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>>738628

Media reflects the mindset of the time period. It used to be “the future is great we’ll all live forever,” now it’s “someday a real rain will come and wash the scum off these streets.” If life stops being meaningless and soul-crushing, media will stop being apocalyptic

>>738628

>Do people want the apocalypse to happen? … a lot more literature, games, and media as of late has been depicting the apocalypse or post-apocalyptic scenes.

That's because they're no longer afraid of it. Now it's safe to make fun of / make light of it.

The apocalypse has been ingrained in Western culture and thinking for two thousand years, and for other cultures as well – no one fails to believe the world will end – but it was always bound-up in religiosity. Now that religion is "dead", the apocalypse is one of those half-jokable-things we're safe to make films about making fun of it. (pic related) ( inb4 someone blames "jews" for that film )

But, also, post-apocalyptic worlds – which is what you're really referring to – have been fodder for decades because it's good fuel for good stories about good-and-evil which, as we all know, no longer exists in our every day world … i mean, we're all pretty good people, now, so we don't see ebil in every day life that needs to be overcome. I don't need to tell my boss "no, I will not cheat our customers" because I no longer see that as a moral issue. Furthermore, post-apocalyptic worlds free us from concerns about morality because all institutions of such have been wiped away. Maybe people like to be reminded or theorise that humanity's basic nature is rampaging, unrelenting, savage evil.

I feel the OP deserves an essay response.

>>738664

>good-and-evil which, as we all know, no longer exists in our every day world … i mean, we're all pretty good people, now, so we don't see ebil in every day life that needs to be overcome

>>738628

Several Japanese anime/video games seem to like to use apocalypses as a villain's end goal but often interprets the bringer of apocalypse with western religious themes by merging our interpretation of the Satan's bringing the ends of times with angelic, white winged, halos, the passing of judgement, or renewal of earth themes often associated with angels/heaven/God. I've always figured this was Japanese devs just internalizing their forefathers' beliefs/pride that were BTFO by United States 70+ years ago (which is ironic as the following westernization of Japan allows these to exist), but also realized these are more or less Gnosticism given there's often a more docile, enigmatic god present as a ball of energy, crystal, or life stream in these stories.

Not to say all Japanese works of course, as Christian character depiction in Castlevania is beyond badass for what it's worth mentioning. (most at least, MercurySteam Castlevania & the anime gets a bit iffy from what I've heard)

>>738719

I knew I could rely on at least ONE person on this board with the reading skills of a six year-old to misread the sarcasm quotes implied in that paragraph

>>738785

Thanks, m8, for fulfilling my inb4. I was worried no one was going to do it for me.