i am so so sleepy

ion even know anymore they/them TRUMP SUPPORTERS FUCK OFF

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[ilikerosesalot]

Analyzing frames in zombie stage and

VIVIMENG.

[maribanny]

zombie zombie zombies

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Rip Sua you would hate your Zombie Stage parallel

[marinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

My sweet terrible daughter who's done everything wrong

[eyesmyle]

My reason for living, I won’t let you go alone again

[ouroborosevergreen]

oh.

[bluemoonscape]

I haven’t seen anyone talking about this. And imo. This is one of the most important shots of the whole video.

I keep seeing people say how crazy Mizi is and how innocent Sua was in comparison, but that’s just not true. I adore both Mizi and Sua, by the way. This isn’t criticism of either of them. But you can’t ignore what Sua does here if you want an accurate portrayal of their relationship in this world.

When Mizi becomes an idol, she’s manufactured into a sex symbol, crafted into something that can appeal to the male gaze despite how we KNOW she’s a lesbian. Specifically, we can see how Mizi’s breasts are often framed promiscuously to further her objectification:

So this shot where Sua finds Mizi, tied up and helpless, incoherent, and the first thing she does is frame an unaware Mizi’s breasts as if in a photoshoot—bitterly, ironically, before relief takes over—it goes to show something major about Mizisua’s relationship in both the ALNST and ZOMST verse.

In ALNST, Sua enables Mizi’s infantilization (something often levied against women in a misogynistic context) of herself by keeping Mizi “in the dark” (although Mizi is more aware than either of them want to acknowledge). People rightfully criticize Till for his innocent vision of Mizi to comfort himself with, but Sua has a version of Mizi in her head that she uses to comfort herself, too. She and Till aren’t incredibly different in this regard.

In ZOMST, this translates not to infantilization, but to objectification. Sua is bitter over Mizi’s decision to let the industry use her in this way, she’s disgusted by it, but then she wields it herself when Mizi is finally helpless and incapable of pushing Sua away again by miming taking a photo of Mizi’s breasts.

Mizi is objectified in ZOMST by everyone: the industry, herself, the crowd, and even the person she loves the most.

[floristdream]

i'm gonna need something stronger than ibuprofen to cope with this new round...

[marinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I haven't seen anyone mention that during the scene in which Mizi slaps Sua and Sua goes to hug Mizi, only for Mizi to push her away, the thing it clips to is Mizi's mom hugging her with a bruise on Mizi's face. Similar to Mizi's face in the beginning of the video.

She crushed a rat with a rock here.

I think these events happened in a similar time frame. My theory is that in this au, Mizi's mom might've been abusive towards Mizi and took out her frustration onto Mizi (resulting in the slap) however, it was more complex in the sense where her mom felt guilty immediately after, resulting in mizi's mom immediately hugging her daughter. With this built up emotions regarding the abuse she experiences, the only way she feels like she can express herself is through hurting others (this goes back to the original series, in which Mizi's central character is revolved around how she felt crushed in her childhood, leading her to want to crush others in return).

We obviously don't know what she said here, but honestly, to me this expression screams a realization of "oh shit." Like she's realizing that she's becoming exactly what her mother used to be to her.

I could be wrong but this is how I'm interpreting it.

[marinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Aside from the rest of the horrors of zombie stage, seeing Mizi slowly go from the idol she wanted to be, into someone playing into the sexual aspect of the industry and appealing to her broader audience (one of mostly men) breaks my heart.

You can see how the light in her eyes left as she slowly descended into an inferior version of what she actually wanted to be.

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Witch hat atelier is like whoooaaa hehe look at this really cool magic system, look at these cool and diverse character designs, look at the really pretty art woowww whoaaa knowledge is a tool that can be used for the most heinous of crimes however just because it can does not inherently mean it should be restricted from society and just because someone claims to stand for the morally righteous ideals does not mean every action they make is a good one and anyone on either side of the moral spectrum can becomee radical whoaaaa hehehe look at the cute interactions between characters look at the pretty white haired man who is bound to suffer within the constraints of his own happiness wahahaha hehehe

[marinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Her design is pretty. Not interesting, not bad, just. Pretty.

Maybe my standards are too high for genshin but I'm not mad. I'm just bored.

[marinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Coco: I accidentally froze my mom in stone but now I'm working hard to become a witch so I can reverse the spell that basically killed her!! :D

Agott: Why did you hit the second tower.

[emsdoodle]

Hm...

[badgirlgonewild]

[em-gray]

this fanfic shit's easy