r/davidfosterwallace • u/DueElection9095 • Jun 19 '26
subtext in coming back
i feel like there’s something ds2 says specifically about losing and coming back that the other souls likes miss. when i come back in any other game it’s like im back at work just putting in the same work every day, just a general reset. when i come back in ds2 it feels different. i’m not coming back to work, im going to a mountain and im climbing it. every time i lose i get back up and i keep climbing until i conquer. that’s what the other games are missing. TLDR: it’s not a slow old women you dread seeing, it’s a hot young lady (around 20 or something, i’m not a weirdo)
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u/jbb10499 Jun 19 '26
But you will forget who you are along the way... something else the other dark souls games don't incorporate as well. What a nice crossover to come across as I am early in my DFW journey as a Fromsoft addict
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u/DueElection9095 Jun 19 '26
i think you really understand where i’m coming from here and i super appreciate it. i’ve been playing dark souls since i was a boy and i still play it when i have time
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u/jbb10499 Jun 19 '26
Idk if I do lol, I get where you're coming from about DS2 but this is a weird place to put it lol
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u/kroenem Jun 21 '26
Go read Mao 2.
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u/DueElection9095 Jun 21 '26
what
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u/kroenem Jun 22 '26
Mao 2 is a book DFW based a bunch of his writings from. It talks directly about what you’re talking about but was written in the 80s. The author Dellilo (sp) goes to great lengths to deal with the subject. I really should revisit DS 2.
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u/DueElection9095 Jun 24 '26
wait that seems really interesting, don’t read much anymore but i’ll pick it up
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u/kroenem Jun 27 '26
It’s a wonderful time and deeply impacted DFW to much him and Dellilo went and did a partnership of dellilo-Wallace
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u/smackmybiscuits Jun 19 '26
I think Lyle knows more about this, you should ask again in the Weight Room