#analaysis

[pompous-old-windbag]

Quick Invincible Season 3 Parallels Analysis

To me, Season 3 was all about forcing Mark (and the audience) to understand how Nolan became who he is through the parallels of Immortal, Conquest, Oliver, and Invincible.

Immortal exists as a contrast to Nolan. Despite living for hundreds of thousands of years, Immortal remained a hero because he lived amongst humanity as a regular person. He only becomes a monster once he is elevated ABOVE humanity, and shackled with the responsibility governing them. This is an intentional reversal of Nolan's arc, who started off as a detached monster but found goodness when he was forced to live amongst humanity as a regular person.

Conquest represents what Nolan could have become had he remained detached. A mindless force of violence, extraordinarily lonely yet too far gone to find redemption. All he can do is blindly go through the motions, his only connection with others being brief moments of confession before he kills them.

Oliver represents what Nolan started as, and how without guidance he became a monster. Oliver is a sweet kid whose accelerated growth and sheltered upbringing threatened to detach him from humanity. He couldn't understand why killing "bad guys" was wrong because of his limited connection to others. It's made clear that without Mark and Debbie to help him, he would have developed a simplistic and tyrannical perspective of the world.

Finally, Mark reflects the best and worst parts of his father. There's his "might-makes-right" clash with Cecil, his paternal role to Oliver even as they fight over the same issues of condemnation vs redemption that made him threaten Cecil, Powerplex reminding him of the weight of his responsibilities and if he deserves to live a normal life, the Invincible war showing him both how dangerous and frightening his power is to others, and finally Conquest forcing him to recognize his true capacity for violence.

The underlining theme within all this is how our connections to others keeps us grounded, and that the long-term impacts of isolation, responsibility, and power eventually corrupt us all.

[aurae-rori]

do you want my ratio brainworm of the day. trick question you’re getting it. so i find it really fun to analyze the story vs. gameplay paths of characters but ratio is so interesting because we really Only have his gameplay path to go on. you could assume in universe he’s an erudition pathstrider, but given his feelings on nous, does he have the faith to do that? or it could be the hunt, but that’s just assuming that his gameplay and story path line up. we know he Has to be a pathstrider of some kind but we have no idea which one, and whether he holds any faith in aeons whatsoever. (elation ratio fans, here’s your crumbs.)

personally i do really love the hunt on him because of what it says about him thematically. every character who’s hunt in gameplay is pursuing something with single-minded focus, but their motivations seem to usually be rooted in what they love and want to protect, rather than what they hate and want to destroy, which seems antithetical to the whole war between lan and yaoshi, but it also seems to really fit with how lan is characterized OUTSIDE of the context of yaoshi- i.e. “be not afraid, o child of the world,” and so on, from tales about the stars. of COURSE this is ratio’s path! he cares so much about PEOPLE, of course he pursues betterment and a higher quality of life for them all— ratio loves humanity so much it burns him!! he loves and loves like the lux arrow itself, descending to purge ignorance, those wicked abominations. he encourages people to stand on their own feet, follow the trail that arrow leaves behind. i think if ratio ever had the chance to speak to lan, they’d find imperfect mirrors in each other, and that’s beautiful to me.

tldr: hunt ratio says a lot of strikingly beautiful and poignant things about the sort of person ratio is, and it’s very dear to me!

-aria nightshade ☆

i literally have been meaning to answer this ask for a MONTH and i think that this is an excellent ratio analysis guys look theyre so fucking right for this.

love and protection - caring for humanity, literally, i think it's a rather excellent portrayal of his character, even if indirectly and everything you said is absolutely right. AAGH i am normal i am normal and if i had more energy i would word vomit about how much he cares but i have already done that before haha but this is wonderful and i love this brainworm :)

[chillyangel]

I think we can all agree that Hanako should’ve reacted better to Nene’s yukata.

It’s obvious she felt a little uncomfortable and was worried Kou and Hanako wouldn’t think it suited her. Their silence had to have caused her anxiety. Look at her, she even covers a portion of her face with her hair because she’s a bit shy.

Of course Kou compliments her on her appearance (after being prodded a bit), but the real concern for Nene had to have been Hanako. I mean, she had just kissed him on the cheek in the episode prior to this (idk how this fits in manga timeline, however.) so his opinion really matters. Anyways, what I’m trying to say is that she’s already got a bit of a crush on Hanako at this point, and all he’s got to say about her gorgeous look is “the clothes make the daikon”.

Not only does he bring up her greatest insecurity, but he also alludes to the fact that the clothes are the only reason she looks nice. The way it’s worded could make a girl think: “so my clothes are what make me pretty? Am I not normally nice looking?” I mean,😭 c’mon Hanako, she already has a complex.

Nene really just wants to be a princess if we’re being honest here. No shade on Hanako, I love him, but I hate that her “princess moment” was totally ruined by him. Again, her desires to feel feminine and cute just get pushed aside again and played off for laughs. This whole scene just shows how Nene is locked in this constant battle and struggle of wanting to feel feminine and not being able to. That’s really sad to me 💔

However, that’s one of the reasons I love Nene. She’s so relatable to girls all around the world who want to feel special & beautiful and have to fight against the world to feel that way.

Anyways, I think we can all agree that living 8 year old Amane handled her with more care ❤️🌹😂

[pmkn2-0]

generator rex reboot is a MUST

for a "kids" show it was ahead of its time, either the rep or writing because in the end its still peak, but how do you come up with such amazing philosophy on humans wanting to be greater than humans, in greed for imortalilty, the balance shatters as a plauge turns humans into monsters, the very opposite of what the wished for, almost like a punihsmment, seperating evos and humans into war through and apocalypse. the disease just so happens to be a fictional version of HeLa cells?? that is so fire dude, scentists thinking they saved rex's life when in reality all they did was set him up for doom. the irony is just so peak, and black knight turning into a demi god where she trades her humanity for immortality?? rex, the nonhuman was more human then she ever wished to be. this show's writing is so genius its so unfair, how do you write a show like that and be okay after it gets canceled. if i dont reboot it in the future consider me dead.

[madamemaximoff06]

"Jack Goes Home" Ending Discussion/Analyse

TW for SA mentioned, Death, Suicide, Self-Harm, Miscarriage, Abuse also Spoilers for "Jack Goes Home" (I know that a lot of people in the Rory Culkin fandom have watched Jack Goes Home, but just in case someone hasn't watched it and doesn't want to be spoiled, don't read this post or maybe do if you don't care)

I've been rewatching Jack Goes Home and i think I now understand the ending, Kind of. I don't know if it's a theory if it's actually what the ending is supposed to be, i don't know because people analyze the ending differently.

So In the end of the movie when you find out that his mom and dad both died and he was just Hallucinating all of it when him and Shanda go back to the house and he opens the door and you hear the violin music playing (It could be the same music that Jack asked his mom to play for his dad at his funeral) and Jack says that he can't keep her (Her being his Mom) waiting and then he walks into the house and the doors slam behind him and i think that's means that Jack kills himself in the end of the movie, of course it's not shown but it is hinted at like when he is about to "kill" his mom on the side of the road and Shanda stops him and he says "He had to go (He either being maybe his Dad or his Twin, i'm not to sure) So does she, so do i", it sounds like in a way Jack doesn't have a say in whether or not he will die, he says it like he has to die along with his family, not like in the far future, it seems like it wold be sooner than later.

Also it's shown that as the movie goes on He slowly starts losing his mind after finding all the stuff in the attic about his childhood trauma of him being SA'd resurfacing, His Fiancee having a miscarriage and losing their unborn son and also figuring out that his mom was physically abusing his Dad and that he had a twin brother named Andy that his Dad killed thinking it was Jack because Jack wouldn't stop crying and his parents couldn't handle it so they accidentally killed the son they actually wanted (God that scene when his mom is yelling at him that it should have been Jack under the water instead of Andy, that it was suppose to be Jack, my heart absolutely broke) (I also think that all of this happens over the span of like a few weeks) so all this built up of trauma, something like this was bound to happen.

Another way that it's hinted at that he dies in the end is when he goes to the bar and the bartender reads his palm and he says that Jack is Already Dead, i thought that there was gonna be a big plot twist that he was dead the whole time and i was really wrong, but maybe instead of it being him physically dead, he could be mentally dead too that it could later lead to him being physically dead along with the scene with him slitting his throat in the bathroom before it going back to normal, that could be like a intrusive thought that he was having that was later acted upon and in the end it could have all happened in the attic because that is where everything resurfaced, him finding the locked box with the papers about the trial and his SA along with the tape with his brother on it, and not to mention when Jack is sleeping walking, He says that he’s in the attic, At first it was meaning that him finding all that stuff in the attic but it could be a foreshadowing moment for Jack’s fate, it wouldn't be totally out there to have it take place in the attic.

But of course this is all a Theory, All of this could just be me over analyzing it like i do with everything so i could totally be wrong, and a lot of people have interrupted the ending in different ways but this is just what i think happens and what i think makes the most sense.

The only thing i don't understand was what was the point behind Duncan's Character, Jack's neighbor that he was also hallucinating, was he supposed to represent something? If anyone knows, could someone explain it to me?

[thelemoncoffee]

i just spent a sold hour rambling to myself about the V3 ending and how much i love it because it's a Schordinger's Russian Nesting Doll of meta, but if i were to try and write all my thoughts down it'd take way too long to make them comprehnsable to anyone but me- so instead let me take a small (very small) chunk of it and turn it into a saiouma prompt.

puppets.

yes, puppets. postgame saiouma grappling with how they were effectively puppets in the killing game, but managed to cut their strings and go so far off script they seriously fucked shit up.

have them grapple with how the others couldn't cut their strings, how they fell right into the masterminds hands and did exactly as told. have Kokichi realize the plan failed not because he intrusted Kaito with it, but because he intrusted a puppet who was still tied up with it. Have Shuichi realize Kaede was a puppet scripted to die with the intent of making him go limp and let his own string manipulate him, and he fucking did for far longer than he's comfortable with now he's freed.

sentient puppet metaphore these fuckers! do it! i am frothing at the mouth thinking about this, i know the way i wrote it here is hardly comprehensable and doesn't even scratch the sufrace of how deep my thoughts on this are- BUT PUPPETS!!

oh yeah this was suppose to be saiouma, not just me gushing- uuuhh.... ah! have them help each other cope and work through it. they both have their own ways of working it out and they bounce off one another as they go. yeah.

i'm so fucking brainrotted rn- i just need a postgame post-puppet existential crisis fic

[raayllum]

These scenes reminded me of each other, not just because of the conflict resolution aspect (although it’s interesting to see when Callum holds that role and when Ezran, more often, does) and the framing, but mostly because of the way both times, Rayla looks to and ultimately follows Callum’s lead.

She was the one on the defensive in 2x02, but when Callum asks for his three very different friends to fold, she does so first largely at his behest. In 4x06 they’re stressed and bickering, but both back off when Ezran asks them to try to pull things together. And Rayla just looks at Callum and raises a brow. She knows the ball is still entirely in his court about how to handle their relationship because at this point, Rayla’s been expressing all her adoration in private and nothing regarding her own pain, and Callum hasn’t been approaching her either. But he hands his staff to her and starts thinking, literally moving to meet her halfway. It’s their first step to actually start repairing, in a lot of ways, and it’s lovely to see.

[tempoaryblogformightyjensblog]

Salem is a tragic villain but I feel like some recent stuff has seriously been whitewashing towards her. And pretty demonizing to Ozma too.

Ozma is someone who is, at his core, a good person. Salem is someone who is, at her core, a bad person.

Ozma will make mistakes, he has done shady things and done things that people rightfully question. And at times he has nearly given up hope. But he's always willing to acknowledge his mistakes, and he will always find his faith again.

Salem is someone with a geniune tragedy, someone who is capable of loving people and forming redeeming qualities. And she is a horrible, selfish individual who will always find a new scapegoat. And make sure that others suffer with her.

Some have said that Ozma 'Viewed Salem as the scource of all evil' when that was the exact opposite of his problem? He loved her so much he was willing to ignore everything, like the God of lights warnings or his own conscious. He was willing to rule over people like a god and even wage war against his better judgment because of his love and trust for her.

The idea that Ozma is unfairly judgmental of her goes entirely against what his actual flaws were early on.