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jedimandalorian · 7 months

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Ahsoka Episode 6 “Far, Far Away”: The Story, the Symbolism, and the Score

Episode 6 of Ahsoka begins with the sound of distant purrgil calls as Ahsoka and Huyang travel through hyperspace, crossing the void between galaxies. During their discussion of the tales Huyang used to tell the Jedi younglings there is no music.

I loved that Huyang said such an iconic line in this episode, reminding us that this is indeed a fairy tale, a children’s story.

The Title Card for Ahsoka appears, and then the episode title, “Far, far Away.”

We hear ominous music when Sabine is in the brig onboard the Eye of Sion. The window to her cell is shaped like an upside down triangle.

The sinister music continues during the scene with Baylan, Shin, and Morgan on the bridge. Morgan’s Theme (the Nightsister theme) is heard when the Eye of Sion exits hyperspace.

The line “Peridea is a graveyard” reminds us that this is indeed a “descent into the abyss” a stage of the hero’s journey which I have discussed on this blog before. Ominous music plays here.

The characters who are aligned with the dark side are on a quest for more power to dominate others. They have followed the Path to Peridea as a kind of path to perdition as I have mentioned in my previous metas. But Sabine, our heroine, is descending into the Underworld on a more noble quest. She hopes to find her beloved Ezra Bridger, echoing the story of Orpheus, the hero of Greek myth who descends into the Underworld to find his beloved Eurydice.

Morgan’s Theme continues when they board the shuttle and descend to the planet Peridea.

The landscape of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth is suggested by the giant statues and the Nightsister fortress, which resembles an evil version of Minas Tirith.

The characters encounter three Nightsisters, analogous to the Three Fates of Greek mythology, the Moirai. (Note the similarities between this word and the name of Ahsoka’s owl, Morai, a creature I predict that we will be seeing again soon.)

The three Fates were the personification of destiny in Greek mythology. The three sisters were known as Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the alotter), and Atropos (the unturnable, a metaphor for death). The end credits for this episode name these three Nightsisters as Klothow, Lakesis, and Aktropaw, clearly indicating the intended symbolism of these three characters. As George Lucas said back in the late nineties, “Well, when I did Star Wars I consciously set about to recreate myths and the — and the classic mythological motifs. And I wanted to use those motifs to deal with issues that existed today.” (From billmoyers.com) Lucas’ apprentice, Dave Filoni, has learned this lesson from the master himself.

The music is quieter in this scene, with sounds of low vibrations being heard. Morgan’s Theme continues when Sabine is imprisoned by the Nightsisters’ three orbs, which held her bound within a triangle made of red cords of energy.

Outside of the fortress three wolf-like creatures howl as ominous music plays. Choral music suggesting the mysticism of the fallen Jedi Order is heard as Baylan speaks of Peridea being a realm of “dreams and madness” from old “children’s stories come to life.” Once again, the viewer is reminded that we are being told a fairy tale, a myth. The musical score subtly teases the listener with three notes from Ahsoka’s Ronin theme in this scene.

Sabine is imprisoned inside the Nightsister fortress as the Chimaera arrives with the sound of ominous metallic rumbling. Thrawn’s flagship Star Destroyer was named after the female fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology which was part lion, part goat, and part dragon.

I am no Freudian, but the Chimaera’s open docking bay hovering over the phallic tower of the Nightsister fortress seems to be the most overtly sexual symbolism I have seen in Star Wars in a long time. However, I’m not here to discuss that visual metaphor.

Organ music which anticipates but does not present Thrawn’s theme is heard as the Nighttroopers muster under Enoch’s command. These undead stormtroopers have cracked armor repaired with golden seams suggesting the Japanese art of kintsugi, as well as armor pieces bound with bands of red cloth. They are heard chanting “Thrawn! Thrawn!” as the Grand Admiral makes his dramatic entrance. For me this chant was reminiscent of how the orcs in Return of the King chanted “Grond! Grond!” when using their mighty battering ram against the walls of Minas Tirith. (You can do your own Freudian analysis of that scene. I’m not going there.) What was Grond?

“Grond, also known as the Wolf's Head, was a one hundred-foot long battering ram with a head in the shape of a ravening wolf, used in the arsenal of Sauron in the Third Age. Though named for Grond, Morgoth’s warhammer, it was created in the likeness of the Wolf of Angband, Carcharoth.”—from lotr.fandom.com

Creepy music accompanies the Nighttroopers as they transfer of cargo from the catacombs beneath the fortress. What is inside them? Dead Nightsisters, waiting to be revived by dark magic?

Thumps and low pitched sounds accompany Thrawn’s conversation with Baylan.

Thrawn speaks of Sabine’s desire to be reunited with her long-lost friend. (The word desire is a very intentional word choice, with the connotation that the connection between Sabine and Ezra has potential to be more than just friendship.)

Sabine: I’m sure he’s doing just fine.

Thrawn: You gambled the fate of your galaxy on that belief.

Sabine: You wouldn’t understand.

Thrawn: Perhaps not.

Evil does not understand love and loyalty. (See my previous post about the Path to Peridea.)

Enoch returns Sabine’s weapons to her, and she is provided with provisions and a wolf-like howler for a mount. He tells her to “die well” as she embarks on her “fool’s errand.”

The line about a “fool’s errand” calls to mind this scene from Tolkien’s novel, The Return of the King:

'Tell me,' he said, 'is there any hope? For Frodo, I mean; or at least mostly for Frodo.'

Gandalf put his hand on Pippin's head. 'There never was much hope,' he answered. 'Just a fool's hope, as I have been told…”

“A Fool’s Hope” was also the title of the penultimate episode of Star Wars Rebels final season.

Once again, Thrawn’s theme is only hinted at by the organ music at the end of the scene.

Sabine’s scanner is destroyed during her fight for her life with the red-armored bandits in the wastelands. Her life is saved by her Mandalorian armor and weapons, Ahsoka’s training, and Ezra’s lightsaber in this action sequence.

Baylan and Shin ride out on howlers. Nighttroopers load coffin-like cargo containers onto the Chimaera as uneasy music plays. Thrawn decides to dispatch only two squadrons of Nighttroopers. His disdain for Jedi, light or dark, is apparent: “It matters not whether Wren and Bridger are killed or stranded here. The same can be said for your two mercenaries.” Ominous music plays.

The scene with Sabine and the howler is accompanied by gentle music played upon wooden flutes. Sabine processes her abandonment issues and her complex feelings for Ezra in this scene by taking out her emotions on the howler. “You. You abandoned me. I should have known you are a coward.” She tries to make the howler stop following her, but the loyal animal comes back as soon as she walks away. “Okay. Fine,” she says. “I’ll give you another chance, but you better not bail on me this time.” The gentle flute music continues. A motif of ascending perfect fifths suggests Ezra’s Theme.

The howler stops to drink water and sniffs the air. The thing that Sabine and the audience assumes to be a rock is revealed to be a sentient little hermit-crab-like creature called a Noti. Gentle music plays when Sabine kneels, puts down her blaster, and extends her hand to the creature. The Noti recognizes the Rebel Alliance symbol (an evolution of her own Starbird design) on her pauldron. The creature has a medallion of his own, marked with a similar symbol.

“Do you know Ezra Bridger?” Sabine asks, touching her heart. “He’s my friend.”

Ominous music plays as Baylan and Shin discover the dead bandits. Once again choral music is heard when Baylan reminisces about the Jedi Order.

It is also revealed that the Nightsisters are fleeing from a power that is greater than their own.

Baylan and Shin see the red Bandits in the distance. “The enemy of our enemy is our friend,” says Baylan, “for now.”

Peaceful and noble sounding music is heard when Sabine sees the Noti encampment. She smiles at the mother Noti rocking her baby in a hammock.

With Sabine in the foreground, the camera pans to show a now adult, bearded Ezra Bridger wearing a red robe and leaning against the wall of his home. “I knew I could count on you,” he says as joyful music plays, music which features the piccolo, flute, and other woodwind instruments.

The closed captioning for this episode says that there is captivating music playing when Sabine and Ezra finally embrace. We hear a beautifully orchestrated rendition of Ezra’s Theme on the French horn with a new countermelody in the strings to heighten the emotional impact of this long-awaited scene.

Ezra’s Theme is heard again when he says “Sabine, thanks for coming. I can’t wait to go home.”

When we return to where the Chimaera is docked with the Nightsister fortress, a suggestion of Thrawn’s Theme is heard at a quick tempo suggesting the urgency of the situation that is about to unfold. Ahsoka Tano is coming. “The thread of destiny demands it” is a line that further emphasizes the three Nightsisters playing the role of the three fates. We finally hear Thrawn’s Theme presented in an obvious way as the episode ends.

I have blogged about the magnificent end credits music in previous blog posts, so this time I am going to discuss something different: the alchemical symbolism in Ahsoka.

The central focus of alchemy was to transmute base metals into gold and create the elixir of life, as any aficionado of the lore of the philosopher’s stone knows. The process is a metaphor for the purification and transformation of the human soul to a state of perfection.

Three colors symbolize this process, black, white, and red.

First there is the nigredo (blackening) stage of the alchemist’s work, representing the breaking of the human spirit. This is where both Sabine and Ahsoka are at the beginning of the series.

Second is the albedo (whitening) stage, which involves washing away impurities or vices, and being ready to grow and learn again. This is most clearly illustrated by Ahsoka the Grey’s “death” and transformation into Ahsoka the White.

Third is the rubedo (reddening) stage, which is where we are in the story right now. It represents the purified and awakened spirit reaching its highest and purest form.

“The symbols used in alchemical writing and art to represent this red stage can include blood, a phoenix , a rose, a crowned king, or a figure wearing red clothes.”—Wikipedia.

The color red, of course, is symbolic of Nightsisters and their magic in this series, as well as symbolizing the red thread of fate.

Baylan Skoll’s line about having to “destroy in order to create” is an example of the alchemical concept of “solve et coagula” meaning to separate then join together. Nothing new can be built without destroying the old. Perhaps this is really telling us about the destruction and rebuilding of the Jedi Order.

In the completion of the rubedo stage there must be a union of sulphur and mercury, also known as the wedding of the Red King (the sun) and the White Queen (the moon). Sulphur represents the masculine principle, the soul, and the fire of life. (Remember Ezra’s red robe?) Mercury represents the feminine principle and the mind, flexible and changing. (Sabine is a clever young woman who lives inside her head, sometimes too much. Lately she’s been distracted by her heart.) Mercury also represents a state that can transcend death.

Is the much-discussed Ezra and Sabine hug the union of Sulphur and Mercury? Or should we expect something more than that?

Much has been written about Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati as the mythological wolves who chase the sun and the moon. This episode ends with the pair in pursuit of Ezra (sulphur, the Red King, the sun) and Sabine (mercury, the White Queen, the moon). When Skoll and Hati catch the sun and the moon, Ragnarok begins.

Besides sulphur and mercury, there is another element present at the rubedo stage of alchemical transformation: salt.

Ahsoka the White is coming.

Please reblog and comment on what you think of my musical and literary analysis of this episode of Ahsoka. I am looking forward to reading your replies.

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rainbow18 · 4 months

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Nine’s Tower is a visual Metaphor.

On the outside, The Tower appears to be intimidating and unwelcoming to strangers.

This symbolizes Nine’s distrustfulness, temper and aloofness.

The Tower and Nine’s metal tails both got a lot of sharp triangles and rectangles all around. I don’t believe this is a coincidence because The Towers design at the top, is definitely meant to be reminiscent of Nine’s metal tails.

The Top has 8 huge crystals heading inwards with 4 different parts that consist of 3 rectangles and 1 triangle. Just like Nine’s metal tails. In the center of the tower, there’s normal 6 crystals. Just like how Nine’s real tails are in the middle of his metal ones.

But on the inside, Nine’s tower has the pretty prism, Nine’s lab and Palm Trees, which in this series, appear to symbolize friendship. (Additionally for the Rebels, Palm Trees symbolize a life that they deserve to have.)

Similarly, at his core, Nine just wants a home and a friend. Nine was also literally made out of Tails’s love for Sonic and the Prism.

So. Any Bets on who will break down Nine’s Tower?

#sonic prime #sonic nine #sonic prime spoilers

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sunshinechay · 7 months

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The flashbacks in this episode were…something. I’m going to likely be that person who goes against popular opinion and say that I actually liked the use of the flashbacks. Were there too many? Absolutely! However, I do appreciate what they were trying to be. A way of visually showing Kang contexualizing his feelings for Sailom as they happened. Most of the time, when a character in a drama realizes that they like another, there is that montage of romantic moments of the two characters growing closer to each other. The big difference is that while there is usually only one, this time, the editors seem to air on the side of being too heavy handed with the metaphor.

Kang spends the episode conflicted about his feelings about Pimfah, about Sailom and about Pimfah’s feelings about Sailom. Love triangles are tricky things to do and I liked this one. I even liked how quickly it started and got resolved. Going too deeply, and spending too much time lingering in, Pimfah’s feelings for Sailom would have slowed the show down in a way that wouldn’t have worked (and yes I do agree that the show needs a bit of a slow down). It also risks turning Pimfah into a character she isn’t. She isn’t meant to be a jealous girlfriend nor a competitor for Kang. She is her own character with her own storyline (*looks at Pimfah and the student teacher* Harold they’re lesbians). She also serves as a narrative device to help Kang and Sailom get close (Guy also serves this function within the episode). Kang needed to see her feelings for Sailom in order to confront his own about her and Sailom.

Each flashback serves this function. Every time something happened, it would be accompanied by a flashback and more often than not, a pensive look from Kang (a part of me would very like to know exactly how many times Perth got “now I need to stare thoughtfully into the middle distance” as an instruction). Kang had to rethink and recontextualize just about every interaction he’s had with Sailom since being forced to be tutored by him. Kang does not have much in the way of emotional intelligence (which is the result of many factors both within and outside of Kang’s control) so he doesn’t, can’t, figure it out quickly. Kang himself has said that it has been told to him since he was young. He has to grow up, find a nice woman, get married and have children to carry on the family name. He doesn’t believe he can deviate from that path. That it’s the only path that will make his father proud, that will make his father pay attention to him and love him. It’s the only path that will make him feel worthy of something he should be getting already, his father’s love.

Which also brings to a thought I’ve been having since the beginning. I don’t know how many other people have thought this, but I don’t think Kang has ever actually liked Pimfah. They get along fine and are friends, but I don’t think Kang has ever actually had anything in the way of romantic feelings for her. I think he just decided on her because she was a safe choice. She is his friend, one he knows he gets on with, she seems to like him well enough and also, she is the daughter of one of his father’s business associates. There is no way his father would disprove of her. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Kang’s father has mentioned something about Pimfah in the past or Kang and Pimfah’s fathers wouldn’t have tried to get them together a few years down the line.

Kang has buried how he really feels so far down. He has to take the time to truly dig it up and come to terms with it and I honestly don’t even think he really did that before he kissed Sailom. He figured it out sure, but he hasn’t come to terms with it. He just knows that if he doesn’t act now, he’ll lose Sailom to someone else, whether that is Pimfah or Guy or someone else. It also hasn’t escaped my notice that both of the possibly “love rivals” Kang has had have been characters that are a part of the shows secondary ships, which I also absolutely think is intentional.

The flashbacks are a narratively and visual tool to help the audience go on that journey with Kang. There were too many of them sure, but even that works in this situation, because it shows that Kang isn’t just going off of instinct. He is re-examining his feelings, even if he always jumps to the wrong conclusion in the end, but hey denial will do that to you. This show does have its issues and I think a lot of them do stem from the philosophy of “airing on the side of too heavy handed for it’s own good” in its use of tropes and pacing but in this particular case, even if they were kind of annoying by the end, I think it still worked.

#dangerous romance #dangerous romance the series #dangerous romance meta #kangsailom #kanghansailom #issues it may have #but i’m still enjoying it #perth and chimon are very talented #and the base story between kang and Sailom is still interesting to me #manly i think it’s issues stem from writing and post production #so far though #i still want more #kang fascinates me #i still have so many thoughts about why he is the way he is #and how it relates to the world around him and his family #and specifically his dad #i know i’ve said it before #but #i want to put kang in a jar and study him #how does one boy have so many issues and be a bully and a terror while still clearly being such a good person in any other situation #how did you get to where you were at the beginning kang #i want to know #it almost feels like he was a wounded animal #attacking and biting anyone who came within 10 feet of you #but what happened to make you like that #ahhhhhhh #cap watches dangerous romance #cap speaks

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bones-of-a-rabbit · 2 years

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I freakin LOVE the Pawn AU already! I would love to read this if someone wrote it! I also LOVE your art and stories!!!

Question about the Pawn AU, are the flowers meant to represent the Reader being metaphorically blind to what’s going on around them?

That would make sense as to why the flowers fall when they find out the truth.

Adding onto that, is the other eye still covered because they are still blinded by their “uncle’s” lies?

Last thing, is the flowers covering the Reader’s eyes a “Flower Fell” reference?

HhhfhHHBFH IM GLAD U (AND THE OTHERS IN MY ASKBOX, I SEE U AND I APPRECIATE U) ARE LIKING THE PAWN AU!!!! I was worried it would be Too Much or Too Weird/Out There for ppl to like but so far everyone has been so nice and I LOVE seeing this much interest in my silly angsty-love-triangle-of-betrayal au hfhhf

To answer your questions- Yes!!! The flowers DO metaphorically represent Florist Reader being blind to the ugliness that is the underbelly of their own life: from Sun and Moon first befriending them because it was their job to, to Eclipse being both a crimeboss AND (at first) attempting to manipulate the situation for his own gain, to their dear Uncle’s whole entire,, everything, right down to the truth of what happened to their family and why their “Uncle” raised them.

When the boys’ secrets are spilled and they all have to come clean, half of the flowers wilt and fall off because they’re now seeing one half of the truth- the other flowers remain until they accept the reality of who and what their Uncle is, only falling out entirely when they confront the suppressed memories of what happened the night their family died.

(During the reveal of the boys’ secrets, all three of them tried to tell Reader about their Uncle and who he is and what he does and why they felt that they had to do what they’d done, but, seriously, WHO on EARTH would ever want to accept “hey, the man who raised you and got you gifts and loved you and who was the one and only constant in your life, who you love and look up to and feel like you owe everything to, is ACTUALLY one of the criminal industries biggest, most feared bosses in living memory” from three people who JUST ADMITTED TO LYING TO YOU FOR LIKE AT LEAST A YEAR???? Not this wet napkin of a florist apparently. It takes at least a few days for them to actually sit on the information and digest it for them to start digging for information and asking questions)

As for your last question I never actually got into flowerfell and. In all honesty forgot it existed until someone in the Space Ace discord asked the same question skdhdjdhhsdb,, so no but ur not the only one to think that, I just thought it would be a bit of neat visual symbolism hhhfbfgdhd

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horistans · 1 year

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what are some other good bisexual het romance series?

Honestly, I wasn't quite sure how to answer this! You likely didn't mean anything by it, but "bisexual het" really threw me for a loop 😭 😭 I would refrain from using that phrase in the future!

Anyway, I'm assuming you are looking for something like GSNK ❤️ Since I'm not sure what it is you like about GSNK, or who you are and what you usually read, I'll just recommend a bunch of stuff :p

I worked at a bookshop last year, so I'll start with my usual recommendations on LGBT+ manga/graphic novels (that are officially licensed in English). They're mostly coming-of-age stories. Linked is the instagram post with more recommendations, explanations, & summaries!

Also in this rec are: Manga with characters like Kashima (and relationships like HoriKashi)

I was gonna include a lot more, but this list is already pretty excessive 😅 This is scheduled to post tomorrow evening, but know I finished this at midnight!!!!!!!!!!!! (Happy Valentine's Day!!!)

Main Recommendations

My usual rotation of recommendations from back when I worked at a bookstore

Blue Flag by KAITO

8 volumes. My favourite series!! I have so many thoughts about it. Simplest way to summarize the theme of the series is in the first sentence, "Your best friend... or your lover. You can only save one." (implied: who would you choose?). Love triangle between the main character, Taichi, a shy female classmate, Futaba, and the main character's popular, childhood friend, Toma.

A lot of western fans complain about the ending, but I thought it was very fitting for the series. I might be biased because it's my favourite, and I can't necessarily justify myself without spoiling it >.<;; CW for homophobia & outing as a major conflict in a later volume.

Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani

4 volumes. Beautiful visual metaphors. Main character comes to terms with being gay & overcoming his internalized-homophobia. CW for attempted suicide & homophobia.

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

1 volume. Focuses on gender identity and presentation!

Skip & Loafer by Misaki Tamamatsu

8 volumes (7 English localizations), ongoing. Has an anime coming out soon! I reread it recently and joined their fan server, but I'm just lurking ^^; I feel like people who enjoy GSNK would also enjoy this series.

Although it isn't explicitly queer unlike the other two recommendations. It's still very charming! I really like the main character and her aunt. Even though her aunt is a supporting character, the chapter that focused on her made me cry a lot. My favourite characters are actually the aunt and the drama club president (a side character... but given his role, it tracks LOL /hj) I remember when I first read it and didn't understand why people would call it WLW representation (I still enjoyed it though!) After my recent reread, I get it now >u< Even if it's not canon, I ship two of the main character's friends together. I'm very curious to other people's interpretations~ My wife doesn't really read the same things I do, so I have to wait to watch the anime with her when it comes out before we can discuss it together.

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

1 volume. Focuses on gender identity and presentation! I picked it up because I liked the cover and I wanted to read more things by Asian American authors. I remember telling my sister it reminded me of Miraculous Ladybug (likely because the main character is a dressmaker)

Manga with Ikemen Girls (like Kashima)

Most, if not all, can be found on mangadex. Not all of them are HoriKashi-esque, but half of them are

The Story of How I Went to a Mixer and There Were No Women There

Only scanlated up to ch. 8 unfortunately 😢 I've started buying the Japanese volumes but my grasp of the language has gone downhill since I graduated lol Pretty much as the title says! Some guy gets invited to goukon by a female classmate, but he and his friends find 3 ikemen when they arrive. Turns out his classmate and her friends work at a crossdressing bar! And they just didn't feel like changing back after work!

Story About How My xx Girlfriend Dotes on Me

Also known as The Androgynous Girlfriend is Doting on the President. A cute short series (with short chapters) about the class president (unnamed until the 2nd "vol") and his super handsome, cool girlfriend, Natsuki. Under her stoic exterior, she's a little spoiled and very forward about her love for the president! I thought this series was really cute! I want more chapters of them!!

Cigarette Kiss / Refrain Kiss by Yorumo (part of the Resonant Blue—Girl's Best Time collection)

2 chapters of a cute GL collection by the artist Yorumo! Kobayashi knows she's cute, and she flaunts it with the intention of hooking up with handsome guys! And to her luck, she was just assigned to work with the cool Akira. But it turns out Akira's a girl! The only GL in this recommendation list...

Ikemen Dansou Reiya ni Koishiteru!! by Yunoki

AKA I'm in Love with a Handsome Cosplayer Dressed as a Man!! Another title summary lol... Only 1 chapter has been scanlated so far. Is a remake of another series by the author with a (slightly) different title, but I recommend this version (restarted in 2022). The main characters have a lot of similarities to HoriKashi! Assistant cameraman Kippei is invited to attend a cosplay event for the first time to get practice photographing people. He is immediately captivated by cosplayer Makoto. Makoto is equally interested in Kippei (he has muscle from lifting heavy shooting equipment after all!), but, not wanting to disappoint him, she continues to pretend to be a man in an attempt to get closer to him.

Tonari no Kinniku Joshi by Ano Amesuke

A short series about a muscular girl and a tsundere boy Ruby (the muscular girl) isn't technically an ikemen, but I love their dynamic (maybe I just like tsunderes?) I also have no recollection on how I found this series but it was saved on my mangadex. Some parts of the scanlation read weirdly, and since it's a short series, the writing isn't the best, but I still enjoyed it!!!!!!

Not a manga but will include it anyway: the Taiwanese drama Bromance would also fall under this category! I remember when older HoriKashi fans and I would talk about how well it would suit them as an AU ^^

There's so many more I wanted to recommend for one reason or another (like My Crossdressing Senpai... I wanted to make a whole section about exploring gender identity or featuring trans characters... And then there's some that barely have any relation and I just think people should pick up like Ruri Dragon) but I've been working on this for the past 4 hours LOL

Anyway if you took the time to read all this, thank you ❤️ If you've read any of these, feel free to reply ur thoughts or which ur most interested in!

#ask #answered #I wasnt going to answer at first because the aforementioned phrase but I really wanted to share these series #I use my main blog for a hodgepodge of things but you'll sometimes see these series and others i find there #.... I say that but I think the only thing on this list I've reblogged there is Blue Flag....#oki it's 1AM I'm going to put this on queue! thank you for asking!#long post

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consoledacup · 9 months

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Certainly, it seems like the show's creators used color coordination in the characters' outfits to convey subtle messaging about their relationships. In episode 418, the color choices of Jordan, Layla and Simone’s clothing appear to reflect the dynamics between them.

In the first scene at the beach house, Jordan's dark blue shirt and Layla's light blue outfit may symbolize their budding connection and the calmness of their relationship. The contrast between Jordan's dark blue and Simone's white outfit could signify the emotional distance between Jordan and Simone at that point.

At Spencer's apparel launch, Jordan's white shirt with black designs could represent his growth and change, while Layla's all-white attire could symbolize a fresh start. Simone's mostly black outfit might imply tension or a darker aspect in her connection with Jordan.

The fact that Layla's outfit color is closer to Jordan's in both scenes could indeed reflect their stronger bond and growing closeness. The shift in Layla's and Jordan's outfits complementing each other more by season 5 could signify their evolving relationship and alignment on a deeper level.

Overall, the color choices in their outfits seem to serve as a visual metaphor, subtly expressing the characters' emotions and relationships as they develop throughout the show. It's a clever way to convey narrative details without explicitly spelling them out in the dialogue.

Can you go into more detail about other things you noticed about their outfit choices?

Yes?!?! I just ask that you please please please share more of your own observations about outfit choices as well!!

I had a discussion with a friend about this months ago and went through all their scenes and discovered how much they really did match or coordinate. I won't go quite as granular as I did, but sometimes I can't help myself. It's too fun.

I mean, you got the biggest callback to their moments in 2x10 with Jordan's suit in 5x04. And then Layla's yellow dress in both 3x18 and 5x04.

Layla and Jordan are much more coordinated in 3x07 than he Simone are. Layla's also in white, and Jordan's talking about her dad and throwing the word "endgame" around. Spencer is in much darker colors.

And in season 3, Simone and Layla keep wearing opposite, coordinating colors. Like, during their plan to set up the boys, they're in similar cut outfits, but Simone's in light red, and Layla's in light blue. And even during their PE class, they're in opposite gym outfits.

But outfit coordination really picks up steam in s4. In their first scene together, jordayla is in cream/white. Which makes me think of your point... new beginnings? In 4x06, they're in muted grayish/blue tones. And obv in 4x07, they're both in shades of pink. They look like they planned to go to prom together. Actually, all the teen couples match at prom: jordayla, spelivias in black, jasher are both in ties, and catience is in orange.

4x08, they're both in florals briefly. 4x12, Jordan's collar matches the exact shade of green of Layla's outfit. They're both in yellowish beige in 4x13. They're both in blue in 4x14. Then in 4x16, the white under his jacket matches her white throughout the ep. They're both in blue/gray tones in 4x17. And then the lovely 4x18 outfits for all three that you laid out.

4x19, they're in orange and black, the classic Halloween colors. And again, to your thoughts about color, perhaps they're on differing color palettes because they were opposing each other all episode? And for the first kiss, they are both bright, bright, bright.

For 5x01, Jordan's undershirt matches Layla's dress when we get our first scene, and even her lipstick matches his button up. Simone and Layla are in red and green at the party... the two sides of the triangle.

5x02 has them in reds/pinks. 5x03, Jordan manipulated for them to coordinate. They looked fantastic together. 5x04, They're in white and black. And I can't help but wonder if Jordan's in white bc he wants to be open about their relationship while Layla wants to keep it hidden.

5x05, they're in Valentine colors. Jordan's in red and white, and Layla's in white. And then in hc 2x07, Simone's in dark brown, Layla's in a mixture of beige/light brown. And their most prevalent coordination to me was seeing them both in really pretty jewel toned blouses in a deep purple and hot pink.

5x08 has jordayla in multicolor with earth tones. Plus the white accents in Jordan's tracksuit matches Layla's tracksuit, and they're in white and black at the end. 5x11, the black in her dress/accessories matches his black. They're both in gray at GW's.

They're both in gray/silver in 5x13. This was pointed out before, but all the couples at the end of the ep were coordinated with jordayla in gray, spelivia in black and white, and jasher in red and beige. They're in dark colors in the fridge scene in 5x14 and then they're in pinks/reds in the ily scene.

In 5x15, her top matches his pants perfectly. And that's a weird color to match. 5x18 shows them in light colors up front and the end. And the black accents in her jacket matches his black outfit in 5x20.

I mean, some of these might be coincidental, but there is quite a pattern of them matching/coordinating, especially the closer they became to each other.

Anon, please expand on any of these I mentioned or throw in new ones of your own if you'd like. I really loved your color analysis. <3

#jordayla #all american #jordan baker #layla keating #simone hicks #spelivia #jasher #catience

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i’ve really never thought of the arrangement of tour before but seeing it live it’s so interesting because while the order seems random it’s not in the slightest like it starts with a visual of taylor’s shadow leaving all the rooms in the lover house then as she’s entering it poises her in front of a mirror in the “lover” room and her reflection LEAVES and taylor soon follows the visual into the mirror which is interesting because the mirror figure is wearing a yellow dress and the opening song depicts a sense of coming home BUT THEN the lover era set ends with asking “who could stay?” AS SPARKS FLY ACROSS THE STAGE setting the first spark against the lover house and transition into fearless (yellow dress, first album re recorded owned after lover was first album owned) and she talks about going back to high school and plays songs that objectively evoke that feeling (she could’ve picked any song from fearless to be there with the two other hits but she chose fearless and i get it!) AND THEN the stage transitions to tis the damn season (also i noticed how there was a thematic of summer > fall > winter > spring throughout the eras which was also neat and depicted so well i can go into it later) a song about coming back to your hometown, almost like traveling back to high school…. and i think a lot about the lyric “it always leads to you” in regards to the road not taken and i think all songs chosen from evermore falls into that alignment (also the visual of the tree branches of a champange problems showcasing another metaphor for fork in the road) marjorie: choosing a life of fame, willow: choosing the guy and you live happily after ever, champange problems: the choices of marjorie and champange problems from the guy’s perspective, and tolerate it: choosing the guy and it ruining your life and then i think this is where she burns the lover house to then go into reputation our bestie the story of rebirth and reclamation (spring) starting with ready for it where there is never a moment where the stadium is not illuminated in bright blinding lights then going to delicate where it is dark for nearly the entire song only briefly pulsing when she cracks a part of the visual then jumping at the end of the bridge completely shattering the glass as light floods the stadium then to go to dbm saying i don’t have to hide this isn’t my fault and then going and reclaiming her past in lwymmd when all the glass boxes open and the one following reputation taylor also shatters freeing speak now/ enchanted and starts over the summer theme with flowers falling around and saying they’re enchanted to meet the freed version in a way, because you see the box motif from reputation continue throughout the rest of the show starting with red and the way you hear the old songs playing from inside the chest before finally starting 22 a song about being happy and free (which i also found the red era arrangement neat cause she ends it with ‘it’s supposed to be fun turning 21’) to slowly morphing and changing that mindset as the fall turns to winter and then the folklore prelude where she starts with 1989 to say this is how i’ll be remembered but the truth is i hit my peak at seven and that’s how i hope to be remembered and then don’t even get me started on folklore being the song between each love triangle song and it in the order of timeline relevance especially adding the bridge of illicit affairs to the end of august which just, and saying i’m letting you go in my tears ricochet to then reflect similar to the 1 only with the bitterness of the story we now know with cardigan. and here’s where i start to forget but the house being quiet as winter comes and goes and we’re back to who people expect us to be in 1989 starting with style and ending with bad blood (wildest dreams would’ve made slightly more sense but i think it stays within the prelude of 1989->younger days aka what she considers the debut section) only to then dive into the water washing off her past until she realizes she can’t and accepts it into her life

and just so more just in midnights alone but ending the show with saying she’s a mastermind and also karma effects us in mysterious ways lines the show up so well and the way all the singles and eras are arranged genuinely tell such a beautiful story that’s very cohesive and visually pleasing if you look for it

#or have mental illness like me #eris: text

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rachelbethhines · 1 year

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60 Years of Doctor Who Anniversary Marathon - Pertwee 7th Review

Catastrophea - Novel

Now this was a mixed bag. For the most part Catastrophea is a bog-standard traditional Doctor Who tale. Written by Dicks, the entire novel evokes the mid to late Pretwee years. The characterization is spot on, the plot is simple, but familiar in it's metaphors, and the visuals described therein feel like something you would have seen on screen during season 10. For the most part anyway.

Interspersed in this very trad story are moments of inexplicable 'edginess' that clash horribly with the rest of the tone. Foul language, gore, and even inappropriate and unwanted advancements towards the female characters jump out of nowhere and are too bamboozling their inclusion to even get offended over. Like how did this get past editing? Why is it here? What does it add? Someone suggested that the book was originally written for the Virgin range, and I would believe it. Yet even the VA range is more consistent with its shock value and unpleasantness.

In addition to a character calling Jo a bunch of slurs, we also get weird subplots that don't anywhere either. Like the Casablanca parody of Rik the bar owner, a love triangle between the rebel leaders, one of those rebel leaders being a recovering drug addict who succumbs to their addiction, ect. These ultimately go nowhere, and it kind of makes the first half of the book feel like a pointless runaround. Especially since the the closest thing the book has to a main antagonist isn't introduced until the novel is half way over with, and is dispatched far too quickly and easily. Causing a weird sense of pacing, with a long drawn out conclusion.

All this isn't to say that I didn't enjoy myself. More often then not I found the book fun to read, but it is one of the weaker novels I've covered for the marathon.

#doctor who #classic who #third doctor #jo grant #jon pertwee

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katnissgirlsmakedo · 2 years

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I'm asking about it!! tell me about king arthur in once upon a time...

he’s suchhhhh a soaking wet weasel of a man i love him so much…. he is a little bit evil but it’s a metaphor for having an absent father so it’s okay <3 ok so his deal is that he grew up an orphan stable boy but he could Hear Prophecies From A Tree. the tree was merlin but it’s still insane, he delivers a great line about it later in the season (“i bet you laughed… look at the half man with his half sword solving riddles from a tree!” the once upon a time actors did NOT come to fuck around they all slayed including him). and he’s told that one day he’s going to find the legendary excalibur and pull it from the stone and then he will become the king of camelot (camelot did not previously have a king. idk how their governing system worked and i don’t even wanna get into it) (they called it the broken kingdom because of this, that wording is going to be important later). anyway so him and his buddies (lancelot <3) go find the sword in the stone and he pulls it out, and the thing IS that the sword is broken, because it’s only half the original sword. the other half is the dagger of the dark one, because the once upon a time writers were honestly sooo good at integrating the camelot plot into their existing mythology it was crazy. something something merlin reforged the holy grail into a sword that was broken when his lover nimue died and she became the first dark one and he tethered her soul to the dagger as a fun visual metaphor for her darkness, while the other half (excalibur) was meant to represent the light and merlin’s hopes for the future of camelot (arthur. and also emma). HOWEVER. imagine you’ve been told since childhood that you’re super duper special and you’re going to fix the broken kingdom and you’re going to be the only one worthy of wielding a legendary sword and you’re destined for greatness. and imagine you’ve been told all of this by a sorcerer trapped inside a tree. and imagine he’s the closest thing you have to a parent but you can never really feel close to him due to the. tree. of it all. and imagine growing up like that. you too would go deeply mad. anyone in that circumstance would be off their rocker insane by age 26. and he was <3 so he became obsessed with repairing excalibur, because it was a metaphor for himself, that he drove away his wife, his childhood love, obviously we’re talking about guenivere. this is how they did the guenivere/lancelot/arthur triangle and it slayed and i’m not joking. this is the only love triangle i’ve ever seen in any media i’ve actually enjoyed watching. now it was like one episode but they really did slay. WHILE being plot relevant! ok so guenivere and lancelot loved arthur and were so worried about him that they went to find the dagger of the dark one to help arthur repair excalibur, and obviously it wasn’t going to be that easy, they meet the current dark one (rumplestiltskin. my friend rumplestiltskin) and he won’t give them the dagger but he offers them a magic sand that can make anything broken appear whole and fixed and perfect. and guenivere took it and intended to trick arthur into believing the sword was fixed. BUT. arthur was so insane by that point that he knew what she was going to do, and then HE used the sand to “fix” their kingdom, and their marriage. the marriage part was arguably WAYY more evil than the show ever truly portrayed it as but we won’t dwell on it there was a lot of other plot happening and this is supposed to be the nice family friendly fairy tale show.

ok so that was the backstory, so then emma and the gang come to camelot years later, with the intention of freeing merlin from the tree and finally uniting excalibur to like. get rid of the darkness or whatever. and arthur pretends to be their friend but he’s actually the bad guy in a very fun twist that would have been more fun had they not revealed it the way they did sorry miss jane espenson you know i love your work but that wasn’t it baby (jane espenson wrote MANY iconic episodes, including seige perilous, thee most camp episode of season five. david literally jousts from the back of his ford truck with a 2x4 it’s very fun. she’s the queen of david episodes nobody knows him like she does. he literally has written by a woman energy). and so eventually they DO free merlin, a lot of stuff happens, merlin is murdered (he’s out there tho. i know my girl isn’t dead he’s just not built that way), there’s a curse, emma reunites excalibur, and then it splits apart again, emma’s boyfriend dies, she goes to the underworld to bring him back, meets hades himself (yes this is all in one season. i know it’s not cohesive that’s part of the charm. merida from brave was also there. she fucked mulan. ok not really. but i know what i saw), and of course hades fucking hates her ass and everyone around her, because they want to save people, and he wants to keep souls trapped in his domain for eternity, eventually hades drags himself out of hell and ends up in storybrooke, THIS is where we get back to who we’re really talking about. man was alive again for like an hour and then the first thing he did the second he was alone was murder our boy arthur. who’s soul then woke up in the underworld and met emma’s still dead boyfriend and told him all about it

SO. then arthur and killian (emma’s still dead boyfriend. i’m assuming that was obvious since i’ve literally said his name multiple times on here just not in this post) are in the underworld and they go on a fun little quest to find a thing to send to emma to help her defeat hades in storybrooke etc. they are like the c plot of this episode. but through this quest, arthur does enough good that it like helps redeem him from all the evil madman shit. i mean i’d ask his wife who he brainwashed before fully considering him forgiven of all sins but whatever that’s just me. but THEN. is when he finally realizes the meaning of merlin’s prophecy, which was that he was destined to repair a broken kingdom. but that kingdom wasn’t camelot, it was the underworld. and now that hades is dead, arthur takes over and the underworld is no longer an afterlife of despair and torment, but functions as it was meant to, which is as a transition between life and death where souls like come to terms with their unfinished business or whatever the fuck. it was all very vague. i think the writers were trying very hard not to commit to what exactly happens after death and ended up being so confusing and vague and weird. it was camp but it was also. weird… anyway. king arthur is the ruler of the underworld. and cruella de vil hates him sooo bad and they have definitely fucked. <3

#this is. so long.#i really love talking about once upon a time season 5.#asks #hagmorgana

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OMG thank you for your reply I feel a little bit lonely sometimes so I love to read theories! And what I meant is 90% right the only thing is that instead of a PW fight she cries because of the whole situation but basically you get me right. About the 'fireworks' and the 'canoe scene' what do you think? I think 1) the fireworks are real not meta after one team wins 2) Typical EJ will do something 'big' to made up things and the ily scene is in the canoe

You're welcome! I'm sorry you've been feeling lonely recently, but I'm glad you can find joy in theorizing/reading other's theories and hope it makes you feel a little less alone knowing that there are people out there who love something (this show) as much as you do and want to share that love with you (or at least I'm assuming you love this show, I don't think you'd be sending me asks about it if you didn't lol).

Ahh, okay, so I was almost right. I will say that I don't necessarily see Gina crying over the general situation (ie the love triangle that is her, Ricky & EJ) just because I don't think she's even aware that she's in a love triangle at this point. Last season, Gina convinced herself that she was wrong, that Ricky never liked her romantically. She's resigned herself to that, so she still thinks Ricky sees her as just a friend (& probably thinks that letting herself believe otherwise would set her up for yet another heartbreak, so she doesn't even entertain the thought).

I saw the hints weeks ago and I'm still confused by them, to be honest lol. I was thinking the fireworks were probably literal as well, but then I thought, the Blue Team doesn't win (unless that clip of everyone holding up Jet in the season trailer is misleading). & it's not like Gina & EJ would be celebrating their team's loss with fireworks (& I'm pretty sure "fireworks" was used to describe pw, specifically) -- but maybe there is some sort of fireworks display (either for the winning team or just in general for everyone that night. Like, maybe watching fireworks the night of Color Wars is another camp tradition?) and during those fireworks, EJ pulls Gina aside/away from the group (or vice versa) and he tells her he loves her or they have another fight (or as Gina called it, a "one-sided confusion") where EJ brings up Ricky and Gina tries to reassure him that she doesn't have feelings for Ricky anymore and/or Ricky has never liked her back.

Typing this out made me think of something, actually. How interesting would it be if pw was far enough away from the display to be able to hear each other clearly without the crackle of the fireworks, but close enough that we can still see them in the background as they talk. So, here they are, having this "explosive" argument while literal explosives (fireworks are considered explosives, right?) are going off in the background. Not only would it look stunning, but fireworks, in the metaphorical sense, can be representative of both romance and anger. Sometimes, when you say "those two have fireworks" it's can be like saying there's a spark between them, some level of romantic attraction going on...but you can also say essentially the same thing and mean it as an argument between 2 people ("put those two together and you'll get fireworks"). So, imagine if EJ tells Gina he loves her (definition 1, the romantic type of firework) and it turns into Gina recognizing that no, EJ doesn't really love her because hiding things, not apologizing, not being very supportive/understanding and not making time for your significant other is not love (definition 2, the argument type of fireworks). It works both visually and metaphorically.

I'm going to look so dumb when all of this turns out to be completely wrong and I've overthought everything and given this literal Disney+ show way too much credit when it comes to symbolism. If anyone sees this post after ep 6 comes out, do us both a favor and pretend that you didn't lol

As for the canoe, that's another confusing one. Even though this camp is called Camp Shallow Lake, they established in the first episode that there's no lake there...so where exactly are they canoeing, in the pool? (I'm kidding lmao) I like your idea of EJ's confession being in the canoe, but (even though I still don't understand where this canoeing is taking place) I actually think it's part of the last game in color wars. When the Yellow Team lifts Jet up, as if to celebrate him having just won the game for them, he's holding an oar. I'm thinking maybe EJ & Gina were representing their team for that last game and their inability to work well together as canoeing partners is what causes their team to lose the game. If this is the case though, I'm not sure why Jet's team would only be lifting him up and not him and whoever his canoeing partner is...but it's still the best theory I've got, so I'm rolling with it for now haha

#not putting this in any of the tags so i can avoid embarrassment if/when i'm totally off base lol #asks #anon #thanks for the ask again!

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some ‘farewell, my queen’ thoughts

Rereading some bits of Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas and I just... really want a new film from a different director who understands the material and understands the relationships that Thomas cultivated in her book better.

In particular. I’ve been thinking about the “undressing/dressing” scene in the book:

In a deathly silence, with her own hands she removed her friend’s pale green dress, began to slip a petticoat over Gabrielle’s head, and even tried to pull stockings onto the other woman’s legs. She was the one on her knees now, at Gabrielle’s feet. Her face was firm and resolute. She was driven by a kind of energy and precision born of despair. Gabrielle, all white-faced and unresisting, with the fragile nakedness of a little girl, wept soundlessly.

In the book, this scene is the tragic, witnessed parting of their relationship. Gabrielle has revealed herself earlier on (and the movie really dropped by the ball by not sticking to the book’s version, in which Polignac doesn’t merely agree to flee France, but as soon as it’s suggested, she has a complete, itemized list of what they’ll need, down to toiletries) and here is resolution. The regretful weeping Gabrielle, the stony-faced Marie Antoinette who keeps herself together, the metaphorical undressing of Gabrielle from a dress that had brought her joy earlier in the story... etc.

Compared to the scene in the film, which instead has Marie Antoinette pressuring Sidonie into agreeing to wear Gabrielle’s clothing as they rescape (in the book, she takes no issue with the request) and then rather creepily watching as the much younger Sidonie is undressed. Even kissing her sensually, essentially cruelly making Sidonie the de-facto Polignac because film has been made more about the “love triangle” element than anything else, before she leaves. And the dress itself doesn’t matter, it has no meaning in the film. What was a moment of broken, half-mended friendship and sorrow was turned into unreciprocated lust and love.

I do think some things work better in the film (for instance, the removal of the physical manifestation of Panic and replacing that with more visual signs of unease and deterioration at Versailles--guards who don’t respond, snatches of comments ‘Some people make (this bread) last a week’ etc) but the director just really... had a different vision from what was in the book.

#farewell my queen #marie antoinette #historical fiction #period films #film

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can you please explain your understanding of the basement to me? Some say that Jinsoul was trapped in there, then Vivi found her and let her go, they fell in love, then Yves got close with Vivi and Jinsoul was jealous, so she manipulated Olivia into going after Vivi to hurt Yves because she was a common enemy of theirs???

BUT some say that Jinsoul knew Olivia first, then OLIVIA locked her in the basement (because they were in an abusive relationship or something. like Jinsoul was mean) (and this is all obviously post-eden when Olivia was on earth. but before hi high. and before odd eye circle??) and then Vivi let her out, and oh god it's so confusing. How did she get in a basement. What is the significance of the basement. Is this before she knew Lip. Is this before she knew about her odd eye at all because it seems like in Every Day I Need You she was younger and weaker. But idk idk

okay so the facts are as follows:

- jinsoul has teleportation powers (which don't work whilst in the basement...?) - vivi finds jinsoul in hong kong - jinsoul goes to the aquarium, in korea, in her school uniform, whilst viseul are hanging out (on dates?) before the events of sweet crazy love, and vivi is already a robot at this point - jinsoul is freed from the basement (in hong kong) after EDINY hit 300k views - jinsoul is out of the basement by the time she talks to olivia on earth

more under cut

so... any theories that violate the logic of these facts, i choose to disregard. my personal interpretation is that.. okay lets take a step back.

to me, all the oec girls have this similar progression of events. kim lip has superspeed abilities, and somehow runs all the way to gimcheon (where eclipse is filmed), we see this as she picks up her backpack at the end of SCL and arrives at the... idk silo... like she travelled over 250km on foot? choerry has both dimension travelling abilities and time travel abilities, and somehow ends up in 90's busan with vives for christmas. jinsoul has teleporting powers and... ends up in a basement. this came across to me as though when they first discover their powers in SCL, they don't know how to control their powers and end up very far apart (like, on accident?), but also where they need to be. jinsoul winding up in the basement allows her to (formally) meet vivi, kim lip can do her eclipse ritual, and choerry meets vives and gets idk radicalised i guess.

oh and i also brought up the basement in this post

but then there's another aspect i remember reading in a hanbit post was about jinsoul being imprisoned, which was based on the fact the jumper she wears in EDINY is like, evocative of prisoner uniform and the SITR choreography has her surrounded by bars, which... y'know, serves as a visual metaphor for her being behind bars.

as for those theories you mentioned, i get that it's fun to imagine like, these wildly dramatic stories but... there's just no evidence for it, yk! like, olivia has never been shown to hurt anybody, not vivi, not jinsoul, not yves, nor has that been hinted at. the most violence that olivia does is burn the things that remind her of eden/yves. so i don't know why or even how she would put jinsoul in the basement - especially since egoist is just after she lands on earth and doesn't know wtf is going on, and jinsoul comes to speak to her in a supportive manner. idk what jinsouls saying (actually i wrote before about jinsoul telling olivia the things she needs to know, on behalf of yves, because olivia wouldn't have listened to anything yves said) but i think whatever jinsoul says, it's clearly not verbally abusive or anything...

i believe in (lore) vivesoul love triangle but i don't really like theories where they try and kill each other. i would rather leave things unanswered than fit them with answers that don't make sense.

#rewatched vivis letter to hong kong and forgot heejin tries to kiss hyunjin bahahaha #loona lore #loonaverse #sorry this is just a longwinded way to say I Don't Really Know #like most things #its funny #i can write so much about the lore #but my answer is pretty much always idk

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bug-catcher-in-viridian-forest · 3 years

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BBC SHERLOCK

I figured out people on mobile can’t see my pages and so cannot access my bbc sherlock meta, ergo a post.