#rai's ramblings

[raivenantcravings]

Round 6 Reaction/Analysis

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I woke up to twitter analysis saying that Till never even looked at Ivan until his final moments. And I made pre round 6 fanart titled "look at me." Couldn't manifest it. He never looked at him in the end,,,

broo dont look so happy. oh my god you lovesick fool.

reaction and analysis under the cut

First detail I noticed was that are the mics clear because both Ivan and Till are being vulnerable? They have nothing to hide anymore, so they'll show the world their whole being.

Anyways, to my main point,,

My interpretation of the ending was that Ivan was really trying to "cure" Till.

Till opens up with wanting to feel pain, to feel hurt.

"Please, leave me scars"

"Please, hurt me so that not a single drop of me remains"

Which, I realize he's talking to Mizi, but it's a cry for "help" either way.

Ivan's part goes:

"Notice my pain and mend me right now"

Again, he's talking about himself, but I think it could apply to what he does to Till.

So they kiss.

And, I've seen a lot of other people already say this, but I also do feel the kiss was not only meant to be for Ivan to selfishly show his love for Till.

Like bro don't go nonconsensually kissing your crush, what are you doing!?

When the scores came out, Ivan was much lower than Till than I expected. I thought it'd be a Mizi-Sua situation where the scores were close, but Mizi barely edged it out.

But Till almost had 20 points over Ivan.

And I know it's because Till is a rising star. And his new image change would really garner the attention of everyone. But it's not like Ivan is a nobody either. I didn't expect the scores to be so different.

I do think its because Ivan kissed Till. As a final nail in the coffin that guarantees his loss.

Alien Stage is commentary on the idol industry. One of the most prevalent issues in the idol industry is the romantic lives of the idols. Idols are not supposed to be in relationships, at least not outwardly. Their whole image is for the fans. Nothing they do should ruin that public image as an idol.

Much less in a in a queer relationship.

Now I don't believe the universe of Alien Stage cares about LGBTQ+ issues because there's bigger issues surrounding their human pets. But I think that it is an issue that Vivinos is trying to address because they certainly never shy away from queer issues in their other works.

And I feel the idea that idols/pets should not be swayed by their romantic emotions is still prevalent in their society.

So for the audience to see Ivan kiss Till, in one of the most outrageous and public displays possible, further pushes the votes in Till's favor.

And yeah, I also do believe that he kissed Till for him to finally look at him, but I also feel that it was a self-sacrifice too.

And then Ivan violently chokes Till.

Possibly, as another way to give Till votes. Since when Mizi started punching Luka, the audience was outraged at her actions.

Violence is definitely frowned upon on the stage.

More on the choking scene,,

I also saw some people saying that it's because Ivan wanted Till to die with him, which may be part of it. I don't think everything Ivan did was completely selfless.

But

Till accepts it. Earlier when he is at the bar (party? venue? the private show either way), he fights the alien who tries to punch him.

He did show him Mizi's missing image, so he is enraged in this moment, but he does have fight left in him even then.

He doesn't resist when Ivan chokes him just closes his eyes and awaits death. Perhaps if Mizi was already dead, he can just join her in the afterlife since he had no way of knowing she was still alive.

In this way, Ivan is his savior. The one who is finally freeing him from all this pain he felt after losing Mizi. This is his "cure."

And for Ivan, he sorta wants to be a savior to Till. He has freed him on multiple accounts from his shackles. Even helping him run away with him, so they can experience freedom together.

They both get what they want, but,,

Ivan lets go of Till and Till, with an expression that feels like shock, finally looks at Ivan.

Killing him would not give him the freedom that Till needs

that Ivan wants Till to have.

So, like the countless times Till has been chained around his neck, Ivan gives him his chains:

hurting him like he desires.

A scar around his neck.

(Where the scar from his name is)

And mending him,

by taking away the final chain that Ivan could release from Till.

His "cure."

It felt like his final desire was to get Till to snap out of it, to realize that he needs to find true freedom, to not get apathetic at the situation, to keep on going and to live.

He really, truly loves Till even if Till does and never will understand it.

Also final thoughts, is it not strange that Ivan is able to release Till's bindings so easily?

No one else is shown releasing the bindings, so maybe it is just as easy as a press of the button. Yet, I don't feel like it's just poorly designed if that's the case. Because you literally have a person like Ivan releasing a dangerous human like Till. Shouldn't a cautious society like the world of Alien Stage made sure it wouldn't be super easy to get out of.

If there is more to it, I wonder if that'll be a plot point later on. With Ivan leaving behind the secret to getting out of the bindings for Till. So, when a character maybe Till or even Hyuna or Mizi have been captured, they're able to escape since they know how to remove them.

Maybe, I'm just being delulu

And final final thoughts, the kiss was great and definitely made me almost scream. But the way Ivan nuzzled Till has got me acting up.

Like, it's just so soft and sweet and not a big show of it like when Ivan kisses Till on stage.

It feels so intimate, so personal, so full of love.

I just, I just can't. They'll be the death of me.

#alien stage #alnst #에이스테 #alnst ivan #alnst till #alien stage analysis #alnst analysis #rai's ramblings #ivantill #alien stage round 6 #alien stage cure #thinking about the one person who tagged my last art as they need to make out right now #glad you got your wish :'))))) #i want to make fanart so bad #but ill be busy all day today #this is the best i can do for you ivantill #god they make me sick

[ironpaladont]

sorry to my non xiv followers i suddenly got in a mood gejshjdhd

#rai's ramblings #i just love my bard quest boys #they go from hating each other to dating #and i love it

[cierv-o-robot-o]

hyper fixations are so embarrassing for me because I make every part of my life center around the thing I'm fixating on like I would get out of bed and serve myself a bowl of cereal and be like "just like my Best Friend Finn the Human would :)" and it's completely unironical

#Ray Rambles #Adventure Time #like I feel insane

[moonlightequin1]

✨💫 TWST JP "ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL" FULL 3D PERFORMANCE 💫✨

I needed to share this video because it was region locked for this year's April Fools, but we finally got the full performance of the VDC tribe in TWST FES last year....😭🫶

WE WON EVERYONE 🎉🎊

LOOK AT THEM!!! 😭🎉🎉

#twisted wonderland #TWST #twisted wonderland april fools #vil schoenheit #rook hunt #epel felmier #kalim al asim #jamil viper #ace trappola #deuce spade #twst jp content #BOOK 5 SPOILERS #Pomefiore Arc #just ray ~ ramblings #just ray ~ posts

[pookapufferfish]

Deciding to do a poll for fun

I just like this things

#poll #rambling ray

[fandomsandflyingstingrays]

“I’d like to leave the Emperor’s Coven,

and never set foot in the throne room again.

I’d like to study wild magic,

and learn how to carve palismen.

I’d like to attend Hexside as a regular student, 

and play flyer derby with my friends.”

#he got it all take that belos you loser #the owl house #toh #toh hunter #the owl house spoilers #toh spoilers #ray rambles

[andersonlore]

you’re going to sit there and expect me to believe ow*n knew what to did with all that? her thick thighs? her juicy ass? those adonis built biceps? her perfect little breasts he couldn’t even bother to touch when they were right in front of him? ungrateful little micro dick bitch

#lesbian #back to posting about my buff baby <3 #abby anderson #abby anderson x reader #the last of us #tlou2 #✭・۪ ⊹ ֗ ray rambles

[technicallyblakebelladonna]

M. Night Shyamalan's ATLA adaptation died so Netflix's ATLA adaptation could trip over its fucking corpse.

#netflix avatar #natla #atla #avatar the last airbender #the last airbender #ray rambles #for it not only to trip over the corpse but for people to be like IT'S GOOD BC AT LEAST IT'S NOT THAT GUY!

[flowersforfrancis]

#red academia #red aesthetic #lana del ray aesthetic #dark academia #romanticism #academia #chaotic academia #books and literature #classic academia #dark romantica #aesthetic #ramblings #lana del rey #red wine #city academia #dark romanticism #femme #dark red

[dalvs-wife]

HEY SELFSHIPPERS WHO HAVE AN UNFORTUNATELY POPULAR CANON X CANON SHIP THAT IS A DISCOMFORT!!!!

the next time you get shown the ship or just have it in your head, imagine your f/o looking at the ship from over your shoulder and scrunching up their nose. being grossed out by it. being made uncomfortable by it, grimacing awkwardly at the sight of it. being confused by it!!!

they dislike that ship just as much as you do, believe me! no matter how many times someone draws them looking happy and in love with whoever, that ain't happening.

you two are each other's favorites, so the next time you see that sorta thing, just remember your f/o's silly little scrunched up weirded-out face at the mere sight :]

edit: PROSHIPPERS DNI THIS POST IS NOT FOR YOU.

#selfship #self ship #selfship community #self shipping community #self ship positivity #selfship imagines #ray rambles #bc i realized i can do this with dalv. he would get rly weirded out by those ships believe me #imagining him scrunching up his nose and being all confused made me rly giggly #self ship imagines #self ship community

[ironpaladont]

It's been a while since I updated my theme, it's time for a change.

#rai's ramblings

[gaminegay]

A character came to me in a dream ... he was a vampire pirate that could transform into a bat. And a manta ray. The batray who betrayed me (it's okay he had a good reason).

#Alda rambling #He had a cool design I wanna draw it so u understand how funny it is. See a bat and a ray both have 'wings'-

[sister-2-sleep]

How it feels to be hyperfixated on a fandom that is still alive and has a lot of content

#my chemical romance #mcr #hyperfixation #frank iero #gerard way #ray toro #mikey way #2am rambling with xay

[groven4]

"I don't ship securitywaiter" I say as I continue to fall deeper and deeper down the "crackship" rabbit hole.

#ig the main reason i feel weird about it is that at the end of the day Ness is currently just a matpat-insert character #and im personally not into real person ships #tho you could argue its just his youtube persona so maybe im overthinking it idfk #the other reason is that everyone in this movie feels aroace to me (mike especially imo) #so like i cant really get myself to ship them without it feeling forced #not romantically anyway. i will gladly shoot just about any pairing with the queerplatonic ray #fnaf movie #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #mike schmidt #mike schmidt fnaf movie #ness the waiter #ness fnaf #securitywaiter #mike x ness #rambles

[raycatz]

You ever think about how the chain has to change their step sizes and like general gait in order to stay together as a group?

Like, I imagine Four walks with purpose. He's a focused lil guy- he's got places to be. But Time's strides have got to be much larger than his. When traveling as a group they must have all had to readjust.

Four and Time side-by-side walk animation but every couple steps Four has to do a skip hop or a lil jog to catch up. Also consider Four walking normally but Time is taking itty bitty steps.

#linked universe #I was in marching band and I work as a camp counselor over the summer #I can get across camp in 8 minutes on my own but if traveling with the itty bitties that's a half hour long trip #+ you gotta factor in time for water breaks #sometimes it's the older kids who lag. it's just generally how motivated the groups are to get places #but we are trained to like- be sure to keep in mind to take smaller steps when traveling with the littles cause they have short legs #I can keep my rhythm the same but make my step size smaller #anyways- how would this apply to the chain???! #rays random ramblings #lu analysis

[fandomsandflyingstingrays]

They grow up so fast. Happy one month of Watching and Dreaming, everyone

#yes I'm a day late but I watched it exactly a month ago so shhh #the owl house #toh #lumity #huntlow #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #toh hunter #toh vee #gus porter #ray rambles