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gothamcityneedsme · 2 years

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also i like interpreting 'Turn' as a title as sort of actually beconking on future writers--say what you will about the sanctity of the catbox, but it was *created* to hold those infinite truths. Thats the POINT. [Redacted] *wanted* people to make forgeries, thats why they wrote them. Forgery writing is only vilified in the text when it has no love, or when witch hunters are possessed to lovelessly find the truth--when they want to brutalize the story like Bernkastel does. I think 'Turn' harkens to that though--a passing off--its your 'Turn'.

And then Tohya and Ikuko write 'Banquet'--the celebration of such a gift, unknowing of future complications, 'Banquet' and 'Alliance' are both free explorations done at the height of the witch hunter fandom (on another note, forever obsessed that umineko built its own fandom into itself, it all collapses into the catbox). They exist with hints of Tohya's struggles but those only come to light....a little later.

'End' as a title is interesting to see in the middle of an 8 novel series, but I think Tohya perhaps *did* intend 5 to be the end. Battler finds the Truth at the end of 5, and I think Tohya does as well--or more likely, during ep5. 'End' is Tohya's conflict, he is being overwhelmed on the inside, and yet he can't help himself but write a final forgery, he HAS to write. And, of course, it isn't actually the 'End'.

'End' is followed by 'Dawn'--quite the opposite of 'End'. As a "Battler is a genius" truther, my pov on this episode and how it related to Tohya is obvious. It is his tribute to [redacted] and while he is still defined by his self-fear, he...still must do this.

'Requiem' and 'Twilight' are not forgery titles. While they can still be interpreted (and interpreted through Tohya even), I will not do so because I wanted to focus on the authorship of Umineko.

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