I will be honest, though...in parts the ironic symbolism goes a bit overboard. In Ep. 25...God, the foot drying scene. On the one hand, anyone who even glanced at the Gospels or the story of Jesus' life probably got the symbolism. On the other...Ra, that's so blatant it shouldn't be called subtext.
The irony is part of the reason this series is so awesome. The author knows what people expect and does the opposite.
I'll ramble about how I identify with Light and how reading about him has made me figure some things out in my own philosophy another day.
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Date: 2008-02-12 12:21 am (UTC)I will be honest, though...in parts the ironic symbolism goes a bit overboard. In Ep. 25...God, the foot drying scene. On the one hand, anyone who even glanced at the Gospels or the story of Jesus' life probably got the symbolism. On the other...Ra, that's so blatant it shouldn't be called subtext.
The irony is part of the reason this series is so awesome. The author knows what people expect and does the opposite.
I'll ramble about how I identify with Light and how reading about him has made me figure some things out in my own philosophy another day.
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