Seditious Thoughts

A pause. A thought. A refusal.
Aku from Samurai Jack looming over a dystopian future

Marginalia #1: "My Evil is the Law" - Samurai Jack and the Mirage of Justice

The first entry in the Marginalia series. A sharp deconstruction of how legality serves as a shield for systemic pathologies.

June 10, 2026 · 2 min · Seditious Thoughts
Emmet Gowin, Concerning America and Alfred Stieglitz, and Myself, circa 1964

Son Lux - Easy: A Short Note on Pain and Surrender

Drawing on the unsettling melody of Son Lux, this short note explores the ‘Easy’ lyrics meaning. It deconstructs the paradox of pain where ‘ripping out your heart’ becomes a survival strategy in an achievement-oriented world.

May 13, 2026 · 2 min · Seditious Thoughts
The Outsider from Dishonored levitating in the Void, surrounded by fragments of broken reality.

The Outsider Can't Stop Watching: Dishonored, Retromania, and the Loop

Is the Void just a magical dimension, or a cosmic server room? This essay deconstructs the lore of Dishonored through the lens of Simon Reynolds’s ‘Retromania’ and Mark Fisher’s ‘Hauntology’. We explore why the Outsider is the ultimate curator of a looping past and why Billie Lurk’s [ERASE] was the only way to find a future.

April 11, 2026 · 20 min · Seditious Thoughts
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