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5 fictional characters with Pure O

Pure O is a lesser known version of OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder) which involves purely mental compulsions, as opposed to physical compulsions, such as checking or hand washing. Individuals with Pure O experience intrusive thoughts, urges, emotional sensations and images that conflict with their identity, causing severe distress. This leads to attempts to counteract or avoid obsessions through mental compulsions, such as mentally cancelling thoughts, seeking reassurance from others, as well as avoidance methods, all of which may offer temporal relief, but which ultimately substantiate the OCD. There are many different sub-types, or 'themes' of Pure O, including somatic OCD (a hyper-awareness of bodily functions, existential O (constant, anxiety provoking ruminations on philosophy) and real-event OCD (remembering real events in which you have done something wrong with severe emotional intensity and overthinking/trying to resolve them). It's a condition that is often ex...
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Why did Diane even date Mr Peanut butter (and what it has to do with JD Salinger: Bojack horseman analysis)

BoJack Horseman released its final few episodes on January 31st, 2020, following a declined renewal from Netflix for a 7th season. This abrupter ending to the show leaves its fans with many unanswered questions about the origin of its characters and the development of their conflicts (BoJack's father Butterscotch's childhood still remains a mystery for example) One thing that always eluded me personally was the the inception and symbiotic relevance of Diane and Mr Peanut butters relationship. In other words: Why the hell were they together in the first place if they are so incompatible? They are, after all, very different people. Diane herself starts the series as the Ghost writer for BoJack's memoir, and is introduced as a responsible, morally centred antithesis to his selfish, nihilistic and slacker-ish tendencies. She tries to both maintain these traits, and apply them to her friends and the World around her to change it for the better. Frequently Diane acts as the ...
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A bad message?: 13 reasons why by Jay Asher

I first read 13 reasons why when I was around 15 in 2013, before the infamous, eponymous show on Netlfix. The show (first airing on Netlfix in 2017 when I was around 17), follows the story of a teenage girl, Hannah Baker, also 17, who takes her own life, only to live on posthumously through a series of cassette tapes explaining to her classmates how she was hurt by their unsuspecting actions. As a result, many critics and audience members have called out the show as one which promotes a dangerous and vindictive message about suicide. In light of this, it is in fact quite hard to talk about the book, without mentioning it's counterpart web-series. One has to wonder if the book that preceded it had provided the original 'script' so to speak on what was later developed into an inappropriate message about suicide. Point being: Does Jay Asher's novel, 13 reasons why, also promote a bad message? The context behind 13 reasons why is that it was based on the author's niec...
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"Be a filter not a sponge" On Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead"

"Be a filter not a sponge." This is what Bill advises Charlie Kelmeckis in the Perks of being a Wallflower upon giving him a copy of Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead" to read. When I first read the Perks of being a wallflower aged 15, "Fountainhead" was a foreign book to me, and I had to wonder what Charlie's English teacher had meant. For a long time I assumed 'The Fountain' head was full of expletives and other obscenities. That was until I read Naked lunch, a book Bill had warmly advised Charlie to read, that was full of sex, bad language and much more. What was it then, that was so obscene to Bill, that he had to warn Charlie not to absorb it? I realised once I read it exactly what Bill was talking about. The fountainhead was one of the first books I ever read that I naturally 'filtered.' I didn't do it on purpose, in fact I completely forgot what was said about 'The fountainhead' in the perks of being a wallflower until ...
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