A practice in Vanitas

Probably going to be mostly about Vanitas and Noé, but I'll post other things when I feel like it :>

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Dominique and Jeanne's interactions ^^

-> Near the end of chapter 12

-> After chapter 15 in the volume 3 bonuses

-> In Chapter 51.5

This isn't an interaction exactly, but it's cute that they both have birthdays in spring <3

...ignore everything going on in the right side of the image

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-> Chapter 45

This is a more depressing scene, but I think it shows how Dominique views her really well; she wants to look after her, but also feels inferior to her.

It's interesting that she says "I can see why she'd be on Noé's mind", and I feel like she's probably just projecting her own feelings onto him just because...Noé doesn't seem to think about Jeanne much at all. Futhermore, Dominique has been shown to devalue herself a lot and focus on other people's feelings, especially Noé's, which evidences the idea of her projecting onto him because she likely lacks some awareness of her feelings.

-> Chapter 53

I love this scene...a lot

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the first time: omg how cute

the second time: >:|

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This scene says more about Vanitas himself than his relationship with Noé honestly. Like..he risked his life just because Noé would *probably* save him, how little does he care about himself lol

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sitting on the roof together :>

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only valid way to carry someone

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can someone please give me a straight explanation for this visual metaphor

please

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vanitas we get it

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*poke*

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the sequel

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...it's the same expression

I think Vanitas just likes to see people happy like the malewife he is, but it's still an interesting parallel..

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"my dear noé"

they're basically married

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love this scene lol

Between the blue moon thing and this, even within the first chapter you really get the impression that Noé likes/understands Vanitas in a way that nobody else does.

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"And in that moment, I realised once more the beauty of the blue moon"

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I love this scene because like..seeing something like this in whoever you were would be awe-inspiring, but for Noé it's more than that, because he'd lost Louis in the past.

Like, in this moment, he saw the promise of an escape from all of his guilt, because he'd be able to avoid seeing anything like the death of his childhood friend.

And it means that even at this point Noé has become partially reliant on Vanitas, because regardless of how much he """dislikes""" him he can't forget how this moment made him feel, and what it promised to him.

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I find it really interesting how their initial meeting is such a non-conflict. Like yeah they fight, but they were actually on the same side the whole time; wanting to protect Amelia.

Even when they're on opposing sides, it isn't because their feelings clash, just their ways of thinking that were shaped by their different pasts.

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*poke*