As you get older they teach you how to "deconstruct" things in school. We are taught to deconstruct beliefs, ideas, prejudices, etc. For me, deconstruction became a terrible habit that still rages out of control. For instance, I was just analyzing the Never Ending Story the other day while showering and I realized two things. The first is that the film is at once a critique and celebration of Nietzsche's "Will to Power" (a critique of the bastardization of Nietzsche's message that permeates the popular lexicon, I should say). Secondly, I realized that Falcor the Luck Dragon is a, ahem, "sexual subversive".
All types of hints are dropped throughout the film about how perverted this flying dog thing is. I can't remember the exact dialogue, but he is always talking about how he loves children, especially boys and how he always wants them to ride on his back. He just has that unmistakable look in his eye that kind of redefines why they call him a "Luck Dragon". Maybe "A Getting Lucky Dragon" is a more appropriate moniker for this Chester.
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