#mizisua

[ginkohs]

I decided to draw some quick backside art for each of the ALNST charms hehe still available for PO until the end of the week! http://ginkohs.bigcartel.com

#my art #alien stage #ALNST #ivantill #mizisua

[mizurko]

some lovely lesbians for you guys 🫶

#alien stage #alnst #mizisua #alnst mizi #alien stage sua

[piiinkfreak]

Mizisua matching drawings!!!! I just couldn't resist the tragic yuri guys...

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#digital art #fanart #alien stage #alien stage mizi #alien stage sua #mizisua #alnst #alnst mizi #alnst sua #matching icons #lif you'd like to use them #the failed yuri guys #my sad lesbians #ahhhhhhhg #i'm fine #just crying #still #might do an ivantill version too... #maybe later #but i might

[cheetahdash]

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ˢˡᵉᵉᵖʸ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ!

#mizisua #alien stage #alnst #fanart #alnst mizi #alnst fanart #^-^ #mizi alien stage #sua alien stage

[sadokasochism]

I am destroyed over the whole god/worshipper dynamic and have no idea how to adequately put it into words.

I mentioned in another post that Mizi could not fathom Sua ACTUALLY dying, or comprehend what death really meant, and attributed this to her relatively comfortable and sheltered life as the pet of Shine. She was not taught to conceptualise death as a loss, and she never faced any opposition to that world view. From what we know, she might have never really known true, lasting pain or loss before the end of Round 1.

However, her reaction could also be due to her placing Sua on a pedestal as her personal god and universe. She viewed Sua as her absolute everything, and why would any faithful worshipper believe their god could be killed? Only, while Sua was everything to HER, that perception did not carry over to their captors. Mizi's love and devotion was not enough to save Sua. Forces stronger than them both took her away like she was nothing.

How must Mizi have felt, having her perception of Sua as the centre of the universe shattered that way? Coming to the violent realisation that Sua was just another human, and that humans are indeed that vulnerable and disposable? That Sua could now only exist in memories and in the visions that haunt her? That Sua is not a god, but a ghost?

Now we look at Till's perception of Mizi. Again, in an earlier post I mentioned the tragedy of Till falling for someone who did not have a reason to leave. He had a lot of blind faith in Mizi, and it could be said that he idealised her as a paragon.

It's not hard to see how he reached this point. The poor kid had not been shown a lot of kindness in his life, and so meeting someone who was genuinely good and so full of joy must have had a huge impact on him.

However, his faith is still a blind one, but in a different way to Mizi's blind faith in Sua. He is happy to endure any amount of horrible treatment and does not expect anyone to help him. He doesn't resent Mizi for being so close to their captors, for her dreams stopping at Alien Stage. He doesn't resent her after he gives up on his chance at freedom and is subjected to who knows how many more years of pain and torment at the hands of their captors (Not that Mizi is at fault, Till made his own decision that Mizi likely never even knew about).

He sees Mizi's innocence and ignorance to the cruelty of their reality as something wonderful instead of a character flaw that prevents her from saving herself or her loved ones.

Sua has the same issue, seeking comfort and bliss within Mizi's brightness instead of acknowledging the cruel reality of their world. Maybe she felt sharing her perspective with Mizi would dim Mizi's bright spirit, and so she was more than content to wait out the clock with her god.

Maybe Sua felt that meeting Mizi, loving her and being loved by her in return, was nothing short of a miracle after the life she had lived before Anakt Garden. Maybe she felt in light of that, aspiring for something like freedom or a long, long life of happiness with the person she loved the most was asking far too much. The time she got with Mizi was already a miracle, why expect or demand anything more?

If Sua was afraid of Mizi losing her brightness, no wonder she was so affected by Ivan's lecture about becoming a source of trauma for Mizi after her death.

Ivan's view of Till as his god is a bit different. He is similar in that he doesnt seem to demand his devotion be reciprocated, he just wants his god to acknowledge him as a person, as someone that is at least PART of Till's universe, if he can't be all of it.

He is also very willing to become a martyr for his god while expecting nothing in return but Till continuing to live. He acknowledges Till as vulnerable and falable in a way that Till doesn't with Mizi, and Mizi didn't with Sua. He knows damn well that while Till is the centre of HIS universe, their captors certainly do not hold Till in that same regard. He knows that love and devotion in a vacuum does not save anyone.

Which is why he was always the one to free Till, to try and escape with him, and why he pulled the stunt he did in Round 6. Ivan knew that actually making an impact in this world required personal risk and sacrifice, because their captors don't give a fuck if you're in love or if that other pet-human they're about to kill means everything to you.

Till knew this too, but his idealised version of Mizi is too perfect to be broken and beaten down by this world the same way the rest of them have been. So he's still shattered by Round 5, seeing how far Mizi has fallen and then not knowing if she's alive or dead, but knowing for sure she is far out of reach. I wonder, did he regret not running away with Ivan at that point? Did he wonder what all those years of suffering were for, if he was just going to end up losing Mizi anyway? If this world was able to break her too, no matter what he did?

Mizi is gone and changed forever, and nothing he did could stop it. His love and devotion and sacrifice wasn't enough. He failed his god.

In Round 6, Ivan is faced with the same thing. His god has lost his fighting spirit, is changed forever, and Ivan's love and devotion wasn't enough to save him. The last thing he can give is his life, and hope that will be enough. Just like Sua. But he was never Till's god, was never even part of his universe, he probably won't even leave a ghost behind. So, the choice is obvious, really.

They're all so desperate for hope and connection in this lonely, painful existence that they make a person their entire universe, and then are repeatedly crushed when they are shown again and again that their soul-consuming love for one another is seemingly meaningless in a world that views them as infinitely disposable.

#alien stage #alien stage mizi #alien stage sua #alien stage ivan #alien stage till #alnst #alnst mizi #alnst sua #alnst ivan #alnst till #mizisua #mizitill #ivantill #basically i will never know peace again

[feireina]

Mizisua sketch

#mizisua #mizi #sua #alnst #alien stage #sketch

[fallofthecelestial]

✎ : 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬

#alien stage #alnst icons #vivinos #mizi #sua #till #ivan #mizisua #ivantill #demon's matching icons #anime icons #doomed yuri #doomed yaoi #colorful aesthetic #pink aesthetic #send help #I fell down the rabbit hole

[lunierunie]

ALNST charms

Noodle arms our so they can hold each others hands attached using heart magnets 🥺 I’ll have these available for smashcon Sydney this year.

#alnst #alnst ivan #alnst till #alnst mizi #alnst sua #alnst luka #alnst hyuna #alien stage #ivantill #mizisua #lukahyuna #chibi #acrylic charms

[incorrectems]

before round 5

#art #fanart #alienstage #ALNST #에이스테 #mizi #sua #mizisua #vivinos #sua alien stage #mizi alien stage

[spicynectarines]

womp womp

#can you guys tell i’m going through an art style crisis rn #doomed yuri or whatevs #alien stage #alien stage sua #alien stage mizi #mizisua #alnst sua #alnst mizi #alien stage fanart #art #fanart #alnst fanart #alnst

[rorrchi]

🌌 mizisua..

#alien stage #mizisua #alnst mizi #alnst sua

[yurilovergirl14]

Can we stop making every silly black haired character sacrifice themselves for someone they love *stares at Ivan, sua and dokja*

#alnst #alien stage #alnst sua #alnst ivan #kim dokja #orv #orv spoilers #i think #ivantill #mizisua

[k0fii]

Mutual Love and One-Sided Obsession

Love is mutual and that's the fundamental difference of MiziSua and IvanTill. That's what Ivan understood in his final moments - and that's why he said his feelings were shallow.

Prefacing this, not really an analysis but more of a personal connection and overview of the songs of alnst, with a quote from Richard Siken on love.

"If it was unrequited, it wasn't your first love, it was your first desire. You've got all your loves ahead of you. That sounds pretty great to me."

My Clematis; Love and the Significance of a Duet

My Clematis is a song that stands out amidst all other Alien Stage performances. Not only because it's a duet with the intentions of a tie, but also because Mizi and Sua are singing this song to and for each other. Instead of catering to the audience before them, they look to each other. In an act of defiance, they love each other. Sua sings to Mizi, as Mizi sings to Sua and this performance isn't for anyone else but them. It's beautiful, enchanting and Sua's death is made more painful by that love that's so clearly shown to the audience. Even as Sua is taken away from Mizi, nobody can deny the fact that they love each other. That the feeling between them was undeniably love.

Unknown (Till the End...); Idolization

In juxtaposition to My Clematis' heavy focus on the duet between Mizi and Sua, UTTE makes it a point to show how Till takes the spotlight all for himself one-sidedly, not even allowing his opponent to sing. In a way, this represents the extent of Till's idolization - only his feelings, the admiration for this idealized version of Mizi he has in his head are sang and borderline shouted out. The other singer is drowned out in Till's intense voice and declaration of love;

"Ain't nobody but you're the one that I'm feeling it's love"

However, Till fails to realize that the thing he wanted - Mizi's gaze to look back at him too - is rooted in reciprocity. It means allowing the other singer to get their voice out, it means allowing this preconceived notion he has of her in his head to be shattered by the reality of who Mizi truly is. UTTE is a representation of how Till's deluded image of Mizi overpowers the reality he currently lives in, it's a form of escape for someone who has always been shackled by chains.

It's a contradiction present in the song itself;

"I wanna know all about you (ya)"

For all Till sings that he wants to get to know Mizi, he never attempts to get closer to her and always, in his view of her, she's far away like an idol he can't reach. Like a god to a sinner that needs saving. It's the first desire of wanting to be saved, of wanting a saint to reach out their hand to you. And that first desire, as much as Till proclaims it to be love for its intensity, is known as something that's not love, something closer to obsession because of that very same intensity. Because that intensity prevents him from loving who Mizi truly is apart from who she represents in his head - again, it drowns it out.

Black Sorrow; Unrequitedness

Black Sorrow starts off with an admission; Ivan can't reach Till. He'll always follow him, even if he recognizes that all this will end in is tragedy. He constantly speaks of an absence - foreshadowing of Cure perhaps, but also of Till leaving him and turning back, of Till always choosing to not stay by his side, to chase for an unreachable idol. To the viewer, Black Sorrow is a song solely focused on Ivan but we can see in the video that Ivan allows his opponent to sing - a representation of his subservient nature but also perhaps of the fact he sees Till. He allows Till to sing out in deafening roars and sees him for what he is, and admires him for that. In contrast to UTTE's idealistic nature, Black Sorrow is very much rooted in reality. Till is pointedly not awake during this song - once again, he doesn't see Ivan but also he is not woken up to the reality that Ivan forces him to face. If not rooted in love because of the acknowledgement of unrequitedness, then what is Ivan's desire? It's to drown in his chosen black sea of sorrow.

Cure; Obsession and the Significance of a Duet

Ivan and Till both sing to someone who is not listening, they both sing to someone who is not looking at them in contrast to My Clematis.

"Dissolve me in your gaze

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Please, leave me scars

Please, hurt me so that

Not a single drop of me remains

Let me drown in you"

Till wants to drown in the fantasy he's created for himself - going back to the sinner analogy, he wants everything of him that he views as wrong cleansed by Mizi's saintly presence. For once, Till lacks the same conviction he did before - he's pleading now, and asking as if praying to a dead god. Maybe it's because he thinks Mizi is gone, maybe it's because he thinks he's beyond saving.

"May they linger on your tongue

You can break me apart

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I'll drown in you"

Ivan remains the same, steadfast in his determination and doubling down on his declarations in Black Sorrow. He doesn't ask - he knows his 'love' is unrequited, but that he will drown in it anyways.

"To this everlasting melody

Face to face we dance

With our story

Lost in forever's embrace"

Despite the lyrics stating that they stand face to face, they don't - one is always looking away. That's why, the story of what they are and what could've came to be is lost in the embrace of a time that's both not there and forever there. What they could've been is not what they are because of that everlasting melody, the obsession the two of them have that is distinctly not love because it's unrequited. Because they will always ask to be consumed in another's gaze instead of simply looking at each other and seeing. Because Till's first desire is to be saved and Ivan's first desire is to drown, the round would have always ended that way.

"Thank you for being the victim of my shallow emotions."

Ivan thought he and Sua were similar at one point. He felt jealous when he realized that the fundamental difference between them was that Sua was loved, and he was not. I think that in his final moments, he recognized this jealousy for what it was - the incessant human need to be loved and to be wanted. And what does that love entail? He sees it in Mizi and Sua, it means loving and being loved in return. That's what love is, and with heartbreaking clarity, he understands that it's not what has driven him or Till this far. A one-sided obsession could never be love, because love is always mutual. To love is to be seen, to be known. Ivan was not the former, Till was not the latter.

He steels himself, he will drown in these shallow emotions, just as he always planned (even if the sacrifice was not). He knows this sacrifice seems hypocritical, but it couldn't be with such a simple yet clear difference.

Compared to the deep grief brought about by the deep and intense emotions of love and loss, the pain he will cause Till will only be as shallow as his own emotions. Because it only reached Ivan, only drowned him and it never seemed to reach Till.

#some other notes that didn't make the cut: #from the first meeting #Mizi breaches the barrier between her and Sua #literally and figuratively #she (or whatever those pink tendrils were) reaches out for Sua #and it manages to break through #But for Ivan and Till #Till watches from behind a barrier #he's fascinated but doesn't reach out #Ivan only looks back for a moment #Despite Ivan's need to be loved and love #He never got the chance to experience it #Because his conviction to drown in his shallow emotions which he could've mistook for love #Didn't allow him to look past the darkness of his sorrow #or simply #he didn't allow himself that love #Mizi idolized Sua too #what made it different was they saw the world of each other #alnst #alnst ivan #alnst mizi #alnst sua #alnst till #ivantill #mizisua

[kaleidoscope13579]

Girlfriends hugs vs boyfriends hugs. (Inspired by Kyoukai no Kanata)

#alien stage #alnst #ivantill #mizisua #alnst mizi #alien stage mizi #alien stage sua #alien stage ivan #alnst ivan #alnst till #alien stage till #alnst sua

[neolxzr]

i like you. get mizisua'd

#quin sketches #mizisua #alien stage #alnst #alnst sua #alnst mizi #the them.... the they #i love lesbians #why did i decide to draw a 3/4 from the back angle it was a bad idea #idk how to do it!!! #i think it looks like ok but its probably wrong #anyways. i love them #i really love the. i forget what it was a collab with outfits #the bottom left ones #theyre cute #and colorful #i sent this to my girlfriend and they were like 'mizi truly is a librarian lesbian' and they were so right for that #her natural state is sweaters

[wodimewoahtime]

phrases ive been really into recently (alnst edition): 1. ivans yaoi paddle 2. luka the shivering sickly victorian purebred show poodle 3. stablehand till + luka horse au 4. Heperu's pet poodle handbook (for luka) 5. ivans triple yaoi backflip (raw yaoi power) 6. fudanshi luka 7. himedanshi till 8. tills "im not gay" yaoi protag power 9. milf till couldve fixed ivantill (bingqiu style) 10. mizisua monogatari toothbrush scene

#this is mainly luka isnt it tf #hes not my fav actually #it doesnt seem very believable like this tho #also im sorry girls i just dont have phrases that i rotate around my mind for you at least none that are powerful and repeatable like this #maid mizi garter belt and maid sua sheer tights + leg moles are in fact things i think about very often but also are not cursed enough #if you know the monogatari toothbrush scene i pray for you tho #luka is too easy to make fun of i think is the issue here #ivan alnst #till alnst #luka alnst #mizi alnst #sua alnst #alnst #alien stage #im normal #ivantill #mizisua