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two forms of media I see a lot of are: - discussions of big nerd media, focused around canon & representation & absolutes - tiktoks & memes which are all about evoking a vibe, a mood, juxtaposition, fragmentary worldbuilding, not even staking a claim on fiction
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against which it's kind of interesting to think about David Lynch, who has been around since before the turn to puzzlebox narrative, and is now in vogue again
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I place those two trends in opposition to each other, but also works can embody both of them at the same time : Petscop, SCP, Blaseball
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I guess the trend is to start as evocative fragments, and then build up lore around it. the hard part is resisting continuity between the fragments.