simply subversive because they're deathly afraid of being sincere about anything. Instead of clarifying discussions about media, deconstruction as it is used as a term often just serves as a way for people to distance themselves from genres they'd normally dismiss, so in essence it's a meaningless and unhelpful meme.
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>>285709412The term deconstruction in a literary analysis context was coined by Jaques Derrida in his text Of Grammatology.Rather than trying to infer the meaning of a term from decade-old shitposts, you should do some reading.
I'll take "Things everyone above the age of 16 already knew" for $1000, Alex. I don't even see people bringing up the "It's about the characters" or deconstructions anymore, only people seething about imaginary pseuds and shows like Eva getting unmerited flak from people who discovered Ideon yesterday. (Won't deny the average Evafag is insufferable, though). Bringing up Miracleman and TDKR in contrast to Watchmen is funny too since one shares the writer and the other one released so soon before it they're considered siblings, but that's not /a/.
tl;dr>Evafags are tardsYeah, we know.
