Sun and Moon emotionally swapping places makes me so sickeningly giddy.
Especially with the last two lore episodes.
With Moon comforting Carme based on what he would feel best with ( with his emotions being brought back) based on his version of empathy (which also brings 'all Moons being the same' back into the mix)
And Sun speaking so bluntly with Joy despite it being something she may have already come to realization to and simply WASN'T the right thing to say at the time— (which was in fact too much to say at once- and to put Mel in such a view without knowing her personally is exactly how a Moon variant he'd be familiar with has acted. Ex. BOTH MOON AND NEXUS)
Both are working with each others logic that simply doesn't work for their initial personality types,
Moon comforting empathetically and Sun- logistically,
It simply doesn't work, especially with their audiences!! However it's what both have built into over time.
With Moon trying to work with more emotion than he's ever been programmed to fathom, especially when he's losing his memory at the moment and is slowly falling back into the past, he's regressing and it's terrifying him. It's expected of him to get better, except a lot of his actions often show no specific need for change. Except he wants to be a better brother, he does WANT to change, and recovery is a rough road.
In both a comparison and a contrast, Sun is also, reverting back to the past. He's taking note of how he's changed– how others have been impacted by the same causes in a different font, not taking in that not all of them develop the same as him, even if he'd view it as similar. His emotions seem to be naturally nullifying themselves just because of what he's seen, what he's been through. As if the vault Moon had worked so hard to shut tight is slowly tearing away and dissolving at Suns emotions.
Sun seems to be reflecting on that a lot throughout the episode, and although he means well, the general message that went through was far too straight forward. (Something Sun had initially struggled with a lot, when Moon was speaking to him.)
With such a stable support system that the both of them had never had before, they aren't quite sure how to manage it, especially when they're exposed to the direct consequences of their actions built up on their mistakes. Between their family, Carme, Dahlia- etc! They seem to be ignoring it, or not optimizing on how they need to so they can get better— happier, instead of acknowledging whatever problems they have and giving up.
I do wonder if Sun is jealous that Moon is being exposed to this support system when he needs it most, when Sun had to bottle it up and cope during his harshest moments and the closest he had is now dead- (Atles) and then- replaced- (Dahlia)- which is exactly how he displayed such frustration towards Joy, through how he would need to be talked to. He was projecting unethically, which is awfully similar to how Moon treats Nexus now.
Moon, in contrast, seems to be developing his level of empathy, except more in the sense of how he would handle his past self with emotion. As now he HAS emotion, except he's still trying to guide himself through it, and with his only guide that'll sit down and help him blanking, he resorts to anything else he has.
And it's what my cutie mark is telling meee
TLDR/I didn't understand the point of this message
Sun has become less emotionally functional (like how Moon had been) because of everything and Moon is struggling to balance emotion, logic, and his memory loss and it's causing both of them to spiral down the past of what they did and didn't do— neither of them know how to handle support and it leads to them taking it out on others.
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