The mcr wheat theory+dragg emblem translation/symbolisim
I haven’t seen anyone else make this connection yet, but if you have please let me know.
So if you’ve been following the Lltbp tour as closely as I have you’ve probably noticed the prevailing motif of wheat in the dragg propaganda and such. I thought at first it was just a bit of world building,dragg growing and exporting wheat as a major cash crop, until I remembered an essential part of the symbolism of wheat, and also of the black parade itself.. the cycle of life.
You see, the cycle of planting , care and harvesting of wheat and other grains has long been used as a metaphor for the cycle of birth, life, and death, ITS THE REASON THE GRIM REAPER CARIES A SYTHE. Full grown wheat is also often a sign of prosperity. it’s clear by dragg propaganda they have some control over the wheat, ( or the prosperity and literal lives) of their people. But I think more than that, it represents some kind of method they have to artificially control someone’s life cycle (ie. bring them back after stabbing them)
The black parade are stuck in a cycle. Being used as an example of what dragg will do to you if you disobey. THEY ARE NOT A MORALE BOOSTER FOR THE PEOPLE BUT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM IF THEY TRY TO REVOLT.
The people of dragg (us as the audience) are to watch as the black parade are killed and brought back over and over again, being stuck in a pergatory you can be put in too. This is why we always vote to kill the people in the execution. They are revolutionaries. This is a mercy to them. It is a mercy to simply die.
Long live the dragg is not a promise, but a threat. You are the doe, and if you try anything, you will be put down.