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It's movie night. You don't know who's coming but you have to pick a movie everyone vibes with. What do you choose? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I watched The Neverending Story in my 30's and realized the Artax scene had caused me decades of nightmares.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I just heard an interesting fan theory, that the scene with Artax and the swamp represents being unable to help a friend or family member through depression. That for the friend it can be perplexing (move or you'll die!), but it's so hard to do anything for a depressed person in a slump.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even funnier since I ended up being metaphorical Artax.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    My husband has a close friend who's currently going through a rough patch. We know our Artax will pull through, but it's going to be hard going for a while. Meanwhile my husband is trying to at least keep in touch.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago

    It's all you can do sometimes. When the darkness sets in for me I can't recognize the light. I'm starting to break out of it somewhat, but there's a lot of self hate still etched in. It does kind of improve once you're on the other side.

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