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It's been a week since SBR premiered with one episode, the next one is nowhere to be seen so I guess we'll just have to wait for it to drop unannounced and unscheduled💖💫

Thanks for nothing netfix!😘

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The excellent Hillywood Show parodies of Good Omens (with a bit of Staged) and Doctor Who ...or a collection of Hilly Hindi being David Tennant

Congratulations to @thehillywoodshow for yet another extremely clever, gorgeous parody with amazing attention to detail! Well done!

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THIS SHOT ON ITS OWN IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL FOR ME.

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OKAY. THE NEW ALIEN STAGE COMIC. TIME TO TALK MY SHIT.

First, talking about Mizi's relationships to a few characters:

So at the beginning of the comic we see an interaction between Mizi and a male classmate talking, where her classmate admits to having feelings for Mizi and saying "males and females can't just be friends" because they will end up mating. When Mizi says that's gross, he slaps her and yells at her for "acting oblivious" and reveals to us that she has a bunch of other people circling around her, harboring crushes as well. He says it "must be nice", that it's easy when she has a pretty face, and calls her filthy and disgusting. Mizi apologizes but seems angry and says "what a shame". It is notable to say that this classmate holds a striking resemblance to Luka.

As a direct continuation, we see Sua and Mizi talking about the classmate. Apparently Sua had her suspicions about that classmate, while Mizi tries to vouch for him. Mizi says she's just happy to be with Sua and Sua expresses that she's "not sure [she] can say the same". Apparently Sua is feeling the tension of getting closer to debuting and has been depending on thoughts of Mizi to hold it together. The expression Mizi makes is half covered, but I'd say she looks somewhat upset or disappointed. Sua says that at least Mizi doesn't get dragged around like she does, and that it "must be nice". Immediately, Mizi slaps her, but there are tears in her eyes and she apologizes.

Later we get a scene between Mizi and Till where we find out that Mizi is aware Till's crush on her, and Till is aware that Mizi and Sua are in love. Mizi asks if it's hard not to like her and why does Till like her. When Till says "because you're pretty" she looks angry for a second before moving on and laughing.

Based on these interactions, I think we can say that Mizi was extremely aware of what other people thought of her. She knows that her male classmates are often attracted to her, and seems to deeply resent their romantic and sexual desires for her- specifically seeming upset that men find her "pretty". This could stem from her previous expression of disgust with male sexual advances, or perhaps she dislikes it because it's shallow.

I think it's easy to say that deep down, Mizi harboured some level of resentment towards Till for having a crush on her, specifically for her appearance and calling her "pretty" like a mirror to the classmate she was assaulted by. She likely acts oblivious because it's easier for her, and when she previously expressed her dislike for a male's advances, it ended with her getting hurt. This is an example of Mizi keeping up a good front to protect herself, keep that in mind. I think she does care about Till, but nonetheless, he's somewhat broken her trust by having feelings for her.

Another important character in this comic is Sua. Shockingly, we see Sua and Mizu have some sort of fight, the first we've ever seen. Sua seems to think that Mizi has an easy life because her guardian is sweet to her. I think this is a good mirror for the fandom, as many people seem to think Mizi is particularly fortunate for having Shine as an owner, while ignoring the fact that Mizi is still enslaved, like every other character. Though she loves Sua, she is angry that Sua thinks her life is easy.

In this comic, Sua and Till are representatives for each half of that specific classmate; the half that desires her physically (Till) and the half that desires her emotionally (Sua). Overall, I think most people have an idealized view of Mizi, seeing her as perfect and cheerful and "pure".

Here, I think it's important to compare MiziSua to the other canon ships in ALNST. HyunLuka and IvanTill are both "nastier" relationships, for lack of a better word. They're emotionally strained, and have some physical elements to them. IvanTill especially demonstrate physical desire with touching, kissing, licking and nuzzling; HyunLuka have less screentime to display this, but we still see Luka kiss Hyuna's poster and be very physical while mimicking romantic attraction in Round 5 and the finale. Both relationships are very complicated in their desire for each other.

MiziSua, in contrast, are shown as more "pure" with little physical contact beyond hugging and holding hands; their feelings are "uncomplicated" towards each other, only blind love and devotion. I think this is very intentionally done; perhaps part of the reason Mizi loves Sua is because there is no sexual/physical expectations put upon her, as with her other male classmates. I think part of the reason MiziSua comes off as so emotionally "pure" is that both parties are hiding darker parts of themselves and idolizing their partner. Mizi hides her resentment of Sua, and views her as "pure". Sua hides her self pity/loathing, and views Mizi as "pure" as well.

This can also explain why Mizi holds her friendship with Ivan so dearly, because he will never have romantic interest in her. She may also have sensed Ivan was also putting on a perfect and pure front to hide the dark parts of himself and felt a kinship. Though, based on Ivan's evaluation of Mizi, it's clear that he did not realize this of Mizi- following his habit of misjudging others.

I also want to talk about Round 5 again. I think it's no mistake that Mizi's male classmate from earlier resembled Luka. I think part of the reason Mizi retaliated against Luka so strongly was that he mirrored romantic/sexual advances towards her. We can see her flinching, her looks of disgust when Luka touches her or gets close to her. Maybe part of the reason she hated him mirroring Sua so much is that associating Sua with these advances she hates so much threatened to soil her memories of Sua; her final straw.

Now, onto Mizi's relationship with Alien Stage itself;

We open on the end of Weige, with Mizi knelt over Till. An apparition of Sua appears and mocks Mizi, asking if she "feels like a waste" and saying "how cunning you are". This line is repeated frequently, always in the light blue text used by "ghost Sua", keep this in mind. Then after her scene with Sua, again it says "how cunning you are" in light blue text. Again, we see her kneeling above Till with the light blue text saying "throwing me away wasn't enough... So you ditched all your other friends too." Towards the end, the light blue text says "you figured you'd use whatever you could, huh? Just so you could make it out alive on your own. What, am I wrong?" Now we see that the light blue text belongs to a vision of Mizi from Round 1. "Well, you did great, playing dumb so you could survive. I'm so proud of you." The vision of Mizi looks proud, then she looks cold, then turns and walks away.

Though very short, I think these scenes change everything about our perception of Mizi.

Obviously, these words are not coming from Sua's ghost or a past version of Mizi, they are coming from Mizi's conscience/guilt; so we can't take everything they say at face value, as they come from a skewed perspective, but they hold valuable information about Mizi's motives and thought process.

"How cunning you are" is extremely important in this comic. Mizi is not as naive as we thought. The various quotes above that Mizi knew full and well what would happen on Alien Stage, but pretended otherwise as a survival strategy.

I think that she knew that Sua would die in Round 1. I don't think she intentionally killed her, but I think she knew that one of them would die in the end, and that between the two of them, it would be Sua. She played along with their duet strategy, pretending to believe it would work, knowing that Sua would sacrifice herself for Mizi. She sees herself as having used Sua to survive, throwing her away to save her own life.

Not only that, but I think she would've done this for whomever she faced off against. I think part of her motive for remaining so well-liked amongst all her classmates, including Till, was so they would more easily give up during a round with her. If she was a friend to everyone, she would be an enemy to no one, aiding her survival and making her seem like less of a threat.

"How cunning you are" is right. She was cunning to make this plan, but she can't go through with it without guilt. Clearly it weighs on Mizi to have lost Sua, and even now that Till is gone, she seems to blame herself, despite having no hand in his death- because I think she knows that Till would've laid his life down for her too. Sure, she never asked for him to have feelings for her, but she would've used those feelings for survival nonetheless, and she can't shake that guilt. Potentially, she may know that Till could've escaped with Ivan, if not for his feelings for her. In Mizi's eyes, she had sealed Till's fate; first by being in the competition at all, and perhaps by showing up in the finale.

And she hates herself for it. Mizi is kind and loving, she loves her friends, even if she's jaded. She hates herself for not doing more to save them; for not giving herself up for Sua, for not saving Till, she stayed passive and let them die. That's why she ran out there in the first place, she couldn't stand by and watch another go without her trying to save them.

Then, in the end, the version of herself she hates the most- the Mizi from Round 1 -is there to tournament her. She's so proud of her for throwing away everyone she loved, just to keep going. Sitting high on her pile of bodies. But even that version of Mizi is still playing dumb, she can't be happy or proud. Smiling, then turning away in disgust.

I don't think Mizi is a bad person. I don't think any of the main characters are bad people. I think they're all just trying to survive, and if you'll notice, the ones that stepped on others to make it to the top survived the longest; Mizi, Luka, (arguably) Till. They all played dirty, and they're winning for it. Sua and Ivan, the only two who played as intended, died for those they loved. It's not a fault of the person, but one of the system that rewards foul players.