bigantennaemay1
Aspie social drifter without purpose or home
★★★★★
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Arthur Fleck is awfully goddamn relatable. Remember how in the beginning, he gets jumped by some young punks who take his sign and smash him in the face? And then when he tells his boss, his boss doesn't believe him. Instead, his boss believes the baseless assumptions of the store owner that hired Arthur, who just assumed that Arthur ran off with his sign. Like, why? Why would someone want some cheap, piece of shit sign like that? Arthur even questions that motive, but his boss just brushes it off. But his boss believed the store owner over his own employee because Arthur is an ugly weirdo with a mental illness, but the store owner was probably a normie or Chad, "well-adjusted," socially accepted member of society.
Then there was the whole incident with the gun. Randall gives him a gun in feigned compassion to "protect himself with," meanwhile, Arthur takes it believing the non-existent "goodwill" of Randall, and gets in trouble and fired for the possession of said handgun while on the job. To make matters worse, normie "good" guy Randall lies to his boss, telling his boss that Arthur was the one who asked Randall if Arthur could buy a gun off of him. You can tell because you can hear that's what his boss is saying to him over the phone when Arthur gets fired. And who does his boss believe? Does he believe the honest but mentally ill, ugly loner Arthur? Or does he believe the lies of normie "good" guy Randall?
What really chops me is how relatable both of those scenes are. I've had similar (not the exact same, mind you) incidents to both of these happen to me multiple times throughout my life, and it pisses me off. Where other people will lie and scheme to get you in trouble just because you're weird and different. And then everyone will believe them and their lies, and won't believe you, even though you're telling the truth. It's like everyone has it out for us before anyone even gets to know us. I'm 100% certain Randall had it out for Arthur from the very first time they ever met, and so did his boss, despite his boss's reassurances that, despite the fact everyone doesn't like him, his boss likes Arthur. Just another lie. His actions betray him, and actions speak far louder than words.
The scene where Arthur is in the back alley in a fit of depression-fueled rage, kicking garbage bags around is probably the most "tfw" moment ever. I can't count how many times I've felt like that. It's also honestly amazing how many people lie to Arthur, or about Arthur, and how that's an incredibly accurate portrayal of real life. People lie all the time, and especially to, and about, ugly, mentally ill loners, and other people deemed "unfit" for society. I think the reason a lot of normies feel uncomfortable about the movie isn't necessarily because it reminds them of us, but rather that the movie holds a mirror up to them, so they can see what they really are. And they don't like that; it makes them uncomfortable, and challenges their worldview that they are good, right, and just, and we deserve to be stomped down, talked down to, beaten and ignored.
Also, the whole imaginary girlfriend thing is relatable, too. We just want to be wanted, desired, loved, held. So much so that some of us turn to fantasy to pretend we have a girlfriend, or living out such scenarios in daydreams. What's so wrong with that? We're human, too!
Then there was the whole incident with the gun. Randall gives him a gun in feigned compassion to "protect himself with," meanwhile, Arthur takes it believing the non-existent "goodwill" of Randall, and gets in trouble and fired for the possession of said handgun while on the job. To make matters worse, normie "good" guy Randall lies to his boss, telling his boss that Arthur was the one who asked Randall if Arthur could buy a gun off of him. You can tell because you can hear that's what his boss is saying to him over the phone when Arthur gets fired. And who does his boss believe? Does he believe the honest but mentally ill, ugly loner Arthur? Or does he believe the lies of normie "good" guy Randall?
What really chops me is how relatable both of those scenes are. I've had similar (not the exact same, mind you) incidents to both of these happen to me multiple times throughout my life, and it pisses me off. Where other people will lie and scheme to get you in trouble just because you're weird and different. And then everyone will believe them and their lies, and won't believe you, even though you're telling the truth. It's like everyone has it out for us before anyone even gets to know us. I'm 100% certain Randall had it out for Arthur from the very first time they ever met, and so did his boss, despite his boss's reassurances that, despite the fact everyone doesn't like him, his boss likes Arthur. Just another lie. His actions betray him, and actions speak far louder than words.
The scene where Arthur is in the back alley in a fit of depression-fueled rage, kicking garbage bags around is probably the most "tfw" moment ever. I can't count how many times I've felt like that. It's also honestly amazing how many people lie to Arthur, or about Arthur, and how that's an incredibly accurate portrayal of real life. People lie all the time, and especially to, and about, ugly, mentally ill loners, and other people deemed "unfit" for society. I think the reason a lot of normies feel uncomfortable about the movie isn't necessarily because it reminds them of us, but rather that the movie holds a mirror up to them, so they can see what they really are. And they don't like that; it makes them uncomfortable, and challenges their worldview that they are good, right, and just, and we deserve to be stomped down, talked down to, beaten and ignored.
Also, the whole imaginary girlfriend thing is relatable, too. We just want to be wanted, desired, loved, held. So much so that some of us turn to fantasy to pretend we have a girlfriend, or living out such scenarios in daydreams. What's so wrong with that? We're human, too!