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What game or scene in a game took you the longest time before you understood the meaning behind it? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Filo_Guy@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone

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When I was young and had a super nintendo I loved playing Super Mario RPG.

I'm playing the remake and I'm at the scene after defeating Valentina. Mallow goes into the castle and Mario was left standing outside.

Back then I didn't know why Mario pulled out an umbrella and it rained. I just realised after 20 years of playing the original that Mario knew it was going to rain because whenever Mallow cries it rains; Mario knew that Mallow would get all emotional when meeting his parents for the first time.

Blew my mind.

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[–] AbeFrobozzman@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I know what you're talking about, but I think it was intentional.

Books for children and young adults often have an "I'm 14 and this is deep" aesthetic. And in this case, JK could especially lean into that trope because she was trying to present a wizarding world that was above the muggle world.

So, things were different and complicated just to throw the muggles reading the story off-balance and give a sense of depth or wisdom where this is in fact none. And then JK could say this is on purpose because it's a muggle trait to expect rationality or meaning behind things that have none, and so the muggles continue to prefer to live in the box they put themselves in. Once again, "I'm 14 and this is deep".

I read this series once as an adult. It was enough.