The Power of Persuasion: The Changing of Isaac's Worldview — Therapist Reacts!

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  @gabrielhoelzle8476 · 3 years ago

  You may be a therapist but you're putting out some of the best literary anylisis ever on this series, I'm absolutely here for it

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  @irishdc9523 · 3 years ago

  They both suffered at the hands of their own kind.  Difference was that Carmilla wanted a kingdom to make everyone else suffers as she did, but Isaac wanted a kingdom to ensure no-one suffers as he did

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  @caleelahi · 3 years ago

  I like the juxtaposition between Isaac and Hector's arcs in the season. Where Isaac needs to learn to change his cold outlook, Hector needs to learn that he has to be able to look out for himself. The interesting link between the two of them is that they both have to learn to be the lead of their own story, not the background character of someone else's trauma, pain, and rage.

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  @amitamaru · 3 years ago

  I like the conversations Isaac has with FlysEyes, a damned soul who decided to embrace the evil he was accused of in life. You can see, especially in the last season when Isaac gives FlysEyes the berry, the idea that's no one gave the night creatures a choice other than to be wicked, but if given a chance,  there is goodness.

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  @seanwilliams7655 · 3 years ago

  I don't know if I've ever seen a side character developed as well as Isaac was. I honestly would have liked to have seen more of him even if it meant less of Sypha and Trevor.

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  @ThatGUY666666 · 3 years ago

  First off, I am INCREDIBLY glad you did a part 2 for Isaac and that you hit on his conversation with the Captain which I think is one of the best dialogues in media over the past decade or so. &nbsp;One part I really loved was when Isaac asked him if he denies that the human race is cruel and the Captain says &quot;No&quot;. &nbsp; I really loved just how visibly shocked Isaac was and you could tell the Captain had his rapt attention from there on out. &nbsp; I think that was perhaps the biggest reason why the Captain&apos;s talk with Isaac worked so well because he started by validating Isaac and his belief about the cruelty of humanity and acknowledging the possibility that maybe we do all deserve to die...but then he follows it up with the idea that maybe we could be better too and planting the idea that Isaac could help people learn to be better. &nbsp;Essentially he did not attempt to refute Isaac&apos;s world view which would have only caused him to double or triple down, but got him to consider the possibility that maybe he was not looking at the full picture or considering all the possibilities. &nbsp; <br><br>I do not know what stars had to align for Castlevania to turn out so amazingly well, but I am grateful that it did.<br><br>On another note, I am glad to see that I may not be along in my belief that Social Media is perhaps the worst invention of our lifetimes though I have to acknowledge the irony and hypocrisy of me &nbsp;saying that in a Youtube comment.

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  @NYCZ31 · 3 years ago

  My experience on social media has been a continual exercise of checking myself from engaging in argument with someone in order to attain some “win.” But there is no winning, everyone loses, and more angry and bitter than before. We don’t sit down and discuss things with people anymore and society is becoming very sick as a result.

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  @JadeLwoj · 3 years ago (edited)

  I also interpreted Isaac making his drink the same way as the captain as him coming around to the point of taking care of himself. The captain clearly drinks water with lime as a practice to prevent scurvy. Isaac, who&apos;s form of meditation is self-flagellation and was more than willing to die/be a sacrifice, is taking measures to care of his own health in a small way. Primarily, he&apos;s finally learning to be kind to himself.

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  @MrHellsing76 · 3 years ago

  My favorite bit is the Captain, didn&apos;t give his name, as he is old enough to know what a magic user can do with having your name.

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  @eurgavaSTORY · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeU969SSlvM&amp;t=953">15:53</a><br>&quot;Be the change you wish to see.&quot;<br>And I agree.

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  @SnG-Darth-Veigar · 3 years ago

  I love the symbolism in the glass of water. The Captain shared his wisdom to Isaac whilst preparing him a cold beverage. And now Isaac doing the same with Hector. His last sentence in the series was perfect: &quot;I&apos;m going to live&quot;. His character development from a zealous fanatic to a kind but firm ruler was like seeing a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. And we have to thank the Captain for that. He planted the seed on Isaac, and made him question almost everything he once stood for. An interesting conversation is also the one he had with the bug philosopher. For me Isaac saw himself in him, close-minded, with only his designed purpose in mind; and also helped the philosopher to look forward and towards a life.

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  @UnreasonableOpinions · 3 years ago

  The show is very good at setting up character duality - we have the combination of Isaac who is self-interested but has an excessive trust of others, versus Hector who pairs a total distrust of humans with total subservience of himself to one designated superior. Both end up needing to grow into more fully-functional people and only manage to do this once shocked by trauma into beginning to change, even as they go in entirely different directions. It&apos;s very telling that after many encounters with people that contradict Isaac&apos;s worldview by being unselfish he simply decides that exceptions prove the rule, but an encounter with the pirate captain, who is exactly the sort of immensely selfish and occasionally dangerous person he believes all humans to fundamentally be and yet is genuinely open and interested in Isaac&apos;s self and story, puts the first major crack in his worldview. Even people who are exactly like you think they are can be much more and much better than you expect - a thought that his misanthropic worldview cannot coexist with.

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