Plot Political Reflection?

[Seatofkings]

Anybody else feel like the latest chapter of the plot was a reflection on the relationship between developed and developing countries at the moment?

[jesse_rocket]

That's an interesting spin on things. I was seeing some religious parallels, rather than political, but I think I see where you're coming from here. Could you elaborate more please? :D

[Yozora]

Anybody else feel like the latest chapter of the plot was a reflection on the relationship between developed and developing countries at the moment?

 

I agree with jesserocket, I see more religious overtones more than political. I LOOSELY see a political connection, but religion is much stronger, IMO.

[Seatofkings]

That's an interesting spin on things. I was seeing some religious parallels, rather than political, but I think I see where you're coming from here. Could you elaborate more please? :D

 

The way that Xandra was complaining about the Faeries having all this power, and not fixing things- that they were just handing out soup once in a while, but mostly just sitting up on their clouds... Doesn't it sound like the complaints right now that we donate old shoes or raise money for food in other countries after natural disasters, but even with so much power to change, politics usually holds us back? I don't know... Maybe I'm imagining things :rolleyes_anim:

[MariaWB]

I agree, that aspect plays in as well.

[jesse_rocket]

The way that Xandra was complaining about the Faeries having all this power, and not fixing things- that they were just handing out soup once in a while, but mostly just sitting up on their clouds... Doesn't it sound like the complaints right now that we donate old shoes or raise money for food in other countries after natural disasters, but even with so much power to change, politics usually holds us back? I don't know... Maybe I'm imagining things :rolleyes_anim:

 

Nope, not imagining things, makes a lot of sense :)

 

My problem with that particular theory though, is that I think Xandra's judgment of the faeries is clouded by bitterness, and should be taken with a grain of salt. But it's a really good insight, I really hadn't thought of it in those terms until you brought it up.

[EchoEternal]

Cool thought!

 

This also makes a good deal of sense based on the fact that the ones trying to help the Faeries are a mix of Royalty and guards. Sure, Hanso tried to do good things, but it was more because of his liking of Brynn, his ostentatious streak and because he was being forced than because he had any particular interest in helping out.

 

Remember, his original interest was in stealing things off the petrified faeries. The lower class struggling to get along, forced into helping the upper class when possible, with no personal interest in the result (Yes, it's possible that the faerie's magic was keeping Neopia running, but we don't know that, and that doesn't seem to really be Hanso's interest.).

 

Brynn is more like the blind middle-class.

 

Nice parallels, but probably all coincidence. Political undertones don't sound like TNT's cup of tea.

[quit]

Not really, I watch a lot of anime so I've seen this kind of thing a million times.

[adina]

Wouldn't it be dangerous for TNT to make political references?

[antiaircraft]

Not really, unless they overextend themselves to the point where they provoke actual political divisions among Neopians. So far I think they're being careful enough (a little *too* careful I'd say :P ).

[century_gothic]

My problem with that particular theory though, is that I think Xandra's judgment of the faeries is clouded by bitterness, and should be taken with a grain of salt. But it's a really good insight, I really hadn't thought of it in those terms until you brought it up.

 

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But, If you think about it, Xandra's bitterness could also be a political reflection, given that a lot of chiefs of states of developing countries have this angryness or bitterness towards big deloped countries. I'm Venezuelan and our president is just full with rancor towards the US and you can see almost a patron on the majority of the Latin American countries.

 

That's why I think that TNT will continue this reflection by giving Xandra the power of neopia, unfurtunately she will drive neopets into s world full with misery (like lots of developing countries)

[Bloods_Mistress]

: / the problem with that theory is that neopets is a children's game....Idk that kids give one hoot as to politics... god, yes. god touches the life of a kid from an early age. But politics? Politics is for old men with boring jobs..... and NEWS! dear god, cant we just watch cartoons?

[century_gothic]

: / the problem with that theory is that neopets is a children's game....Idk that kids give one hoot as to politics... god, yes. god touches the life of a kid from an early age. But politics? Politics is for old men with boring jobs..... and NEWS! dear god, cant we just watch cartoons?

 

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No of course I was just making a point :), maybe its just a coincidence and we're just a bit paranoic xD

[antiaircraft]

: / the problem with that theory is that neopets is a children's game....Idk that kids give one hoot as to politics... god, yes. god touches the life of a kid from an early age. But politics? Politics is for old men with boring jobs..... and NEWS! dear god, cant we just watch cartoons?

I have to disagree with that assumption. Neopets was never really a children's game, and even now there are many active older players on the site. In fact, the original audience for Neopets, back around the time when it first showed up, was bored college students, and it remained that way for quite a while. Since Viacom acquired it, they've tried to commercialise everything and target it at much younger kids (and their parents) for maximum profit, but I still hold that Neopets should never be entirely for young children.

[century_gothic]

I don't know who made the assumption that neopets was a children's site, because I've never seen anything official about the age limit on the site. But its a common miscomception that people made after seeing a lot of children-like stuff like faeries, pets and all that. I wish somebody made a poll according to age, I think there'll be a lot of people surprise on the outcome.