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6/14/2025, 3:22:55 PM
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Your opinion hold less value than that of Derrida,
But I can understand why you want to avoid "pseudointellectual wankery" as is the nuance-less exaggerated use of the term.
However, deconstruction is still a creative process that was definitely in use (on purpose or accidentally) in the examples you posted.
This language is alive and the concept of deconstruction gained extra meanings.
A deconstruction simply cannot happen without first setting up exactly the tropes you intend to break down and it can be done in multiple ways.
So deconstruction isn't a thing a fiction is/isn't, and it can be done in many ways, serious or humoristic.
Gundam wasn't meant to be one, it was more of a real military drama disguised as the Super-robot show accepted at the time. But in the process it still broke down singular aspects of super-robot, such as the idiocy of MotW when it comes to military logistic.
Evangelion is a mix, it played some tropes as straight as you can do, it also meant to just subvert other, but it did deconstruct well known super-robot tropes by showing how scary they can be if you look beyond superficial aspects.
And OPM is definitely a deconstruction in its very foundation, its basis is the breakdown of the idea that heroes are always as strong as they need to be, always arrive in time, and their (inevitable) victory mainly the result of their heroic efforts.
You do not "make a deconstruction", but you make a work of art that show a deconstruction of established concept, all within a context. Which is why when the resulting method of a "deconstruction" is copied a lot, it eventually looks like average.
Your opinion hold less value than that of Derrida,
But I can understand why you want to avoid "pseudointellectual wankery" as is the nuance-less exaggerated use of the term.
However, deconstruction is still a creative process that was definitely in use (on purpose or accidentally) in the examples you posted.
This language is alive and the concept of deconstruction gained extra meanings.
A deconstruction simply cannot happen without first setting up exactly the tropes you intend to break down and it can be done in multiple ways.
So deconstruction isn't a thing a fiction is/isn't, and it can be done in many ways, serious or humoristic.
Gundam wasn't meant to be one, it was more of a real military drama disguised as the Super-robot show accepted at the time. But in the process it still broke down singular aspects of super-robot, such as the idiocy of MotW when it comes to military logistic.
Evangelion is a mix, it played some tropes as straight as you can do, it also meant to just subvert other, but it did deconstruct well known super-robot tropes by showing how scary they can be if you look beyond superficial aspects.
And OPM is definitely a deconstruction in its very foundation, its basis is the breakdown of the idea that heroes are always as strong as they need to be, always arrive in time, and their (inevitable) victory mainly the result of their heroic efforts.
You do not "make a deconstruction", but you make a work of art that show a deconstruction of established concept, all within a context. Which is why when the resulting method of a "deconstruction" is copied a lot, it eventually looks like average.
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