hello isat nation i bring an analysis of symbols in isat: the bright flower
[woe, spoilers be upon ye!]
So, the bright flower visually resembles a pansy. Which feels innocuous until you realize. Pansies are symbols of remembrance. Because it sounds a lot like the French pansées, meaning thoughts. And in Old English, it was referred to as ‘heartease’ because it was thought that carrying one around would remind the person that they were loved, truly and wholeheartedly, by the one who gave it to them.
Now. I want you to let that sit for a sec.
Siffrin gives every party member a flower. It’s a gift, a way of showing that he cares about them. That he loves them.
Isabeau says that he’ll treasure it forever.
Bonnie asks why, and then looks at it sadly.
Mirabelle says that she’ll press it in a book to keep it forever.
Odile says that it’s proof.
Siffrin doesn't know what it's proof of, but... of course, it's proof that he loves them. And more than that- that he won't forget them. Even if they forget him. Even if this all meant more to him than it did to them.
Then there's the people outside the party.
Euphrasie can't accept it. She is stuck, like Siffrin. She won't remember. Can't remember.
The King takes it. Instead of asking if Siffrin remembers like he usually does at the start of the battle, he asks if they will remember him. No matter what you say, the battle still happens. But if you say no, the King laughs, and says that he'll remember Siffrin after they're defeated.
The King knows, then, what it symbolizes. Even if Siffrin doesn't.
When you try to give the flower to Loop, they refuse it. They refuse it, again and again, turning it towards other members of the party, to those more deserving of it.
And when they finally take it...they act like nothing happened. But they took it. Quite literally accepted a reminder of love the only person who can care about them.
Do with that information what you will, but...
If you take the flower in Act 5, you can pluck it. If you keep it until after the King, siffrin will remark that it's still there.
If you look at it during act 6, however, you get this.
(You still have the flower.)
(...)
(You guess it's yours, now!)
It's yours now. You don't give it to any of the party members.
It's a reminder of love. Not for the party- they know, now, far better than they ever could have before. No, it's for Siffrin themself.
A way to remember that you are loved.
anyways insert disc 5 you are mad and i am in pain, your days are numbered /j
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