They misinterpret Derrida’s “nothing outside the text” and reject paratext
Classic rookie mistake
Classic rookie mistake
April 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
They misinterpret Derrida’s “nothing outside the text” and reject paratext
Classic rookie mistake
Classic rookie mistake
sometimes we want to post a picture from upcoming VN to get some anticipation going but we hate presenting images from outside of the intended context and producing paratext
September 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM
sometimes we want to post a picture from upcoming VN to get some anticipation going but we hate presenting images from outside of the intended context and producing paratext
the cereal box is paratext
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the cereal box is paratext
Bro I don't need your paratext digressions of wellackshually & whatbout any time I have the temerity to criticize Israel
August 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bro I don't need your paratext digressions of wellackshually & whatbout any time I have the temerity to criticize Israel
Next time I post a work of fiction I think I'll only post complete bullshit lies about it as paratext. Not a single true statement
June 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Next time I post a work of fiction I think I'll only post complete bullshit lies about it as paratext. Not a single true statement
Paratext und Parataxe.
December 7, 2023 at 3:46 PM
Paratext und Parataxe.
LUMINES ARISE PARATEXT THREAD because i gotta be annoying about this game and i have THOUGHTS
June 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
LUMINES ARISE PARATEXT THREAD because i gotta be annoying about this game and i have THOUGHTS
if everyone is done making weird posts about "conservative art" or its impossibility you can now listen to our ongoing year-long tolkien series in which we are pretty regularly stopping to assess the man's politics as expressed in text and paratext vs how he is reformatted by the modern right
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
June 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
if everyone is done making weird posts about "conservative art" or its impossibility you can now listen to our ongoing year-long tolkien series in which we are pretty regularly stopping to assess the man's politics as expressed in text and paratext vs how he is reformatted by the modern right
It's like people don't understand the concept of what paratext is
June 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
It's like people don't understand the concept of what paratext is
Sometimes the paratext is more interesting than the text.
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sometimes the paratext is more interesting than the text.
working my way through the southern reach series and im struck by how authority frames itself as a sequel to annihilation but is actually a weird fanfic/paratext around annihilation
March 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
working my way through the southern reach series and im struck by how authority frames itself as a sequel to annihilation but is actually a weird fanfic/paratext around annihilation
pls learn the difference between text and paratext
I do not take booktok seriously and I never will. What the fuck you mean the epilogue and prologue “aren’t part of the book/story”???????
April 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
pls learn the difference between text and paratext
My incredibly hot take is that if you take it as a text in itself and ignore the liberal triumphalism of the paratext and fandom and arguably LMM himself, Hamilton is good actually.
Hamilton is good. Lin-Manuel Miranda is in fact extremely good at his job. Sorry, that's just how it is.
August 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
My incredibly hot take is that if you take it as a text in itself and ignore the liberal triumphalism of the paratext and fandom and arguably LMM himself, Hamilton is good actually.
i love the use of a 'real estate ad equivalent'
its been a really long time since ive really stared at the box of games i bought, its cool to have a look at old paratext like this
its been a really long time since ive really stared at the box of games i bought, its cool to have a look at old paratext like this
June 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
i love the use of a 'real estate ad equivalent'
its been a really long time since ive really stared at the box of games i bought, its cool to have a look at old paratext like this
its been a really long time since ive really stared at the box of games i bought, its cool to have a look at old paratext like this
It's time for more Moonmist. Most contemporary players resent the paratext. Why is that?
golmac.org/read-the-man...
golmac.org/read-the-man...
Paratext in Infocom's Moonmist
A review of Paratext in Infocom's Moonmist when viewed within the context of other games of the period.
golmac.org
March 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It's time for more Moonmist. Most contemporary players resent the paratext. Why is that?
golmac.org/read-the-man...
golmac.org/read-the-man...
even by thesis standards, this was a beast: over 500 pages of writing; 700 with paratext and appendices & 1300 if transcripts and full appendices were included
things that feel amazing: getting final thesis revisions in & notification of acceptance less than one hour before the cutoff for next semester billing
August 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
even by thesis standards, this was a beast: over 500 pages of writing; 700 with paratext and appendices & 1300 if transcripts and full appendices were included
fixing unintuitive UI via paratext
July 21, 2026 at 6:55 AM
fixing unintuitive UI via paratext
Oooh! Just learned a new word! Paratext! Now you know it too!
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Oooh! Just learned a new word! Paratext! Now you know it too!
Something something the primacy of paratext something something.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Something something the primacy of paratext something something.
If you want these movements or scenes to be at least in part be coalesced by means of digital paratext (social media, blogs, forums, chat rooms) those scenes must be content with being trail markers - flags that show future players where people have already gone.
July 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you want these movements or scenes to be at least in part be coalesced by means of digital paratext (social media, blogs, forums, chat rooms) those scenes must be content with being trail markers - flags that show future players where people have already gone.
Yelling "the paratext is not the actual text" at every bad-faith interpretation of fantasy in fiction until I give myself an aneurysm...as a little treat.
May 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Yelling "the paratext is not the actual text" at every bad-faith interpretation of fantasy in fiction until I give myself an aneurysm...as a little treat.
now that im seeing people praise the general depiction of Zelda in Imprisonment it would be neat to try and really reconcile it with not only how the original game treats her (deeply offensively) but also the recent official paratext that is the Zelda notes app (with hostility)
Something the voice notes in the TotK phone app make me feel certain of is no one hates Zelda like some guy at Nintendo must
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
now that im seeing people praise the general depiction of Zelda in Imprisonment it would be neat to try and really reconcile it with not only how the original game treats her (deeply offensively) but also the recent official paratext that is the Zelda notes app (with hostility)
the znes snowy overlay is paratext. you can do absolutely nothing with this information. hell i can't imagine why you'd even want to
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
the znes snowy overlay is paratext. you can do absolutely nothing with this information. hell i can't imagine why you'd even want to
I get annoyed when someone's trying to analyze Deltarune and they hit us with the "I am not a shipper, for the record!"
Like bro, Deltarune is deeply engaged in topics like fandom and shipping. I know it's Icky Girl Stuff, but you kinda have to engage with that paratext a bit.
Like bro, Deltarune is deeply engaged in topics like fandom and shipping. I know it's Icky Girl Stuff, but you kinda have to engage with that paratext a bit.
April 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
I get annoyed when someone's trying to analyze Deltarune and they hit us with the "I am not a shipper, for the record!"
Like bro, Deltarune is deeply engaged in topics like fandom and shipping. I know it's Icky Girl Stuff, but you kinda have to engage with that paratext a bit.
Like bro, Deltarune is deeply engaged in topics like fandom and shipping. I know it's Icky Girl Stuff, but you kinda have to engage with that paratext a bit.