Just because we take delight in seeing the spiked walls close in and crush him doesn't mean we endorse the spiked walls. Separate the walls from the architect. The spiked wall is not a role model.
Me: "Okay, so we started 'in medias res', which means I'll have to flashback to before to see how I got myself into this situa-" *record scratch, Baba O'Riley begins Me VO: "Yup, that's me, you're probably wondering how I got in this situation. Well, the year was 1992, Clinton was just elected-"
Replace "media literacy" with "gender studies degree," and you get a conservative comic.
"ah ha! The spikes are a metaphor"
I’d be smugly pointing out how this was a tired and overused trope as the spikes crushed my bones.
this one is going to see a lot of use
Unfortunately, he is in a two-dimensional plane and has no hope of escape. Tragic.
this feels like a personal callout to me and me only
Why don't they jump out through the fourth wall ?