Mainstream writers saw Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and rather than take any lessons from the absolutely killer pacing, proper execution of deconstruction and fine balancing act of 3 antagonists, they decided the realistic panic attack was the thing to copy. This is why we can’t have nice things.

@Critical_Scribe What the fuck is a deconstruction, genuinely, i keep hearing this term everywhere, looked it up, still don't understand what it means

@Sample_Chample @Critical_Scribe Breaking down a common plot line or theme in an analytical way or reversing it. Like instead of a "hero saves princess" story, a paper talking about how that theme and why that story gets told, or deliberately changing it by telling a story where a princess saves herself.

@unforgivnbastrd @Critical_Scribe What does "breaking down" entail? I don't get it. And isn't that princess exaple like a subversion?

"Deconstruction" can be used in a lot of different ways, from academic to storytelling. The "breaking down" could be an essay or it could be an "updated" story that's deliberately breaking expectations. Yes, subverting a narrative is a variety of deconstruction. That's basically how it's being used here, where PiB:TLW is being used as an example of subverting / deconstruction a narrative, here meaning basically breaking audience expectations but still ultimately telling a good story. It gets used in an academic sense in a much more dry / political way, where "deconstruction" is basically any sort of fundamental analysis of core values from a critical perspective.