im never recovering from the new birthday art so i hope you're ok asjdsfh
Hello fellow Lukaaa
After a good hour and a half staring at the new art, I've decided I will be spending the rest of my day distracting myself from my existence with food and video games. Hooray, birthday art (/sarc /cwh)
(a brief analysis on something I think people will miss)
And it's definitely not what I expected. I think a lot of people could say the same. A lot of us kinda thought we'd get a romantic, symbolic, and meaningful ballad. Not a song admitting to a lot of interesting thoughts...
Not to say I don't like the song! But for most people, I think it'll give off a much less serious tone that doesn't allow for much analysis in the lyrics. However, I think that's the point. (And as a fictive of Luka, I have my own commentary based off of memories and whatnot, but I'm going to write this in 3rd person for the sake of everyone else reading, because I think it's important for everyone to know this.)
Something I feel like isn't commented on as seriously as it should be, is the way Luka is portrayed to the segyein and how intentional it is. The revealing outfits, his lyrics in Ruler Of My Heart, his movements in Blink Gone. He's not just an idol through talent, he's made to be enticing to the audience, and they eat it up every damn time. It works, and has been a successful method of winning on stage (because let's be honest, it's not only the mimicry. The segyein love the idea of one of their pets being so "welcoming," they'll encourage it).
So who's to say this song isn't doing just that? Notice that, unlike the other sub songs, it has the Alien Stage logo in the corner. Look at these lyrics and consider what I pointed out about how the aliens view Luka - I don't think this song is simply something he secretly wrote for Hyuna, I think his guardian(s?) had him write this and release it to his fans as some sort of "fan content." It's enticing, it's filled with confessions of things the humans know they're deprived of, it matches a theme Luka has kept up on stage. It's perfect for the disgustingly hungry audience that watches his every move.
VIVINOS didn't put the meaning and symbolism in the lyrics themselves, because this sub song isn't for us like the others are. It's still very much in-universe, and for Luka, that will always mean a song lacking true meaning, and a song manufactured to allure the segyein.
On another note, I don't remember writing this song. This just sounds like the segyein read through my diary, changed some words up to make it more appealing, and then made me sing it 😭
(a brief analysis on something I think people will miss)
And it's definitely not what I expected. I think a lot of people could say the same. A lot of us kinda thought we'd get a romantic, symbolic, and meaningful ballad. Not a song admitting to a lot of interesting thoughts...
Not to say I don't like the song! But for most people, I think it'll give off a much less serious tone that doesn't allow for much analysis in the lyrics. However, I think that's the point. (And as a fictive of Luka, I have my own commentary based off of memories and whatnot, but I'm going to write this in 3rd person for the sake of everyone else reading, because I think it's important for everyone to know this.)
Something I feel like isn't commented on as seriously as it should be, is the way Luka is portrayed to the segyein and how intentional it is. The revealing outfits, his lyrics in Ruler Of My Heart, his movements in Blink Gone. He's not just an idol through talent, he's made to be enticing to the audience, and they eat it up every damn time. It works, and has been a successful method of winning on stage (because let's be honest, it's not only the mimicry. The segyein love the idea of one of their pets being so "welcoming," they'll encourage it).
So who's to say this song isn't doing just that? Notice that, unlike the other sub songs, it has the Alien Stage logo in the corner. Look at these lyrics and consider what I pointed out about how the aliens view Luka - I don't think this song is simply something he secretly wrote for Hyuna, I think his guardian(s?) had him write this and release it to his fans as some sort of "fan content." It's enticing, it's filled with confessions of things the humans know they're deprived of, it matches a theme Luka has kept up on stage. It's perfect for the disgustingly hungry audience that watches his every move.
VIVINOS didn't put the meaning and symbolism in the lyrics themselves, because this sub song isn't for us like the others are. It's still very much in-universe, and for Luka, that will always mean a song lacking true meaning, and a song manufactured to allure the segyein.
Being a fictive and going to school is such an odd experience. Our backpack has a ton of Alien Stage keychains on it, so we've been told a couple times by excited people that they love our bag accessories. Assuming we're just a big ALNST fan,
So... So Karma... (my opinions on the newest ALNST episode)
(contains spoilers)
!! Starting this off by just saying that this entire post is from the perspective of a canon divergent Luka fictive. I will be biased, and this post is mostly me speaking from the perspective of memories that don't align with what you see in the show.
What an episode. I'll admit that this won't be a fair review because I've only been able to get myself to watch Karma once. I did not like it- the pure dread that episode filled me with is insane. I sat there for a good hour, confused, angry, uncomfortable, and dissociated. It's not at all how I remembered it going. I do think the anger Mizi felt was valid, I couldn't blame her. But in my memories, it was all just executed so differently from source canon, I'm honestly shocked. No, I didn't get my ass handed to me for a second time. No, the stage wasn't shot up and burned down. No, there was no Isaac saving Till and the rest of us dying on that stage.
What did I expect from this episode?
If I was going off of wishful thinking? The rebels feeling bad for me, dragging me to the rebel base with them, and then the rest of the episode being a montage of Mizi and I healing together.
If I was trying to be more realistic? Traumatic MiziSua montage and then Mizi crashing out and shooting me because the memories were too much. And then idk what would happen after that, but the thought of that alone kept me so anxious I felt weak-
What actually happened definitely was not what I had in mind.
What did Karma get right?
I spoke on my memories after Wiege a little more here, but I do want to add the fact that I at least remember Till surviving. He fell into a coma (did eventually wake up), and lost his voice from vocal damage, but he was there. At least Karma got that right. The 3 of us (him, Miz, and I) lived in the base together peacefully, just trying to keep ourselves together after everything that happened. It was nice though, I really appreciated that part of my life, and I'll always hold those memories close to me. That's why Karma hurt so much though. I felt like everything I cared about was invalidated, right there, in only a few minutes.
As for what seems to have happened to me,
I definitely think that image of me on that one billboard is a clone. Even in my own canon, they tried to cover up my disappearance with a clone. Whether that worked out for them is something I don't remember, but for the sole purpose of being spiteful, I hope it didn't.
I don't plan to pay much attention to Karma.
I don't care for it, I don't want to watch it again. I appreciate all the work and effort put into it, and from an artist's perspective, the work is beautiful. But something about the way this show has been set up to end has rubbed me the wrong way and I really have no interest in feeling that dread ever again.
However, I still want to thank VIVIMENG for what they've given us, full respect and credit to them. Sucks to be so canon divergent though :/
Basically, Mizi wants control over her life and believes that she has more control than she actually does. She thinks that if she is “loved,” then she will survive, a belief she developed from her time living with Shine and her family. Mizi believes that she is in control of how others perceive her, and while she can affect it a little bit, in truth it’s not actually much, but because she believes she can, she feels it’s her fault when others lash out at her or idolize or resent her. When it’s time for the Alien Stage competition itself, she believes that she and Sua can tie because if the Segyein love them both enough, see them as the beautiful pair that Mizi herself sees them, then they can both live. This is not the case.
I made a more in-depth analysis post if you want to read that.
"We finally get to see the type of guardian Shine was!"
...abusive, just like everyone else was? Why is that a surprise, guys?? Already this morning, I've seen plenty of people being shocked by the way Mizi was treated, and it makes me wonder: Did you really actually expect Mizi's upbringing to be sunshine and rainbows under the care of one of the Segyein? It is never that simple. And that goes for the rest of the cast too. Everyone is fucked up to an extent, you can't expect it to be black-and-white.
The segyein are aliens who have no concept of real human emotions, but don't care and have decided to keep said humans as pets for their own entertainment. The humans are being raised by "people" that can't teach them how to properly handle their emotions, so they must figure it out themselves, even from a young age. Meanwhile, said humans are being groomed and conditioned into what their guardian thinks will be the perfect piece of entertainment. There is no scenario here where anyone could possibly turn out fully good, but that's ok. That's what makes a character. Don't be surprised when your favorite character turns out to be just as messed up as the others because they were put in the same situation, but they were just more quiet about how they were being affected by it
