I shall. And I abbreviated it as time travel (which it isn't, really) when what she was interested in was the way universes work. Another anime we'd talked about had time travel, you see (I forget which) and she referred to Madoka to explain what she was interested in, and I hadn't seen Madoka Magica, so she brought it in.
It's part of an ongoing conversation we're having about ethics, which tangles things even more.
She's the mature end of the discussion. I read the manga she brings in and says "Yes, I know this is six different timelines using the same basis and it would be very interesting to talk about underlying unities, but in this volume EVERYONE DIES! How could they do that? EVERYONE dies!!! It's ***[name of series redacted] all over again. Can't there be even a pretend happy ending?" She nods and is sympathetic, for in that moment I am the teen and she is the wise adult. (We reverse roles when Harry Potter comes up - we're very fair minded.)
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Date: 2014-04-01 06:37 am (UTC)It's part of an ongoing conversation we're having about ethics, which tangles things even more.
She's the mature end of the discussion. I read the manga she brings in and says "Yes, I know this is six different timelines using the same basis and it would be very interesting to talk about underlying unities, but in this volume EVERYONE DIES! How could they do that? EVERYONE dies!!! It's ***[name of series redacted] all over again. Can't there be even a pretend happy ending?" She nods and is sympathetic, for in that moment I am the teen and she is the wise adult. (We reverse roles when Harry Potter comes up - we're very fair minded.)