His post was that it "hit hard." I then admittedly made a dismissive initial comment of "oh its twitter thing."
I then indicated that I did in fact actually look at it, and complimented the animation. I at first was thinking "oh, a fantasy animation." Which led me to immediately critique the hero's combat choices. It presented itself as a fantasy battle for the first brief moment, so I judged it at first then.
It then spent most of the rest of the short portraying that it was not, in fact, about just being some awesome dragon slayer guy. Problem was, it initially presented it in a way that made it seem like it was anyone's guess as to whether it was going to become a "Hero gone bad" story, or, as the whole closet thing came about, a "Hero's PTSD" thing. In reflection, a third option was possible too, as, well, the hero literally holed himself in a closet. So it could also have almost have been a "The hero is gay" sort of thing, though I did not pick up that vibe on the first view, and it is not accurate to the message anyway.
But yes, I was not paying attention at the start very well. He did in fact throw a spear and not a sword. Doesn't change the fact that he threw HIS ONLY WEAPON. Just because spears are better for throwing than swords does not excuse this bad combat decision. They would have been better off just giving him an OPArt like an actual rifle.
This is serious loser shit. You do need to log off and touch grass.
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Trying to burn the bridges to a culture that taught us to hate and fear and live like cogs in a machine and not like lovers, friends, and kin.