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The comparisons to fictional characters to accentuate Rekieta's own faults (I agree with others that it's unfair to Ahab, Quixote, etc.) remind me that, as others here & even Aaron Imholte speculate, there may be an adaptation of this part of Rekieta's (squandering of) life. The fictional characters mentioned were partly or wholly based on actual aqcuaintances of the authors, even if they didn't consciously have anyone in mind in particular. Due to another person writing these characters, their actual inspirations won't translate to the ficiontal story one-to-one.
And like these characters, one aspect of this tragedy that is impossible to translate to whatever medium it may wind up on is the insanity of being here over time and living through the inflection point where Rekieta went from basically respectable to where his reputation is now. I certainly don't know what that was like as Rekieta fell off my radar after the Chauvin trial and only became aware of him again as he became more topical on Mad at the Internet.
Without that aspect the story is just noveau riche wiggers falling to pedestrian pitfalls, their money shielding them from consequences that would ward off conscientious individuals from ever indulging in daily drugs, alcohol, and polyamory.
And like these characters, one aspect of this tragedy that is impossible to translate to whatever medium it may wind up on is the insanity of being here over time and living through the inflection point where Rekieta went from basically respectable to where his reputation is now. I certainly don't know what that was like as Rekieta fell off my radar after the Chauvin trial and only became aware of him again as he became more topical on Mad at the Internet.
Without that aspect the story is just noveau riche wiggers falling to pedestrian pitfalls, their money shielding them from consequences that would ward off conscientious individuals from ever indulging in daily drugs, alcohol, and polyamory.