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Strongly suspicious that the only reason you think “D&D players” and “Hamilton fans” are the same annoying group is that they both like things that are popular.

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There’s a certain kind of fictional narrative that I associate with Americans, where society insists on an unethical course of action, and a lone hero stands up against them. Like Captain America saying he won’t move out of the way of the world, he’ll tell the world to move instead.

There’s a post-apocalyptic anime called Train to the End of the World that I got bored with and never finished. From other people’s posts, it portrays recovery from the apocalypse as both desired and inevitable. Most people want to rebuild society, and the final villain stands alone against them as the person who actually benefits from the apocalypse and wants nothing to ever change again.

I think the American focus is more on bravery. You stand against the masses despite the fear they’ll overpower you. Train to the End of the World sounds like it focuses more on the selfishness of the person who’s willing to push aside everyone else’s desires for his own.