(Spoilere!) I was watching a video that was doing a reaction to Grimals confession on the bus with Kitten. An the person goes "is Grimal queer?" and my instant thought was 'yeah isn't everyone in this show'. An firstly, he didn't say it with malice or anything he sounded genuine.
I never really thought about the sexuailty of the character because no one reads as staright to me.
D is a meance to all gender very Pan coded.
Door reads as Ace (Same my guy)
Marckus feels like he follows his dad but in a "god I hope anyone likes me" type of pan.
Kitten isn't staright he dated both Grimal and Marckus.
The question of Grimal sexuailty didn't really matter to her story, but her story is inherently queer. Abusive parents finding ecaspism through anime. Its also very 30 year old Millennial coded. The lack of connection, the connection you do have you hold doubt over. Kitten point out how she made friends, but we have no true insight on how she feels about them or if these friendship are reciprocated. There also a shame that comes from liking anime. Probably fed on by her father and it being silly little japanese cartoons. Not to mention the implication of her home being regilously strict. Grimal has the vibe of someone with that Catholic guilt.
Her line in the ep 5.5 "who would like someone like this?!" Kinda spells out everything we needed to know about Grimal and her relationship to love. She values it a lot but believe she is unworthy of it. An then ep 6 comes out and it kinda hits me in the head.
During her show down, it didn't hit me until i rewatched it because I thought Grimal opened with "I love you." Towards kitten because of course, 5.5 kinda tells you she never fell out of love with Kitten. If anything it felt like she was still in love with him. So this all make sense, she loves him, she wants him to be happy, she has idolizations towards being a hero. Yeah it tracks but she doesn't say that. Grimal beat for beat says-
An of course, you can read it as platonically and thats how I read it at first but only because, I misremember how her final words went. It actually reads as a confession than a final goodbye to her friends who she loves. (Also both can be very true, it can be romantic and platonic love. It can be a hot mess of emotions my favorite just one big fucked up soup.)
In 5.5 Kitten is joking "oh well remember hes my fiance" again context is clear as day. Lingearing feeling from Grimal, she still like him and kitten making it known that one day they maybe friends again but also I have a man thank you (lol).
Her going I love Markus is so- queer in the most disfuntional gay way. I'm still in love with my ex and I am also in love with my exs boyfriend who is also my friend. Grimal could not be a simple girl, she said she wanted all the problems.
But now that i've rewatched it I won't be entertaining Kitten bullshit if he starts with the "I can't believe she would do this, I told her not to" etc. Because he offers to stay behind and die first and it not a "oh he may possibly live through this atatck" no it was very much a "you will die here" situation and he tried to self scarfice first so she gets off scot free for being the one to go.
(Shifting to Marckus focus)
I also realized while writing this, that jambles was betting on the fight. So there a chance Marckus got to watch on a tiny computer screen, not only a confession but his friend get fucking destoryed on live leak.
Actually I don't know which is worse, having Marckus watch helplessly as one of his friends dies OR he finds out later that Grimal died. Either way, this marks the second time he has lost someone close to him because of himself. He will blame himself instantly and with such a heat that it may remind him of his brother.
Shit people keeping, what if she comes back a ghost. What if she comes back because the wyrm whisper in Marckus ear 'it doesn't have to be this way, this doesn't have to be like your brother' and Marckus damns her soul. Listen we are here for everyone wrongs and right. I think that would go insane. But im just throwing out hypotheticals not facts.
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