SPOILERS FOR ANIME ONLY WATCHERS!! REFERENCING UP TO CHAPTER 93!!!!
RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT QIFTREE!
As someone who has done a lot of theories and all that I couldn’t help but want to share my thoughts on just WHAT information would have been gathered by how Qifrey was found as a kid. Like literally if you have the basic knowledge of how the Silverwood works, but not much on how humans affect it I’ve thought of these questions that could have been answered for the brimhats depending on what happened:
1. If a being only knows suffering before dying, can the seed sprout as they die?
A. If so, is it the physical feeling of dying that can also bring relief and safety?
B. If not, does that plant itself just die then, or can the silverwood still grown from the corpse?
2. If the being is found, can a human who has only known suffering and no safety eventually learn to become safe enough that can sprout the silverwood? (This was answered obviously 👀).
- from this you now get variables and questions such as how long do they live, if the tree grows what’s the quality of it, did time effect it, etc?
NOT ONLY THAT, but after seeing what triggers both Custa and Qifrey, my neuro fascination goes: what is the exact feeling/chemical that trigger the feeling for safety? Like how much of a relief triggers it since Qifrey is now starting to sprout as soon as he starts being honest with Coco. OR OR
3. Does the amount of anxiety effect how much of a relief threshold is needed to trigger the growth? Like Qifrey took a hot minute as a kid to start sprouting, but then the deal with Olly works, but at the same time, he also then starts sprouting by being honest. How is he sleeping?
A. Is it primarily effected then by the greatest stressor? Animal feel safe to sleep after being injured = safe enough to sprout because it is no longer in danger. So is it once the most prominent danger is gone??????
Especially with how complex humans think through and process shit because as someone who has studied brain chemistry and sensory systems, there are a shit ton of variables alone.
Bonus: Did Qifrey have an additional internal sensation for this due to the memory wipe, thus why we can see the small trigger affect him that start to make him feel safe but then he’s like “nope” compare to like Custa’s internal feelings for it? Or, again, how they feel it is different, different sensory thresholds or, again, Qifrey has the MANY prior exposures to recognize the feeling of it growing.
- Plus!!! With how relentless Olly is for caring for this man (orufrey is beautifully tragic. Like I just can’t sometimes 😭), just what type of threshold had Qifrey developed! Has it actually lowered considering he starts sprouting by talking with Coco? Or is the secrets just his most perceived immediate danger??????
Seriously I have so many thoughts of this subject alone I NEEDED someone to read this even if it’s one person.
PLEASE feed my mental earworms by sharing your own thoughts.
