@DesperateKnot stagnation
in the noir ending, they didnt want to die at the cost of becoming literal objects that serve the mere purpose of upholding the grand magasine
the meaning of the ending, calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet (ataraxie), kinda defines passive nihilism
@DesperateKnot Noirs are passive nihilists
Rogues are existensialists
though both the noirs and the rogues end up on philosophical suicide
i really doubt pm will follow what you said... As albert camus rejected these two ways of seeing the meaning of life. here comes the absurdism