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Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2020-08-27 19:59:35

We can't trope creator intention, so if the all elements required of a trope are present, the trope is present.

Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
2020-08-27 20:35:18

So Playing Withs apply regardless of creator intent, right?

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2020-08-27 21:09:47

I would say so. Otherwise, we'd need Word of God, something not present in the work.

Primis Since: Nov, 2010
2020-08-28 00:41:38

Isn't BioShock, like, universally seen as a deconstruction of Atlas Shrugged? I was under the impression that it was, anyway.

lu127 MOD Since: Sep, 2011
2020-08-28 01:58:37

Most people involved in Game Studies who have studied BioShock do comment on it as a deconstruction of Atlas Shrugged and a prime example of Environmental Storytelling, yes. I would say the creator's intent is irrelevant.

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ImmiThrax Since: Apr, 2020
2020-08-28 06:58:26

Trope deconstruction is one thing— but one work deconstructing another work doesn't sound to me like a deconstructed trope to me. Sounds like something that does require Creator intent, and if there's no evidence of intent, it's an audience reaction to the work reminding them of themes from another work...

(But I may be getting blurred between this site's take on deconstruction versus literary theory/criticism)

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