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[kremelka]

The friendship episode is often overlooked by others and treated as an garbage in the entire series, which I completely disagree with. The episode may have less horror scenes, but it builds the characters well. This episode belongs to Yellow, the entire plot revolves around him, which gives us a tremendous insight into how fragile and emotional Yellow is, and what matters most to him are Duck and Red. Yellow doesn't have high expectations. He wants friends he can spend his days with. It's interesting bc the episode didn't give us a single good friend for Yellow. On the one hand, we get Warren, and on the other, Red and Duck. They don't listen to Warren, don't see the reason in their acrions, don't take responsibility. They don't believe Worren's words and place all the responsibility for saving Yellow on him. Only after the tragedy and what happened to Yellow are they able to get any conclusions. We know well that their attitude won't change in next episodes. Duck and Red genuinely love Yellow like a family member, but the selfish, dirty, and secretive Red and the egotistical, loud Duck manage this in their own weird ways. He's part of their group, but in their eyes, he's a sort of accessory. He's just a pet. Duck and Red can live together without Yellow, but Yellow can't be alone or without one of them, and Duck and Red can't live without each other. There's a huge difference between them that's reiterated over and over again throughout the series. Duck and Red rebel very often, and their inability to rebel leads to burnout, which is supposed to mean complete submission to the household. Yellow often submitted to lessons without question, but only as long as the lesson was held with the other two and at home. Red and Duck would never have climbed the stairs. They wouldn't have been given the chance, and if they had, they wouldn't have taken it. Yellow is an empath and the most emotionally developed individual. I can't imagine anyone else taking his place in climbing the stairs. Perhaps most interestingly, Yellow never created or possessed copies of himself or units that looked like him. His imaginary friends are completely different, with different personalities. Yellow, after changing the batteries, is still the same Yellow. It's time to admit that Yellow is being dragged down by Red and Duck, and that Yellow would have achieved more if not for his immense affection for his friends and empathy. The world doesn't deserve you, Yellow.

[kremelka]

Stupid thoughts about the family episode

I think about how much of a role in an episode about family is played by the struggle between who is the father of the house and who is the mother. In fact during Red and Duck's argument the word "mother" isn't even mentioned. They're both arguing about the father's role as the head of the family and "dominating." We know there's a mini-war about control between them, driven by their shared jealousy. In this race Red is outpaced by Duck, who has a massive control complex. He's supposed to maintain order, create rules, and ensure the others follow them, just like in the stereotypical ideal family. It's quite funny how many people see the three of them as a family and assign them the role of the "perfect" family. Duck is the father, Red is the mother, and Yellow is the child. However, in all of this, everyone forgets that this is precisely what the episode was supposed to teach us. Throughout the entire episode all three are told they'll never be a family bc they don't have an aunt, sister, or mother. Which isn't true at all. They're a family by choice, better for the three of them. (By choice is a bit of an inappropriate word, because they had no influence on the fact that they were at home together, but you know) Assigning them stereotypical family roles is stupid and ignores the entire episode. They're just as much a family as a typical suburban family. However, there is no father, mother, or child here. Each of them has their own role and place in this family, which they each know perfectly well. The most interesting character in this is Duck who sees the fathers role as more dominant- the one who will maintain order. That's why his intense drive towards this goal. Duck want to keep all three of them in the ideal family, so he choose and adapts roles for them. This should constitute the ideal family, the one he may have always lacked. He needs his herd around him. He does this not only out of love for them but also out of his own motivations and need for someone to be there for him and love him. That's why Duck's symbol is the bag of chips from this episode. Duck understands what a family of choice is, unlike Red who thinks he should spend time with guys like him. On the other hand, in order to bring them closer to the "ideal" "normal" family, he chose a role for them.

[kremelka]

History of dhmis was never about that the Father's Day theory or the Red Guy hosting theory is true. These past few years have presented us with a vision of how little influence a creator can have over their own work. In the internet world, dhmis lives its own life, full of theories, its own interpretations. The creators couldn't have predicted which direction viewers' minds would take. In an interview they admitted that they loved reading theories, but while working on the television show they tried to limit this as much as possible to avoid falling for them and to remain neutral towards all theories. People are reading the scene with Red pressing the control panel as a literal reference to the creators. Indeed, the panicked Red pressing the buttons, possessing control over what's happening in the room with Yellow is a perfect example of what happened with dhmis. When the creators began creating the first episode, they had no expectations for the larger plans for the next episodes. Then boom, the dhmis exploded, and hungry fans craved more. However, dragging out a show for too long can be chaotic. The most important thing is the art of knowing how to end the story. The creators unplugged it at the right moment. But for us, puppets still have their place. Don't get me wrong, dhmis is a great piece of work and I'd love to see more stories with the main three, but what we got was pretty much enough. But the real magic is that dhmis lives thanks to us. We don't need more episodes. We've been given more than we need, to live in peace and play with our puppets.