“elation fans” mad as hell that the writers actually focused on exploring elation in its relation to humanity, and how philosophically there are different approaches one could take, yet the goal remains for it to be an escape from nihilism
instead of “haha, I do crazy stuff”
hsr's writing isn't perfect and it doesn't really have to be, me personally I find fun in filling in the blanks or trying to thematically understand why this particular plot beat instead of chalking it up to buzzwords such as "retcon", "slop" that don't mean anything.