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I love the mood of the whole thing, but I wonder if I am missing an obvious symbolism or statement or idea somewhere. Maybe it's just the memories of high schoo
by CobrastanJorji 4y ago
I love the mood of the whole thing, but I wonder if I am missing an obvious symbolism or statement or idea somewhere. Maybe it's just the memories of high school English, but I keep wondering stuff like "do the berries mean something?" or "are the bears supposed to be replacing us?" Are the bears there just to add a bit of surrealism or magical realism, or what?
- jakzurr 4y agoMaybe that's part of the story, heh. Some of the characters wonder if they are missing something.
- mcv 4y agoI sounds to me like a proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox.
- qbrass 4y agoPretty sure the author is hinting that the berries are being cultivated by the bears, but doesn't want to say it. The bears are filling in the gap left behind as humanity advances towards the future. Living in the medians both literally and figuratively. They're not replacing us, but what we were.
- nine_k 4y agoI remember there was an animation series about "Gummi bears" which definitely cultivated "gummi berries" (with magical properties that made the bears act gummi). I wonder if there's a connection / reference.
- Stratoscope 4y agoBe there with the bears eating berries. We have all wondered about hidden meanings. The bears wonder too! After all, they are just beginning to discover fire. What is this thing? We know how to make it happen, but we don't understand it. Nothing is as obvious as we might hope. Don't let this trouble you. Just bear with it.