in light of recent events i rewatched Every Valkyrie MV. here are my findings (EMOTIONAL)
ok i think there's an image limit so i can't put everything in here but somebody pointed out that le temps des fleurs is the first time shu and mika touch each other in an mv. i decided to do a little research and they were ALMOST RIGHT!! but not only this, shu and mika have never made this much eye contact or like smiled at each other this much before 😭
but here imgonna focus on them specifically reaching out to each other!
nothing particularly exciting happens in their first mv, but in memoire antique, mika reaches out to shu, whose back is turned:
but seems to know it (being good enough as a performer or like, partner) is futile, and kinda accepts that shu won't acknowledge him:
he even curls his fist in defeat arthur style but no image space for that so just. source: dude trust me
as the mvs go on, they begin to look at each other more and reach out to each other more, though they never touch:
HOWEVER in gaisenka (home of the last three too) they do this:
which is. PROGRESS YAY but if you watch the mv you'll see it literally looks like there's an invisible barrier between them </3
then there's acanthe which like barely counts because it's sort of more a story and less a performance and the story is so. it's like a straight up romantic tragedy, but most importantly, it's here where shu starts to act like he needs mika and will do anything to get him back (please watch acanthe for what i mean. if you haven't. honestly which enstarrie hasn't watched acanthe. please change this number to zero)
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY:
SHOULDER TOUCH‼️but again i think this is more of the story and less of Them. in the parts where they dance and sing they still never touch so i think this slightly disqualifies the shoulder. however even if it weren't disqualified, this isn't a hand touch so. still technically irrelevant to the post </3 but still. this part is so wails
THEN. theeee labyrinth song i forget the title. this is where shu begins to let mika shine n sorta take the lead in both style and song, and they sing to each other more and dance together (as opposed to shu being the puppeteer and mika being the marionette like in their first song and gaisenka). mika reaches out to shu and shu LOOKS BACK!! scroll back up to memoire antique and sob!!
and then THIS:
BRO...
and now. le temps des fleurs. the mv begins on a dull-colored stage, where everything is somewhat muted. right off the bat shu and mika are singing to each other and facing one another and they FINALLY TOUCH HANDS YAY HAPPY PRIDE MONTH but it's not just a simple touch:
shu swings mika's hand back and forth
and twirls him 🥺
eventually the stage lights up (after a scene where their silhouettes cross paths and shu's turns back to follow mika's which i'm really normal about), and petals fall from the sky, and it's so joyful and full of color, which i like to think is. shu's world once he like finally recognizes mika not just as a partner on stage but mayhaps as a partner in life as well :')
they touch hands not once, not twice, but four times in le temps des fleurs!!
and through it all, shu is looking at mika, meeting eyes with him n smiling at him, which--going back and watching all the old mvs where they only ever look out at the audience or at each other, but rarely at the same time--makes me so emotional dude!!!!
this song is so gentle and filled with :)-ism, and they're always reaching for each other (almost touching each other's hearts bawling) n dancing so closely and in sync. like look at this. the way shu looks at mika in this one. we know what you are
finally, i took a screenshot of every ending of every valkyrie mv (slapped together haphazardly in photopea). notice how in every one, they never face each other directly:
tho in labyrinth they stand so closely back to back with their eyes closed, i think its bc they trust each other a lot which is SO wonderful and real and true.
BUT IN LE TEMP DES FLEURS?
THEY REACH OUT TO ONE ANOTHER straight up GAZING into each other's eyes,
and bro is SMILING and like yea like the newly lit stage he is filled with joy and warmth and idk this is just a great way to send them off, idk how climax events work but either way this is such a beatiful arc ender with shu not just recognizing mika's talents (labyrinth) and importance to him (acanthe) but also recognizing that either as a stage partner or as a platonic or romantic or whatever partner, he loves him, and life with him is so much brighter than what they had before :')
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