• BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m not sure I follow, Shallan isn’t possessed, she dissociates from her negative experiences by switching different personality constructs, that’s not the same as being possessed

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I haven’t read the books (yet), so I don’t know how closely it resembles the condition in reality, but crucially, it’s a real thing, it’s not a magical fantasy possesion

      • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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        22 hours ago

        I have not (thankfully) experienced the condition in real life, but Sanderson usually does his research on portraying this kind of stuff, so he often hits close.

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      21 hours ago

      Semantics of possessions we can argue, but she literally pulls the “You take over, it sucks in here” card repeatedly.