i've been thinking about this for a while, and I think I FINALLY have the right words for it. I already posted a long ramble in the SaH server so I'm just going to copypaste it over here, basically...anyways, spoilers in ADVANCE for episodes 14 and 15, and also cw for some trauma mentions, but to get into yet another of my insanely long Squirrel and Hedgehog thoughts...
Some thoughts on the possible usage of Juldarami's Sunglasses in characterization
I really like juldarami's uniform from eps 10-15, this one, very cute... but something i always think about is his sunglasses, the fact that he always has them on and puts on this tough personality when he is wearing them.
He only takes them off when he's...how do i put it, showing his true emotions ig? Like when he took them off to cry briefly over geumsaegi going on a life threatening mission in ep 12 to capture aekku, when alone and thinking about things, when geumsaegi met up with him again/after he left (latter is the most obvious example of this), when he was in company with mulori, stuff like that. In my mind, it's very intentional. He doesn't take them off otherwise...that is, until...
Episode 14, A Moment in the Enemy Rear. I'm not going to be summarizing everything here, and I haven't seen the episode in a bit, so sorry if I miss something.
Taking place basically right after Geumsaegi departed in the previous episode, Juldarami and Mulori are shown together with them talking about Geumsaegi's mission. I think it's interesting here how they show Mulori worrying about the pretty bad wound he got in the previous episode after being slammed against a tree from an explosion, following with him going "it's not that serious!" I always thought that was a cute character detail, showing how close they are through a simple scene like that. saving my rambling for probably a later Mulori and Juldarami relationship analysis though. Anyways. Mulori reminds Juldarami to be careful, reminding him to “remember that the enemies are always grinding their teeth to occupy our hill”. with Juldarami telling her not to worry, and that she should get some rest.
It is emphasized how Juldarami deeply cares for her by his actions, such as placing a blanket over her while she sleeps, and mentioning how he can't wait for her to go back to Flower Hill to be with their beloved friends.
The one where mulori gets captures by mulmangcho and oegwipali. with Juldarami thinking that it’s his fault that she was captured because he left her alone...
he's incredibly stressed as he gets the troops to look for the suspicious troops in the woods, breaking composure a couple of times and later on in the episode, for her assumed death with the grenade detonating underwater and all.
When that happens, he looks like he’s about to sob before putting those glasses back on (the scene notably becoming blue) and beating the shit out of aekku (being prevented from killing him then and there), and then…remembering mulori saying something along the lines of “remember that the enemies are always grinding their teeth to occupy our hill”. Hes shown with those glasses off, literally sobbing in the back of the boat on the way back to the weasel’s den after this, he’s never shown with those sunglasses on again. Beginning of episode 15 he’s talking with commander jogjebi about the mission (which now that i think about it, i don’t think he’s ever shown directly talking to the commanders without those sunglasses on??memorys especially hazy on that i’m probably wrong) when it comes to the headcanony stuff, i feel like juldarami was just…different after this happened, despite mulori later being revealed to be alive i feel like all of that happening to him just messed him up in a way. In my mind i feel like he became more anxious after that, fearful of his friends and loved ones being hurt even more than he already feared it. maybe connected to the event in episode 24 where he freaked out when he found out geumsaegi was going to be killed, going to him and iirc jsut being??so upset??and similar stuff?? ahh i. think about. these squirrels so much. (explodes)
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