The dungeon scene is so profoundly unconscious-invoking

Yes it is
'Feet first is the only way' to be dragged out by the feet when dead
or like a breech birth
or only way out is when you start walking, start walking in your mind

this is profoundly a part of what got me out of so many bad situations

Robin of Sherwood Podcast s01 e01: Robin Hood and The Sorcerer 1/2

5/8/19 by Robin of Sherwood Podcast

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We dive into the adventure that gets it all started: Robin Hood & The Sorcerer part 1. Grab your bow and arrow and magical sword and come along for the ride!

In the podcast I am listening to they sort of make it sound like the old man and the rat Arthur cannot leave the dungeon but this seems very foolish to me

They're talking about it as if somebody has to stay behind because of the way they're climbing out

But the old man keeps repeating, nobody gets out of here

I think this is so important

The assumption that someone must be left behind

This assumption being specious

And those being left behind comforting one another by saying there is no other choice, they could not possibly have done something about it

And the dungeon is very dark and horrible

And me and this rat, we have one another, but we could have climbed out of the dungeon with the help of the others

I think this scene is one of the reasons I haven't gotten very far past the first two episodes because I keep going back and watching some parts over and over

Arthur, bear, ear, earth, hearing, hearth, heart, art 🐻 💜 🌍

Yes this is an interesting way to look at it
the way I look at it, it is also that the old man is very fixed in his belief that he can not leave, he is invited to leave with a brisk 'are you coming or what' and he says he cant
sometimes the invitation to leave isnt nice, and the unknown is big and scary

Sometimes the invitation to leave isn't nice and the unknown is big and scary

Gosh yes this.

and sometimes even when the invitation to leave is not nice or kindly put, even if the unknown is big and scary, and all you seem to have known is a dark horrible hole, then you still need to seize the opportunity of escape when it presents itself
my way out of bad situations certainly wasnt nice, so far....

I also keep feeling that the matter of the old man's escape from the dungeon is treated in a sort of light hearted or semi-light-hearted way and I stop at that each time, partly because it feels such an inappropriate subject for comedy at this time but also partly because the inappropriateness of it seems to highlight it in a way that actually feels like it honors it in a way that I am really appreciating and so I'm just dwelling on these early parts of the show, recognizing a lot about what they are doing for me

To seize the opportunity of escape when it presents itself

To seize the opportunity of freedom when it presents itself