Aaron Ansell

SWVA transplant to CA. studies antipoverty in Brazil. the cool professor.

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Drs. Patel and Buckner, Thank you so much for including me in this event. It was marvelous! #notsosilent #RLCLMovieNight

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I don't quite understand what triggered the completion of Ishida's redemption arch... but I don't have to. #RLCLMovieNight; #notsosilent

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL That's really good

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Ok, so is Ishida in love with Nishimiya? #notsosilent #RLCLMovieNight

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@VT_RLCL @vox_magica I can see that, yeah. Her love for him seems like it could be folded into that same critique, like a kind of Helsinki Syndrome.

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL agreed. That scene on the bridge among all the friends seems to say that there's enough blame to go around

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Shoko: I want to restore what I destroyed
That's the heart of the movie for me.
#RLCLMovieNight

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@VT_RLCL I do think her agency is very slippery in the film

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@VT_RLCL @vox_magica This would be a good film to show in that class-- whether love or friendship.

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL thanks for the plug! (though now it has morphed into a class on friendship) RLCL 1004 folks!

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@VT_RLCL Was his bullying always from the beginning an expression of his misplaced fascination with her?

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL That would be Dr. Buckner!

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Ishida is so self-destructive #notsosilent #RLCLMovieNight

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL Shoko's expression of self-hatred intensified Naoka's bullying of her!

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So disturbed by that roller coaster scene #RLCLMovieNight #notsosilent

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@VT_RLCL Again, this character is presented as someone to laugh at... I'm stuck on this for some reason

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I'm a little bothered by the way we're sort of led to indulge the aggressive behavior of Shoya's shorter, rounder friend. Does his status as loyal side-kick make him beyond reproach?
#NotSoSilent #RLCLMovieNight

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@VT_RLCL @vox_magica perhaps drawing our attention to what is left unsaid

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL that moment of misunderstood confessed love just leaves me all torn up!

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@VT_RLCL @vox_magica Yes, it evokes other comparative questions with the daf community in the US. Like I wonder what the politics of the cochlear implant are like within the Japanese deaf community

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@vox_magica @VT_RLCL The moment when the other character lifts Shoya's umbrella felt like redemption.