This is true of the manga, but I love how the anime accentuates the absolute physical trust the apprentices have with Qifrey. Specifically with Agott, the way she is so ready when Qifrey says âhang on tight, I need my hands freeâ to cling to him a mile into the sky, and then in the latest episode, how, as soon as she impacts Qifrey while flying to him, she makes no move to save herself, she just curls into him and trusts that he will keep them from falling.
And I think it works as a signal to the audience, to subtly go âhey, I know we donât trust Qifrey right now, heâs being shady, but we can always trust him to protect the physical wellbeing of his kids. Remember that.â Idk man maybe Iâm getting too attached to a teeny detail but aaaaaaghhhh thatâs her dad.
#anyways i think it's particularly notable that fiercely independent always-has-something-to-prove Agott is like this with him#and that none of the apprentices really hide how they're feeling around him even when that feeling is negative#Agott and Richeh make it known when they're unhappy with Qifrey#and they (two abused kids) just flat out wouldn't do this if he wasn't a safe person to be unhappy at
frieren is about discovering what makes life worth living after you lost someone before you realized how you felt about them. dunmeshi is about how we are all animals in the end, and confronting the monstrous reality of consumption, in all its forms. witch hat is about how the technology that makes our society function could be used to make peopleâs lives better, but especially disabled people are left out, and those in power choose very specifically who actually benefits. how fitting that three of the most popular and poignant fantasy stories of the 2010s-2020s are about grief, consumption, and power.
What do you mean âchatâ is now referring to ChatGPT and not twitch chat? What? What? What the fuck? No?
When I address chat I am speaking to a presumed Greek chorus of real human people shitposting on their lunch break, not a machine that devours lakes to covert electricity into slop.
Cassandra: YOU ARE ALL GOING TO REGRET THIS SO MUCH YOU DONâT EVEN KNOW.Â
Odysseus: Regret it why?
Cassandra: You wonât believe me if I tell you. If I prophecy, nobody believes me. That is my curse.
Odysseus: ⊠Iâm Nobody. Fill me in.Â
*A couple of months later*Â
Odysseus: HELLO PENELOPE, I AM HERE PRECISELY ON TIME AND NOT YEARS LATE incidentally I rescued and adopted a Trojan seer while I was away, sheâs great, got me home really fast, Cassandra this is your new mother whoâs not going to treat you like shit.Â
Penelope: ⊠Iâm going to need more details, but okay, sure.Â
they're partners, they're roommates, they know each other better than anyone, they barely know anything at all, they're in love, they don't really know what that means, she's a runaway, he's a homeowner, they both try to do everything themselves, he's a schemer, she thrives on spontaneity, he's a professional ragebaiter, his biggest competition is a skull, they hold hands all the time, they're just friends, they have the same best friend, she thinks she's fine all on her own, she needs at least two roommates to keep her alive, he loves testing out new accents, she thinks they all sound dumb, they're always the reason the other one's in danger and they're always the reason the other one makes it out.
I, so deeply, appreciate them re-introducing mythomagic like this (cause I forgot that it was already introduced in S1) because it really shows that these guys are not playing (pun intended lol). Theyâre creating each season, each episode, keeping upcoming plot lines in mind. And theyâre doing it in such a gorgeous and nuanced way because now, it all just means so much MORE.
And itâs not just with this. Theyâre filling the show with foreshadowing thatâs so purposeful for whats coming in the future. Theyâve increasing the significance of the blade, something the books definitely had but not like this. The way theyâre positioning it, is going to make whatâs coming a lot worse to watch.
Even the small little inputs like the magazine with Hunters of Artemis or the FUCKING CAR!?!?
And the characters⊠the way theyâve bettered Tyson and Clarisse needs to admired very aggressively!!
I just love that the entire team cares about the stories as much as we do.
List Of: Details I Loved in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
The computer genius is the most emotional!! I feel like we donât get that a lot, but maybe Iâm wrong
Main character starts in China/East Asian inspired city
Prince Kaito has so much damsel energy
Long Lost Rightful Heir To The Throne claims throne and then DISSOLVES MONARCHY!! very fun
The pumpkin car!! </3 rip
The advisor (torin) isnât evil!!
The doctors admittance that he would have gone on supporting everything on luna and being a devoted citizen, but because it was His Daughter, it should have been different for His Family, she should be The Exception, because Thatâs His Daughter. He knew his hypocrisy, and hey better late than never??
Acknowledging that seeing levanas true appearance as monstrous isnât fair or right, and that her appearance doesnât really have any bearing on her being horrible, because being a monstrous person isnât about how you look.
Cinder is never not a cyborg
â I donât wanna hear anyone say anything about how delicious that is!â âItâs completely disgusting, you would hate it.â
âNone of my friendâs bodies are replaceable, why should mine be?â
Just Iko. Sheâs the best.
Scarlet Growls At People Sometimes
Thorne canonically had a five year plan in high school
Mandarin suffixes for respect reasons in New Beijing (Linh-jie, Linh-mei, Linh-DaRen)
They ate the celebratory cake with a combat knife because they baked a cake and everyone forgot utensils
For most of the time, even when she is being terribly threatening and unspeakably evil, Levana is beautiful. And not beautiful in the untouchable and intimidating way, but in a way where you just admire her and adore her. Very specifically, when she is described, her voice is pleasant and melodic, her face is stunning and breathtaking. Yes she is awful, and eventually she starts declining in her emotional and mental control so that more of her irritation and cruelty and anger show, but initially the cognitive dissonance of this woman who looks so beautiful and charming and gracious act so callous and entitled is meant to be there
Some men can be useful when separated from their object of Eternal Loyalty and Devotion. Some cannot. Iâm looking at you wolf -_-.
Revolutions are bloodyâ when your advantage over the oppressive regime is numbers, you are going to end up stepping over the bodies of fellow rebels just to take a shot at the palace gates. They canât take all of you, but they sure can kill a lot of you.
Iâm about to get my throat bitten out by my good friend wolf for the fifth time in three days :)
Everyone was thinking it, and no one voiced the thoughtâ can cinder swim?
Snow White and her animals VS Winter in her animal sanctuary parallels
The Snow White character is black!
The emperors most plot relevant abilities are diplomacy and speechwriting
Cyborg character has an inbuilt lie detector, but has no other emotion sensors, just knows when someone is lying
The kiss counter
Cinder is at the ball and her remaining stepsister is more pissed that she stole her shoes that she didnât even chose to wear, and not that cinder is wearing he Recently Deceased Sisters Dress
That one room in the lunar palace that was minimalisticly decorated because it was all made of glass so you could see the glittering city below and the stars above.
The glass that doesnât reflect anything. How? Who knows but it must have cost a fortune.
Carswell Thorne was never truly loved by his parents. On the surface, they were a picturesque family: a wealthy military man and a beautiful socialite woman, a lavish LA home and their son to follow in his father's footsteps. Carswell's value in the family is contingent on whether or not he adheres to this carefully constructed family image. Kingsley requires that his son join the military against Carswell's personal wishes, reprimands him for his lacking grades, and even forces his son to call him "Sir."
Carswell's mother is not much better. Rather than be overly strict, she is too concerned with her elitist lifestyle to be an involved mother. She chastises her son for wanting simple things instead of flashy designer items, and when he vents his frustrations about his father to her, she acts like he never spoke to begin with.
The couple won't let him have a real cat, because that's too much work, too likely to taint their impeccable home with its shedding and clawing. His mother doesn't want him to wear a Rampion pin because it isn't a luxurious ship and they have an image to uphold. Carswell's kindest exchanges at home are with their maid Janette. She treats him like the boy he is, not the man his parents expect him to be at only thirteen, even calling him 'Captain' because she knows any thirteen-year-old boy enjoys feeling a bit superior.
Nothing he does is ever good enough, so Carswell starts seeking attention elsewhere. If he's always in trouble, he might as well risk discipline for things that could potentially benefit him. Stealing, lying, even freeing a big cat from a zoo cage. If he is never praised for doing good, why bother feeling guilty about doing bad? This becomes his dream: to travel the world as a Captain--away from his parents--without anyone to tell him what to do.
People become expendable and relationships transactional to a young Carswell, a means to an end to reach his profit goals. Girls are pretty and he likes the attention from them, but he's never interested in pursuing a serious relationship with those who bat their lashes and twirl their hair at him. He doesn't know love, so he has no craving for it. But he does know what it means to be unloved. Charisma becomes his currency; if he controls the situation through his wit and charm, he cannot be unloved as he always holds the advantage. When people flatter and adore him, he fills the void of emotional connection with the superficial. He dates casually, tells every girl he sees that he loves them. He never means it and never sees anything wrong with it.
His first divergence from this pattern is Kate Fallow. For the first time, he truly cares about someone on more than a surface level. And when he does, he acts in goodness, not in deceit, saving her portscreen from bullies although it is of no benefit to his profit goals. Under the surface of subterfuge, there lies a Carswell with good intentions. A boy with integrity who is hiding.
As he ages, he's enlisted in the military. But the military lifestyle requires discipline and self-control, and Carswell is in the habit of just taking what he wants. Why put in the effort when he could speed straight past the hard work to become a Captain? So he abandons his entire crew and takes off with the Rampion, committing to a life of crime. His underlying integrity is wavering.
But then he's arrested and his next divergence is Linh Cinder. Having already been convicted, Thorne doesn't have much to gain from being around Linh Cinder. Sure, a ticket out of prison is appreciated, but she has a far larger bounty on her head than even he does, making him a prime target for recapture. The so-called 'monetary prize' he imagines he will earn for finding Selene is merely his own invention, and it becomes clear after the first wolf soldier attack in Rieux that the threat of death is more likely than any reward for sticking around Cinder. Yet Thorne stays with Cinder. Because she needs someone. He--the man supposedly obsessed with looks and appearance--never cares that she's a cyborg. He's gaining little from this--except for friendship.
Cress is another girl like Cinder. Young, unsure of herself. He guides her through the desert and those military skills come in handy. He is not the silly man we met earlier. In the desert, he is responsible and driven. Cress is alike Kate Fallow; sweet and unassuming and leagues smarter than him. When Cress feverishly confesses her love for him, he brushes it off. He's dealt with girls and their affection before. His conscience, though, is starting to sharpen. Cress is so good and gentle. She insists that he is a hero and he denies it. That goodness living within him knows that his life course thus far has been wrong, and he cannot let a girl like Cress be duped into a lie.
He says he isn't sure he would recognise love if it was right in front of him but trails off, because Cress is in front of him. He doesn't know what he feels for her, but he knows that it's the first time he's felt it, and he knows he's unworthy. Kai prods him with a "but you do like her?" and confident, flirtatious Carswell Thorne cannot even voice his attraction to her. Throughout the series, when worldly, well-spoken Thorne is showing his true vulnerability, words fail him. Thorne knows that Cress deserves better than him, so Kai suggests that he try to become better.
Thorne admits to the crew that he is helping Cinder because it's the right thing to do. When Cress is separated from the group, presumed dead, he doesn't treat her as throwaway eye-candy like a former Thorne would have. His guilt is an insurmountable wave crushing him. He tries to punch Wolf in the face to go back and rescue her. He now acts, not out of his own self-interest, but always to support Cinder, the revolution, his friends, and Cress.
Thorne is transforming. As his selfishness recedes, he is able to recognise his feelings for what they truly are. When he and Cress are walking through the Lunar palace on an undercover mission, Cress wraps her arms around him and kisses him. He cannot hold back what has been mounting in his heart and he echoes her words from the desert: "I think I'm in love with you." Then Cress turns into an entirely different Lunar woman who manipulated him. Thorne, who always had the upper hand, the advantage in all romantic interactions, is now the one being manipulated. He admits to the real Cress that he believed it was her he was kissing. When she probes, "but you told her you loved her," he stammers in response, unable to say what he's so easily said before but never meant, because for the first time, it's real.
Thorne then does exactly what he was afraid of. He betrays Cress. His hand under Levana's control pierces into her gut. He tried to be worthy and he failed. Except he didn't. Thorne has become a man who sticks to his word, a loyal friend. Yes, he's charming and smooth, but he's also dorky and lame and cringe at times. He's terrified of bugs and medical procedures. He's also a voice of reason in the toughest times. Again, his speech falters when he tries to convince Cress to stay on his crew. He is learning about love and he admits that he's "terrified" of it. But he's willing to be taught.
A year later, he dedicates a medal to Cress, threatens to skin alive anyone who hurts her, and tells her that they have the rest of their lives for him to show her the world. This man, who had shirked all responsibility and told anything with legs and a heartbeat that he loved it, already sees himself with this girl for the rest of his life.
Thorne swindled and bribed, but he also won an escort-droid just to make his friend smile. He comforted Cinder through her freak-outs and assured her that the war pursuing them was not her fault. For the first time, Thorne held back from recklessly flirting because he knew with Cress, it wasn't right.
Thorne's parents taught him that love was give and no take. So he sought validation from everyone around him in charm and charisma, masking how very unloved he felt. But he learns to love, and when he shows it to Cress, to Cinder, to all the Rampion Crew, it isn't a lie at all.
Zootopia was about how racism can be found anywhere and ignorance is a weapon that politicians use to fear monger and maintain control meanwhile Zootopia 2 was about the elimination of entire communities in race wars to force minorities out of their homes and the use of racism to divide people so the wealthy can profit... hmm..... interesting, that doesnt sound familiar at all.....
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