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Old 2012-06-07, 08:44   Link #29062
LyricalAura
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Originally Posted by Kylon99 View Post
The fictional Ange in EP4, of course, was portrayed by Tooya as rather... delusional. I've wondered at what kind of a person Tooya would be to do this; even though he may not have an emotional connection to Ange... you're still, playing with the characters of real people. Maybe Tooya's characterization isn't as tight as Ryukishi wanted, or should have made him...
I think this is a pretty fundamental misunderstanding of the narrative structure of EP4.

Krauss gets into a fistfight with a goat demon in EP4, but we don't label him as delusional. We understand that because there was no external observer to that scene, it was painted over with a parallel fantasy narrative by the Reader. So, understanding that EP4 Ange is fictional, why do you conclude that she's delusional when the parts of her narrative without external observers are also painted over with fantasy?
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